ANSTHRLD - Household Submission/Name Documentation
Teceangl
tierna at agora.rdrop.com
Tue Mar 30 14:03:50 PST 1999
> My question: do we need to
> document the elements as used together (ie, document "meandering bow") or
> can we show that each element is a period term on its own, and that the
> combination is a period construction?
You may document each part seperately and prove plausible construction.
RfS 2.II.:
Constructed Names - Documented names and words may be used to
form place names, patronymics, epithets, and other names in a
period manner. Constructed forms must follow the rules for
formation of the appropriate category of name element in the
language from which the documented components are drawn. For
instance, the standard male patronymic in Old Norse consists of
the possessive form of the father's name joined to the word
son, like Sveinsson is the son of Svein. The documented Old
Norse given name Bjartmarr could be used in this construction
to form Bjartmarsson, even if this particular patronymic was
not found in period sources. Similarly, German towns on rivers
regularly use the name of the river with the word bruck, like
Innsbruck, to indicate the town had a bridge over that river. A
new branch could use the documented German name of the river
Donau to construct the name Donaubruck.
- - Teceangl
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People are named when they're very small and unable to defend themselves <g>.
Christian de Holacombe
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