ANSTHRLD - Germanic name sources
Richard Culver
rbculver at hotmail.com
Sat Jul 15 15:46:03 PDT 2000
> > So, since there is actually no listing of the Northumbrian
> > "Cyniric" nor "Cyniwarding" it will not pass despite the
> > elements existing and being documentable.
>
>Meaning no disrespect, I think Cyniric is greatly overstating the
>case.
>So suppose "Northumbrian 'Cyniric'" isn't known in that spelling.
>If, for example, you can find a southern cognate and several
>other north-south name cognates where the Northumbrian version
>has a similar spelling change, or if, for example, it's rather
>common for a y<->i change, or some other reasoning, it'll fly
>based on the strength of reasoning. Often, the reasoning doesn't
>have to be that strong.
I was just confused. I have evidence for the Cyni-, -ric, -ward, and -ing
elements. I also have later cognates. It just sounded like the entirity of
the name had to be from a source of some sort.
Cyniric
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