ANSTHRLD - Patronymic sources
Richard Culver
rbculver at hotmail.com
Tue Jun 27 13:27:01 PDT 2000
>That was the sense I had gotten when reading the ASC; I'm not sure where
>the other construction is regularly documented as a true patronymic.
I do not think it is. In what I read it is showing relationship, but not
specifically through ancestry/heritage. When "his sunu" is used, it is much
like saying "his sword, his house...". The "ing" seems to really state from
whom you are descended.
Cyniric
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