[Heralds] German/Norse name for Destiny
Jodi McMaster
jodimc at texas.net
Fri May 4 11:37:31 PDT 2001
"C. L. Ward" wrote:
>
> Hi, folks. Gunnora here - just joined the list.
>
> Ælfwyn said:
> >We can certainly tell you the etymological roots of most
> >names, but it's a mistake to think that they would have
> >had any significance to the people who used those names
> >in the Middle Ages.
>
> I think you're overstating by a lot.
Note: I was quoting the Academy of S.Gabriel--that's the consensus
opinion of the crowd there.
AElfwyn, who will occasionally argue about stuff but does defer to folks
who've researched it for ca. 20 years.
--
AElfwyn aet Gyrwum
mka Jodi McMaster
AElfwyn's Attic
http://jodimc.home.texas.net
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