[Heralds] German/Norse name for Destiny

Jodi McMaster jodimc at texas.net
Fri May 4 16:06:32 PDT 2001


"panthyr at texas.net" wrote:
>
> Jodi McMaster wrote:
> >
> > "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.
>
> No offense, then, but you should probably consider deferring to Gunnora
> on most things regarding Norse culture, including names.


Oh, I meant her as well...poorly written, I suppose.

AElfwyn

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