[ANSTHRLD] question
Kathri at aol.com
Kathri at aol.com
Sun Apr 14 21:34:15 PDT 2002
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There are no registrations of "Zelda" so current files won't help.
I have seen the Z used much more in Germanic and Eastern European names than
in Romance languages.
One of the Saint Gabriel articles, 15th-Century German Women's Names by Brian
Scott (Talan Gwynek) at
http://www.s-gabriel.org/docs/german15f.html
lists 1 instance of Gy{sz}el which seems to be cognate with "Giselle" rather
that "Grizelda." I have seen "Griselda" or "Grizelda" described as an Old
German name, and it does look like it, but I don't trust that source.
You might consider asking the Academy of Saint Gabriel when "Zelda" and
"Gris/zelda" were used. Just tell them you are curious about the names, and
want to know the historical period. They research names; they'll tell you
what they can find. It may take a while, but you've been working on this
quite a while yourself, right? They were very helpful and cheerful about
telling me about forming nicknames for Swiss-German names (even though not
much is known about Swiss-German nicknames during the Middle Ages).
Kathri
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