[ANSTHRLD] Name and Device check

[Doug Bell]

>From Bahlow page 548 header Strobel:
In Middle High German strob(e)l actually means shaggy or unkempt. It gives a
German woman from Roman times called Strubiloskalleo 'shaggy headed'.  I am
not sure what language this is in at such an early time though it should be
Old German.  Skalla in Old Norse means bald head.  Lots of words in Germanic
languages are similar that far back.  It should mean shaggy head in Old
German but this would need research beyond Bahlow.

Struve page 549 Strobel, Strubel mean a person with bristling hair or
ruffian, but also a harsh severe person from 1314.

Straub page 546 Straubhaar: a rough-haired disheveled person, Middle High
German struben 'to stand up roughly, bristle'. 

Some beard bynames:
Under Barth page 32 Bartmann 'beard man' from 1397; Motebart 'fight the
beard' from 1528.
Under Bartscheer page 33 Bartscherere 'beard shaver' around 1250-1300;
Scerebard 'shear the beard' from 13th century.

Some hair bynames:
Glatt(e) page 174 Glatthaar 'straight hair' glatkopf from 1290.
There are others.

There should be some more items in Brechenmacher etc.  Those books are in
German and it will be after New Year before there is time to sift through those.

The name certainly looks like it can be constructed and make sense for
period German. Strobel would be more likely than longer compound Strobelbart
but both should be alright.

safe journeys
Magnus