[ANSTHRLD] Is a goat a goat?

[doug bell]

An interesting aside on goats.  The element -gate is very popular in real and SCA place-names.
It can come from Old English geat for gate, Old Norse gata for road or Old English gat for goat.
This has proved annoying in a branch name I am researching.

When professors are searching to determine the origin of a place with a gate in it there can be confusion between the three.  

One could say the search got their goat.

Magnus


> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:13:06 -0800
> From: blueingreen at sbcglobal.net
> To: heralds at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Is a goat a goat?
> 
> Doe: female, usually pregnant
> Kid:Offspring
> Wether: castrated male
> Buck: male
> The old english for male goat is Bucca
> Hope this helps!
> Kitsune
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Jennifer Smith <jds at randomgang.com>
> To: "Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA,  Inc." <heralds at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 4:39:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Is a goat a goat?
> 
> > Male goats have horns, female goats do not.  
> 
> Actually, it depends on the breed. There are plenty of breeds of goats
> (European varieties too) wherein both genders have horns.
> 
> > What is the default for goats, horned or not.
> 
> Horned, I'd say. I don't think I've ever seen a non-horned goat in armory,
> although I certainly haven't done a huge search.
> 
> I think in general, the default for animals in heraldry is 'male' anyway.
> 
> -Emma
> 
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