[ANSTHRLD] Anne d'Aufay

[Marie de Blois]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:41 PM, Jennifer Smith <jds at randomgang.com> wrote:
> Client #2 wants some form of "Anne" in France, probably 12th century
> but she's open to later, with the locative byname "d'Aufay" or some
> form thereof.  The last is the tricky part.
> There does indeed seem to be a medieval town of Auffay in France, but
> I need period spelling evidence, of course.

Dauzat and Rostaing, Dictionnaire des noms de lieux de France, sn
Auffay, says "Auffay, Seine-Mar. (Auffay, 1248): lat. altum, haut,
fagetum, bois de h{e^}tres.

If I understand the format here, I think it's dating the spelling
Auffay to 1248.


Marie