[ANSTHRLD] Anne d'Aufay

[Jennifer Smith]

Excellent, thank you!

-Emma

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Marie de Blois <erminespot at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
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