<html><DIV></DIV>>Names like Cyneric is interested in will require considerably more
<DIV></DIV>>copies
<DIV></DIV>>than normal because it is a little explored area in SCA research.
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<P> Not to mention an occassional pain. :)</P>
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<DIV></DIV>>1) Document each element of the name to period with items
<DIV></DIV>>such as inscriptions. There may be some sources in later period
<DIV></DIV>>writings
<DIV></DIV>>such as Bede in Britain to help.
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<P> I have the Leeds stone from Elliot (I believe). I also have access to a Gothic etymological book. The Gallahus inscription is in a number of books. I have a book about Cynwulf explaining the -i- ending of cyni is older than the -e- of Mercian and West Saxon.</P>
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<DIV></DIV>>You should transliterate the runes into standard English alphabet.
<DIV></DIV>>Documentation can be from academic papers or books on archeaology of
<DIV></DIV>>the
<DIV></DIV>>Angles on the continent. Copies of a picture of the rune stone or
<DIV></DIV>>inscription are helpful if you find them. Also give a source with
<DIV></DIV>>the name
<DIV></DIV>>rendered in our alphabet by a scholar if you have them.
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<P> No problem there.</P>
<P>>2) Next document the name construction as given name, patronymic, </P>
<DIV></DIV>>clan or
<DIV></DIV>>tribe name was a form used by the Angles with as much information as
<DIV></DIV>>you
<DIV></DIV>>have. Demonstrate that each name fits into the category it is in.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>In short send up all sources that support your case. Summarize them
<DIV></DIV>>in a
<DIV></DIV>>way that takes an ignorant reader step by step to the desired
<DIV></DIV>>conclusion:
<DIV></DIV>>this name is period and correctly formed. Sounds like you have most
<DIV></DIV>>of what
<DIV></DIV>>you need.
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<DIV> I think I can pull it off without writing a doctorial thesis.</DIV>
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<DIV>Cyniric</DIV>
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