<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR><!--[if !mso]>
<STYLE>v\:* {
BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML)
}
o\:* {
BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML)
}
w\:* {
BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML)
}
.shape {
BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML)
}
</STYLE>
<![endif]--><o:SmartTagType name="City"
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType
name="PlaceName"
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType
name="PlaceType"
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType
name="place"
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType
name="PersonName"
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><!--[if !mso]>
<STYLE>
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
</STYLE>
<![endif]-->
<STYLE>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;}
h2
{mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;
font-weight:bold;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:Arial;
color:navy;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</STYLE>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></HEAD>
<BODY lang=EN-US vLink=blue link=blue bgColor=white>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes - He wrote the following: "<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Beltane is how I've always
known it, and that is how it is spelled on the Namron website and the Kingdom
Calendar. I just realized that in the event announcement it is spelled in
the old Irish form of Beltain. Although both are correct spellings, I
would say to just stick with the Beltane spelling so the websites
match."</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </DIV>
<DIV><BR><FONT size=2> Kathleen<BR></DIV></FONT></SPAN></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=matthiasthebrewer@cox.net
href="mailto:matthiasthebrewer@cox.net">Matthias the Brewer</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=baron@namron.ansteorra.org
href="mailto:baron@namron.ansteorra.org">baron@namron.ansteorra.org</A> ; <A
title=namron@ansteorra.org href="mailto:namron@ansteorra.org">'Barony of
Namron Mailing List'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 22, 2007 6:31
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Namron] Dumb question about
Beltane/Beltain</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Did anyone figure out
what the Baron’s answer was?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: windowtext">
<HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2>
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <A
href="mailto:namron-bounces@ansteorra.org">namron-bounces@ansteorra.org</A>
[mailto:namron-bounces@ansteorra.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On
Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Donnchadh Beag mac Griogair<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sunday, April 22, 2007 4:26
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Barony of Namron</st1:PersonName> Mailing List<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Namron] Dumb question about
Beltane/Beltain</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Isobel de Kirkbryde wrote:
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Does anyone know which is the correct spelling?
Yes, I know in medieval times that spelling accuracy was optional.
However, I am wanting to put a link on the Skorragardr website to the
Beltane/Beltain games website and want to know which spelling to use.
<BR><BR>Thanks, <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Lady Isobel de Kirkbryde<BR>Guild Head of
the Guild of St. Camillus de Lellis, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Kingdom</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Ansteorra</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><BR>V-Scribe <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canton</st1:place></st1:City> of
Skorragardr<BR>Member of Clann Lochlan<BR>Member of Clann Haddock<BR>Member of
House MOO<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Beltane is how I've always known it, and that is how
it is spelled on the Namron website and the Kingdom Calendar. I just
realized that in the event announcement it is spelled in the old Irish form of
Beltain. Although both are correct spellings, I would say to just stick
with the Beltane spelling so the websites match.<BR><BR>For you language
junkies, here's the etymology of the word:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<H2><SPAN class=mw-headline><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black
size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Etymology</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><o:p></o:p></H2>
<P><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">Beltane</SPAN></FONT></I> has a
complex etymology and a resultant variety of different
spellings.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The word <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Beltane</SPAN></I> derives directly from the <A
title="Old Irish" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Irish">Old Irish</A>
<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Beltain</SPAN></I>, which later evolved
into the <A title="Irish language"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language">Modern Irish</A> <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Bealtaine</SPAN></I>. In <A title="Scottish Gaelic"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic">Scottish Gaelic</A> it is
spelled <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Bealltainn</SPAN></I>.<SUP
id=_ref-SMO_0><A title=""
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane#_note-SMO">[9]</A></SUP> Both are
from <A title="Old Irish" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Irish">Old
Irish</A> <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Beltene</SPAN></I> ('bright
fire') from <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">belo-te(p)niâ</SPAN></I>.
Beltane was formerly spelled 'Bealtuinn' in Scottish Gaelic; in Manx it is
spelt 'Boaltinn' or 'Boaldyn'.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">In Modern Irish, <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Oíche Bealtaine</SPAN></I> is May Eve, and <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Lá Bealtaine</SPAN></I> is May Day. <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Mí na Bealtaine</SPAN></I>, or simply <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Bealtaine</SPAN></I> is the name of the month of
May.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">In the word <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">belo-te(p)niâ</SPAN></I>) the element <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">belo-</SPAN></I> is cognate with the English word
<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">bale</SPAN></I> (as in 'bale-fire'), the
<A title="Anglo-Saxon language"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_language">Anglo-Saxon</A>
<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">bael</SPAN></I>, and also the <A
title="Lithuanian language"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_language">Lithuanian</A>
<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">baltas</SPAN></I>, meaning 'white' or
'shining' and from which the <A title="Baltic Sea"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Sea">Baltic Sea</A> takes its
name.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">In <A title="Goidelic languages"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goidelic_languages">Gaelic</A> the terminal
vowel <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">-o</SPAN></I> (from <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Belo</SPAN></I>) was dropped, as shown by numerous
other transformations from early or Proto-Celtic to <A title="Early Irish"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Early_Irish&action=edit">Early
Irish</A>, thus the Gaulish deity names <A title=Belenos
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belenos">Belenos</A> ('bright one') and <A
title=Belisama
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belisama">Belisama</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">From the same <A title=Proto-Celtic
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Celtic">Proto-Celtic</A> roots we get
a wide range of other words: the verb <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">beothaich</SPAN></I>, from Early Celtic <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">belo-thaich</SPAN></I> ('to kindle, light, revive,
or re-animate'); <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">baos</SPAN></I>, from
<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">baelos</SPAN></I> ('shining'); <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">beňlach</SPAN></I> ('ashes with hot embers') from
<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">beň</SPAN></I>/<I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">belo</SPAN></I> + <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">luathach</SPAN></I>, ('shiny-ashes' or
'live-ashes'). Similarly <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">boil</SPAN></I>/<I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">boile</SPAN></I> ('fiery madness'), through Irish
<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">buile</SPAN></I> and Early Irish <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">baile</SPAN></I>/<I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">boillsg</SPAN></I> ('gleam'), and <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">bolg-s-cio-</SPAN></I>, related to <A title=Latin
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin">Latin</A> <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">fulgeo</SPAN></I> ('shine'), and English
'effulgent'.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>Hmm, maybe we should go with the old Scottish
Gaelic spelling of Bealtuinn and really mess with people... Nah, just
kidding.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Baron Donnchadh<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P>
<HR>
<P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>Namron mailing
list<BR>Namron@ansteorra.org<BR>http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/namron-ansteorra.org<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>