NR - Principality name

[Chris Backus]

I used the same abbreviations that my (admittedly cheap) dictionary
did.  M.E.  is Middle English.

Hawkins

----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy Adams" <toadams at hotmail.com>
To: <northern at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: NR - Principality name


> >What is the origin of the word griffin?  I think a construction
like
> >"griffin plain" "plain of griffins" "meadow of griffins" or
something
> >similar would be cool.  Anybody like the thought?
>
> Griffins seem to hold a special place in many peoples hearts in NR.
I like
> them as well, but what is the griffins mythical sygnificance??
>
> >I came up with Griffounvoute [m.e.](for griffin vault, thinking in
> >terms of heaven as a vault), Griffinfolc [m.e.] (griffin people),
but
> >that's where I left off.
> what Language is this in ??? Norse? Icelandic? ect..
>
> Timothy
>
> >Hawkins


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