[NR] Listing new names for the Northern Region
Cameron Lewis
okrabbit at cox.net
Tue Sep 21 16:45:56 PDT 2010
After the discussion last Friday at Triumph of the Eclipse some more names started to appear on the web page that was set up for names.
this is the list so far of the names that folks have put up on the web page for everyone to look at. I have cropped out the names and emails to save some space. If you would like to see the list with all the info it is here at: http://northstar.scaevent.org/regional-names
If you would like to post your own names then you can go to this address at: http://spreadsheets.google.com/a/scaevent.org/viewform?formkey=dEN4ZXg1OUY2bDcyNG45MDNVdElDTHc6MQ
Have fun,
Cassius Lepus
Baron of Wiesenfeuer
1 Reodwode Means The Red Wood in Old English
2 Midgrens Dutch for Heartland
3 Hríthmarc Means Tempest Land in Old English
4 Roodrijk Red Land - Dutch
5 Rotmark Red Land - German
6 Reodwode Red Land - Old English
7 Roodmarc Red Land
8 Reodweald Red Land
9 Rotreich Red Land
10 Cochtir Red Land - Welsh
11 Rodjord Red Land - Danish
12 Rotmark Red Land
13 Rauðurlund Red Land - Norse
14 Glomeval Conjecturally period, this is a variation on a Norse Runestone found in the Northern Region, outside Heavener, and shows that a Norseman named "Glome" laid claim to the valley, ie: "Glome's Vale", in period, and, in fact, previous to the Spanish expeditions. A possible alternate translation calls the same area "Gnomeval", or "Valley of the Gnomes". The runestone is part of a chain that ran north and south, along the present day Oklahoma/ Arkansas border, or, the current border of Ansteorra and Glen Abhean, and would have referred to not just the immediate valley, but "all points west, as far as Glome could hold".
15 Eisen Schild German
16 Eisen Ritter
17 Eisen Felder
18 jern felt norwegian
19 jern krigere
20 Eisenkrieger
21 Jernskjold
22 Iron fields
23 Iron Hills
24 Mordor
25 Norchester Northern Fortification Middle English
26 Axia It's the word "axis" modified with the -ia place name suffix to signify that our region is Ansteorra's "north star" ( aligned to the polar axis, so to speak). Alternatively, it could imply that we are the axis to which Ansteorra is aligned. It's a bold name which confers the following advantages:
+ Easy to spell
+ Easy to pronounce
+ Offers the adjective "axial"
English
27 Quivara Historical (possibly from the Arabic for "Great") name for the region including Eastern New Mexico through the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma and Kansas.
28 Llano Estacado "Staked Plane" Spanish conquistador name for the Panhandle of Texas and Eastern Oklahoma Spanish
29 Scutumcaelum "Sky Shield" Vulgar Latin
30 Bitellus "Twin Lands" Vulgar Latin
31 Omphalia The land of the navel of the world. From the Greek
32 Transflumia Beyond the River (appropriate for most of the norther region, even into the Texas Panhandle) Vulgar Latin
33 Plurevadae "Many Fords" Vulgar Latin
34 Aquasidaria "Starry Waters" Latin
35 Neo Sogdiana Greek, from the Persian
36 Four WInds
37 Cyrmoden Cyrm, pronounced Kirm, meaning "A clamor, noise" and Oden, meaning "a court or chamber, floor space, an indoor area."
The Court of Noise - an apt descriptor not only of the weather and the land where storms hold court, but also our boisterous population.
Besides, it works as a battle cry. Old English
38 Styringeard Styring, from "styr (pronounced stir) ", meaning "to move", like stirring a soup or a stirring song that rouses troops. It also is the root of "storm", as clouds and weather were moving or stirring. the word "styraman" means "to storm".
Geard is also Gard, meaning a garden or yard, an enclosure of ground.
Styringeard (pronounced "Stirring Gard") would mean the Stirring Garden.
It is a place where stirring, moving, inspirational things spring from.
It is the Garden of Storms. Old English
39 Grimmblaest Grimm - Meaning "fierce" and Blaest, pronounced "Blast", a strong strike or a high wind. Meanings would be "A fierce strike or impact, a destructive wind,
Describes our warriors strength, our unexpected impact and out climate, all in one.
The word would be pronounced "Grim Blast". May need an "a" at the end to denote land of place of, not sure on the grammatical rules here.
"Are" at the end would mean area or place, so the word could be "Grimm blaestare", pronounced "Grimblaster".
...heh. Old English
40 Ebenen means plains, which describes most of Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle German
41 Hastmark means horse lands in Swedish Swedish
42 Hestenjord
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