[Ravensfort] Serious site name suggestion.

[HerrDetlef]

"Des Raben Wald" is German for "the raven's wood"......reminds me of "Des
Grafen Hecke", "the count's hedge," whose Dutch counterpart is
"sGravenhage"....or The Hague.

The Kief connection would lead us to "Des Aaren Wald"...."the eagle's wood".
That's not the origin for "Arenvald"..."-vald" in that case means "power" or
"force"

While on subject, I'd love to point out that the Old High German "her"
("army") and "valt" ("force") form the root for "herivalt", one who exerts
force over an army....and ultimately to the English word "herald"....the guy
who coordinates the soldiers on the field. I'm suspicious that the same
roots form the name Harold/Harald....but I haven't looked into that.

I have to recuse myself a bit when it comes to things German. I'm liable to
start salivating here.

DT+LF

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:06 PM, John Reuter <jareuter1066 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Mien libe für Dur Timberwald mit Klienenfeld,   Rabewald ist "Raven Wood".
>    Rabe-vald
>
> Brian.  ; )
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 12, 2010, at 10:28 PM, "Dan Smith Jr" <gogetdan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I love "Timbrend".  "Forest" is fine but here are some synonyms to
> consider:
>
> Brake, Chase, Grove, Stand, Weald, Wood
>
> I think there's something cool about "Timbrend Stand".  It means a uniform
> wooded area, but it also implies defensive battle (and Mike mentioned a
> castle).  Also, the deer hunting...
>
> -Alaric
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Mike Gamber" <lococnc at consolidated.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:01 PM
> To: "Ravens Fort" <ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Subject: [Ravensfort] Serious site name suggestion.
>
> I would like to propose to name the site;
>
> Timbrend Forest
>
> I have some pretty good reasons for this. The two words mean something
> significant.
>
> Timbrend means "Builder" and is likely to become part of my persona for the
> SCA. I will explain more about this later.
>
> Forest is accurate description of the landscape at the site. In Medievel
> times Forest ment more than a bunch of trees and included fields, plains, as
> well as timberlands.
>
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