[Ravensfort] Serious site name suggestion.

[James Northfolke]

Again, Dutch for rook (cousin) forest. Roekel.

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On Jan 12, 2010, at 11:20 PM, HerrDetlef <herrdetlef at gmail.com> wrote:

> "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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