<div>"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.</div>
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<div>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"</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>I have to recuse myself a bit when it comes to things German. I'm liable to start salivating here.</div>
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<div>DT+LF<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:06 PM, John Reuter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jareuter1066@sbcglobal.net">jareuter1066@sbcglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Mien libe für Dur Timberwald mit Klienenfeld, Rabewald ist "Raven Wood". Rabe-vald<br><br>Brian. ; )<br>
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<div class="im"><br>On Jan 12, 2010, at 10:28 PM, "Dan Smith Jr" <<a href="mailto:gogetdan@gmail.com">gogetdan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>I love "Timbrend". "Forest" is fine but here are some synonyms to consider:<br>
<br>Brake, Chase, Grove, Stand, Weald, Wood<br><br>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...<br>
<br>-Alaric<br><br>--------------------------------------------------<br>From: "Mike Gamber" <<a href="mailto:lococnc@consolidated.net">lococnc@consolidated.net</a>><br>Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:01 PM<br>
</div>To: "Ravens Fort" <<a href="mailto:ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org">ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org</a>><br>Subject: [Ravensfort] Serious site name suggestion.<br>
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<div class="h5"><br>I would like to propose to name the site;<br><br>Timbrend Forest<br><br>I have some pretty good reasons for this. The two words mean something significant.<br><br>Timbrend means "Builder" and is likely to become part of my persona for the SCA. I will explain more about this later.<br>
<br>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.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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