SC - Haversacks and nefts (??)
James Prescott
prescotj at telusplanet.net
Thu Feb 15 23:12:22 PST 2001
At 23:59 -0600 2001-02-15, Stefan li Rous wrote:
> > A friend of mine did a research paper on this. From memory,
> > since I can't lay my hands on my copy:
>
> If you can get a hold of this friend, would you ask them if they'd
> be interested in letting me take a look at their article for possible
> inclusion in the Florilegium? I have some information on nefs, but it
> is almost entirely from what was discussed on this maillist. I have
> seen them mentioned in a few books but only as ornate salt containers.
I've just sent off an email to ask him.
The nefs were also real honest-to-goodness ocean-going ships. I
have a reference for that if you need it (since it isn't in the
OED afaik).
> As far as SCA usage, I've seldom heard the term outside of this list.
It's common among the populace in this part of An Tir. I do not
know how far the usage spreads, though it obviously seems to have
reached South Africa. If memory serves (it's been a while since
I read it) I think he said he suspected the usage was imported into
this region from northern Midrealm.
Thorvald
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