SR - Lions and such
Dennis and/or Dory Grace
amazing at mail.utexas.edu
Thu Feb 19 13:31:51 PST 1998
Salut, Cozyns,
Lyonel aisai.
Well, I haven't had a chance to research anything as far as Lions and
Lowens in period, but the SCA Ordinary and Armorial lists only the
following locations under Lions:
Lion's End
Lion's Gate
Lion's Keep
Lion's Tower
So, I guess that leaves Lion's Reach and Lion's March.
The O&A doesn't list any place names starting with Lowen. I guess there's
always Lowenfeld (or the OE version Leonfeld), Lowenland, or Lowensteppes.
Also, I suppose we could always do the Sussex thing. Sussex (and I think
someone mentioned this) is a contraction of South Saxon (Sud Saxon). So I
suppose a contraction of South Ansteorra would render something like
Susteorra, Susteor, or Sustar.
We could also consider the terrain. The hills around here are primarily
white limestone, but I believe the soil is redder towards Raven's Fort.
lo vostre por vos servir
Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace
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Dennis Grace
University of Texas at Austin
English Department
Recovering Medievalist
mailto:amazing at mail.utexas.edu
Micel yfel deth se unwritere.
AElfric of York
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