Old English ald (Anglian), eald (West Saxon, Kentish) "antique, of ancient origin, belonging to antiquity, primeval; long in existence or use; near the end of the normal span of life; elder, mature, experienced," from Proto-Germanic *althaz "grown up, adult" (source also of Old Fris...
The present author aims to discuss the most significant (however divergent) opinions about the Romanianieleand to point out similarities with Germanic (and possibly Celtic) traditions, in which special categories of fairies have functions and names that resemble those of the Romanianiele. Under such...
One of the loveliest of theWelsh names, striking the perfect balance between being familiar and unusual. In Wales, the female spelling is always Bronwen, but Americans usually see a "y" as adding femininity. Origin: English from Latin
Incidentally, one Old English word for gravel wasċeosol[ˈtʃeo.sol], which comes from Proto-West-Germanic*kesul(small stone, pebble). This becamechiselandchessil(gravel or pebbles) in modern English, and is cognate withKiesel(pebble) in German,kiezel(pebble, flint, silicon) in Dutch...
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The basic Old Norse name was usually composed of two name elements, although some names had only one element. Some good examples of single-element names might include:Male Egill Biorn Fálki Úlfr Female Auðr Bera Drífa Finna Two-element names are combinations of single-elements. These ...
Editor and contributorOz Hardwick,for example, plays with a motley assortment of medieval tropes: pagan fertility, Christian prayer, Arthurian visions, Germanic adventurers—you name it. I can’t tell if his “Journey from the West” is a translation from an Old Norse poem bySigvatr Þór...
1880. English Plant Names from the Tenth to the Fifteenth Century. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press.10.5962/bhl.title.27819Search in Google Scholar Emmelius, Helfricus. 1592. Sylva qvinqvelinguis vocabvlorvm et phrasivm Germanicæ, Latinæ, Græcæ, Hebraicæ, Gallicæ, in vsum ...
Old prints The Triumphal Car, which he employed Dürer to design, was a richly decorated chariot drawn by six pair of horses; the Emperor is seated in it under a canopy amid female figures, representing Justice, Truth, and other virtues, who offer him triumphal wreaths; the driver symbolizes...
I show how Tirso manipulates audience response by positioning the female protagonist against the backdrop of archetypal garden figures such as Venus, Eve, the Virgin Mary, the pagan goddesses of the Old Testament, and a wide variety of female figures drawn from classical myths, popular legends, ...