1: Dávíð Vanason -New Name (NP) & New Device

Azure, a wolf's head cabossed, on a chief arget, two pawprints sable.

Submitter desires a masculine name.
Language/Culture (none specified) most important.

Dávĭð is a christian male given name found in Old Norse Mens' Names (http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONMensNames.shtml#d), from Geirr Bassi.

Vani is a male Old Norse given name (http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONMensNames.shtml#v). A patronymic is formed as -i > -a, hence Vani > Vanason, demonstrated in "A Simple Guide to Creating Old Norse Names," by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/sg-viking.html).

The use of pawprints is a step from period practice.

2: Domnall Dé hAoine -New Name Change (NP) & New Device Change

OSCAR NOTE: the old name was registered in February of 2001, via Atenveldt.

Per pale azure and argent, a double-bitted axe counterchanged, and on a chief sable a spear reversed argent.

Old Item: Danyel Vendredi de Lyon, to be retained as an alternate name.
Old Item: Per pale vert and argent, a compass star counterchanged, on a chief sable a spear argent., to be released.
Submitter desires a masculine name.
No major changes.
Language/Culture (none specified (although Friday is his legal surname)) most important.
Meaning most important.

Domnall is a male name found in 601-700 and 801-1200 in "Scottish Gaelic Given Names: For Men," Sharon Krossa (http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/gaelicgiven/men.shtml#d)

Dé hAoine is Gaelic for a fasting day, also generally taken to be Friday in the modern week. Personal bynames could be bestowed on a child born on a particular day; Reaney and Wilson demonstrate the byname Christmas (and possibly Easter).

Several sites, and WordHippo ( https://oscar.sca.org/s.php?u=14476 [ www.wordhippo.com ] ) show Dé hAoine as "on Friday," while an Aoine is listed simply as "Friday." Is

the particle needed or required?

3: Freydis Þhisll -New Name (NP) & New Device

Azure, on a pile inverted throughout cotised argent,a thistle proper bloomed gules.

Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Language/Culture (none specified) most important.
Meaning most important.

The name is Norse. The female name Freydís is found in Eiríks saga rauða, c. late 1100's, and in Grænlendinga saga (1382-1395) for the daughter of Eiríkr rauðr. (http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONWomensNames.shtml#f).

The byname, "thistle," is found under the header Hildr/Hilda. The Landnámabók shows a woman with the name of Ketill þistill ("thistle") in ch. 74 (http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONWomensNames.shtml#h). It is also a name for the plant via the same source, in "Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók,"Aryanhwy merch Catmael (https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html).

The client desires a female name and is most interested in the meaning and language/culture of the name (none specified). She will not accept Major changes to the name.

The SCA thistle usually has a purple bloom, and the Scottish one red; it's blazoned here for clarity.

4: Luisa de la Luz -New Name (NP) & New Device

Per pale azure and vert, a schnecke between in pale a feather fesswise argent and a hand couped Or.

Submitter desires a feminine name.
Sound most important.

Luisa is a feminine given name found with Luisa de la Lus married 27 April 1603 in Granada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C94Z-Q4PZ, Batch M01281-1).

de la Luz is found with Maria de la Luz, female, marries 17 Feb 1597 in Granada, Granada, Spain (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C946-LV2M, Batch M01281-1).

I consider the schnecke the primary charge and the feather and hand secondary charges.