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1: Alastar Tucker - New Household Name (KLoI) & New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in October of 2019, via the East.

Ǫlfússstaðir

(Fieldless) A child statant maintaining a drinking horn argent

Language/Culture (Scandanavian/Norse language) most important.
Meaning (People of the Ale Horn) most important.

Originally submitted as Ölhornar, intended as a constructed name meaning "People of the Ale-Horn," this name does not follow a documented pattern for Old Norse household names. Household names in Old Norse are generally farm names, which are formed using the genitive form of a byname with a locative suffix such as -staðir (-"steads"). Additionally, commenters were unable to document a pattern of bynames formed using the element -horn. Kingdom commenters provided several options for the submitter to choose from; they have selected Ǫlfússstaðir. We thank Gunnvor Orle and ffride Morelle for their work.

Ǫlfúss is an Old Norse byname from Landnámabók c.900 found in Lind Personbinamn col. 412: Eiríkr ǫlfúss.

-staðir is a locative suffix meaning "stead(s)," as found in several farm-names in Talan Gwynek's "Place-Names in Landnámabók (Incomplete)" (https://web.archive.org/web/20111011203949/http://my.stratos.net/~bmscott/Landnamabok_Place...). It is an acceptable household designator per SENA Appendix E4.

There was discussion at Kingdom regarding whether or not this charge should be blazoned as a child. As this was the blazon provided by the submitter indicating their desires, and final blazon considerations are Wreath's prerogative, we prefer to forward it as-is.

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2: Alexandra Morgaine of Silverwood - New Device (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name on the East LoI of January 29, 2023 as submitted.

Vert, in fess three Bourchier knots argent and in pale two suns in splendor Or

The submitter's previous design was returned on the East Kingdom January 2023 Letter of Decision:

This device is returned for use of a Vergina sun, which has previously been ruled unregisterable: "This device is returned for not being reliably blazonable, which is a violation of SENA A1C which requires an emblazon to be describable in heraldic terms. The Macedonian sun was documented as an artistic motif from ancient Greece through the Byzantine empire. Depictions showed mullets of a variable number of points, generally fracted with the fragments at the same or different distances from a central roundel. As such, a Macedonian sun is not reliably blazonable and cannot be registered." [Aleah de Spencer, 10/2015, R-Artemisia] (http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2015/10/15-10lar.html#...)

This resubmission addresses the reason for return.

As a Kingdom-level return, this item is new to Laurel and payment is due.

The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below:
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3: Antonius Gracchus - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Sable, on a bezant a jackdaw volant proper, a bordure Or semy of gunstones

Submitter desires a masculine name.
Language/Culture (2nd century BCE Roman) most important.
Spelling (Preference for Gracchus) most important.

Antonius is a masculine nomen found in "A Simple Guide to Imperial Roman Names" by Ursula Georges (https://heraldry.sca.org/names/roman.html#...).

Gracchus is a masculine cognomen found on the Honorific Inscriptionn from Ipsca-Izcar (Baetica) in the name M(arcus) Livius Gracchus (M LIVIVS GRACCHVS), transcribed and listed in the "Epigraphic Database Heidelberg's Inscription Database" (https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD031308).

The pattern nomen + cognomen is found in "A Simple Guide to Imperial Roman Names," cited above.

Commenters questioned whether we can reasonably blazon this jackdaw as proper, given the lack of a defined proper for jackdaws. SENA A3B1 states "In general, charges that do not have a heraldically defined proper may be described as proper when a normal person would be able to color them appropriately from knowing only the sort of item with no further color description. So, a tree, a thistle, and an elephant can be proper." Slaine Diademe notes that a jackdaw is generally defined as "a black-plumaged bird with a grey nape and distinctive pale-grey irises," which matches the depiction in this emblazon; we therefore believe it is reasonable to blazon this jackdaw as proper.

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4: Hartshorn-dale, Barony of - New Order Name (KLoI)

OSCAR is unable to find the name, either registered or submitted.

Company of the Azure Hart

NOTE: Hartshorn-dale is in the process of going barony, with investiture planned in Nov 2023. Laurel said to put the new designator on the forms.

Company is a standard designator for order names allowed under Appendix E of SENA. This particular spelling can be found in the MED, s.v. toward: (1426) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)340 : I be quethe..x li. toward a purchas of an halle for the company.

Azure is the color blue and a heraldic tincture, and is registerable in non-personal names per SENA Appendix E5.

Hart is a synonym for a red deer, and is noted as being used for heraldic depictions of this animal in the MED, s.v. hert: c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.234 : He þat is ferd and fleeþ wiþ-outen need, An hart þou myght hym calle.

The pattern of naming orders with a color and charge is found in Juliana de Luna, "Medieval Secular Order Names", http://medievalscotland.org/jes/OrderNames.

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5: Hartshorn-dale, Barony of - New Order Name (KLoI)

OSCAR is unable to find the name, either registered or submitted.

Order of the Heartsease

NOTE: Hartshorn-dale is in the process of going barony, with investiture planned in Nov 2023. Laurel said to put the new designator on the forms.

Order is a standard designator for order names allowed under Appendix E of SENA. This particular spelling can be found in both Middle and Early Modern English. Examples from the MED, s.v. ordre and OED, s.v. order are as follows:

• (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)50/9 : Onys for the hyghe Order of Knyghthode lette us jouste agayne.
• a1600(1472) Rec.Bluemantle (Jul C.6)380 : On the morne after the feast come to the chapter of the order of the garter, into the chapter howse, come the Kinge, the Duke of Glocester, therle of Essex, the lord Berners, the lieutenaunte of thorder, therle of Doglas, [etc.].
• 1530 Palsgr. 236/2 Knight of the order of saynt micheall

Heartsease is a common name for two types of native European plants, Viola tricolor (pansy) and V. lutea (wallflower), per the OED, s.v. heartsease. Plants known to people in period can be used as heraldic charges under A2B2b of SENA, and heartsease/pansy has been previously registered:

The term pansy in period referred to heartsease, not the modern pansy that is a hybridized species, shown in this depiction. Pansies should be drawn with five distinct petals, not four. A period depiction of a pansy can be seen at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Embroidered_book... [Clara Makkynnay, June 2013, R-Atenveldt]

The submitted spelling is found in Randle Cotgrave's A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, published in 1632 (https://books.google.com/books?...).

The pattern of naming orders with a heraldic charge is found in Juliana de Luna, "Medieval Secular Order Names", http://medievalscotland.org/jes/OrderNames. An example is seen above (order of the garter).

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6: Hartshorn-dale, Barony of - New Order Name (KLoI) & New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR is unable to find the name, either registered or submitted.

Society of the Golden Attire

(Fieldless) A stag's attire palewise Or

NOTE: Hartshorn-dale is in the process of going barony, with investiture planned in Nov 2023. Laurel said to put the new designator on the forms.

Society is a standard designator for order names allowed under Appendix E of SENA based on its use in order names found in German and Latin documents. An example in Latin from England is Societate ... de Garteris (ablative) [Societas ... de Garteris] ('society of the garters') found in Juliana de Luna, "Medieval Secular Order Names", http://medievalscotland.org/jes/OrderNames. The submitted spelling is found in the MED, s.v. barrester:

(1466) Black Bk.Lin.Inn1.41 : [All being summoned who are of the said Society, as well at the Bench as at the Bar, called] vtterbarresters.

Golden is a color term found in the MED, s.v. planteine and golden, and is a registerable color word for use in non-personal names per SENA Appendix E5.

Attire is a single horn of an animal such as a stag, and a heraldic charge, per the PicDic (https://mistholme.com/?...), among other meanings. The submitted spelling is found in the MED, s.v. dere (used for another meaning):

c1455 Spec.Miser.(Tak 32)239 : Hit was to myin hertte mochell dere [rime: gere] Yif any man hadde any better attire.

The pattern of naming orders with a color and charge is found in Juliana de Luna (ibid.).

Commenters were unable to find a specific precedent clarifying that different types of animals' horns receive at least a DC from one another. We note that SENA Appendix M states that "In general, two charges that were considered independent charges in period will have at least a distinct change," and that the page in the Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry on animals' horns (http://mistholme.com/dictionary/horn-animals/) cites several examples of different types of horns in period heraldry. We therefore believe this submission to be clear of conflict with the various other registrations of, e.g., (Fieldless) A [non-stag animal]'s horn Or, and forward it accordingly.

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7: Hartshorn-dale, Barony of - New Badge Association (KLoI)

OSCAR is unable to find the name, either registered or submitted.

(Fieldless) A hart salient contourny azure

This submission is to be associated with Company of the Azure Hart

This badge was registered to the Shire of Hartshorn-dale in April of 2020, via the East.

OSCAR does not allow an existing badge to be paired as an association with a new name submission, so these are separate items.

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8: Hartshorn-dale, Barony of - New Badge Association (KLoI)

OSCAR is unable to find the name, either registered or submitted.

(Fieldless) A heartsease azure seeded within and conjoined to a mascle Or

This submission is to be associated with Order of the Heartsease

This badge was registered to the Shire of Hartshorn-dale in February of 2021, via the East.

OSCAR does not allow an existing badge to be paired as an association with a new name submission, so these are separate items.

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9: Hartshorn-dale, Barony of - New Badge Association (KLoI)

OSCAR is unable to find the name, either registered or submitted.

Azure, an unstrung bugle horn bendwise sinister Or

This submission is to be associated with Populace

This badge was registered to the Shire of Hartshorn-dale in October of 1988, via the East.

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10: Kara Njalsdottir - New Device (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in March of 2020, via the East.

Purpure, a pall inverted raguly between three dragonflies argent

Submitter has permission to conflict (included in the packet) with Hürrem bint Osman al-Urduni's device Purpure, a pall inverted raguly between two lotus flowers in profile and a squirrel argent. See visual reference below.

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11: Mael Eoin mac Echuid - New Device Change

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in September of 2009, via the East.

Per fess gules and argent, a lion rampant guardant counter-ermine, its tail nowed and enfiling a baronial coronet Or

Old Item: Per fess gules and argent, a lion rampant guardant counter-ermine., to be retained as a badge.

This submission originally appeared as Per fess gules and argent, a lion rampant guardant counter-ermine, for augmentation its tail nowed and enfiling a baronial coronet Or and in base a chaine-shot azure on the East Kingdom internal letter dated 9/28/2022. It was pended to allow time to clarify the submitter's intent regarding whether the addition of the coronet and chaine shot were intended as a single augmentation or as a device change with a separate augmentation, as well as to redraw the chaine shot in a period depiction.

The submitter has clarified that he would prefer these as two separate items, so we are separating them out.

The submitter is a court baron as of 6/3/2017 (https://op.eastkingdom.org/op_ind.php?...) and is therefore entitled to the use of a coronet.

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12: Mael Eoin mac Echuid - New Augmentation of Arms

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in September of 2009, via the East.

Per fess gules and argent, a lion rampant guardant counter-ermine, its tail nowed and enfiling a baronial coronet Or and for augmentation in base a chaine-shot azure

This submission originally appeared as Per fess gules and argent, a lion rampant guardant counter-ermine, for augmentation its tail nowed and enfiling a baronial coronet Or and in base a chaine-shot azure on the East Kingdom internal letter dated 9/28/2022. It was pended to allow time to clarify the submitter's intent regarding whether the addition of the coronet and chaine shot were intended as a single augmentation or as a device change with a separate augmentation, as well as to redraw the chaine shot in a period depiction.

The submitter has clarified that he would prefer these as two separate items, so we are separating them out.

The submitter was awarded an augmentation of arms on 8/28/2021 (https://op.eastkingdom.org/op_ind.php?...).

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13: Mahfiruz Hümaşah bint Süleyman - New Device

OSCAR thinks the name is registered as Mahfiruz H?masah bint S?leyman in February of 2022, via the East.

Argent, a chevron inverted purpure, and overall a simurgh close gules

Originally appearing on the East Kingdom internal letter dated 07/06/2022, this device was pended to allow time to obtain new art for this submission. It would otherwise have been returned under SENA Appendix I.D, "Overall Charges": "An overall charge must have a significant portion on the field; a design with a charge that has only a little bit sticking over the edges of an underlying charge is known as "barely overall" and is not registerable." As very few parts of the simurgh were visible outside of the chevron, this was barely overall and therefore not registerable as drawn. However, as there appeared to be no obvious conflicts or style issues, we preferred to work with the submitter on the art rather than returning the submission outright.

The submitter has approved the new art, and we therefore forward it.

The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below:
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14: Ormhildr Linudottir - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Per saltire argent and sable, a compass star azure and a serpent erect tail nowed sable

This is a resubmission of the name Embla Lindudottir, which was returned on the East Kingdom Letter of Decision from January 2023:

This name must be returned for violation of PN4C: "Names may not contain an unmistakable claim of superhuman abilities, magical powers, or divine origin. In general, a name phrase used by normal human beings during our period is not considered to be a claim to superhuman abilities or divine origin." Precedent states that the given name Embla cannot be registered for this reason:

This name must be returned due to lack of documentation for the given name Embla. Embla is a wholly legendary figure from Norse mythology; specifically, it is the name of the first woman created by the gods in one of the Norse creation myths. Unlike several other names from Norse legend, such as Dagný, which were used as the personal names of ordinary people later in period, there is no evidence that Embla as a name was used as anything but part of a creation myth. By long-standing precedent, names of purely legendary figures are not registerable. [Dairenn ingen Chellaig, 10/2010 LoAR, A-Æthelmearc] Further, this name cannot be constructed from attested elements. Therefore, this name must be returned. [Embla Hánefsdóttir. Name change from Emeludt Hansler, 2/2018 LoAR, A-Atlantia] (http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2018/02/18-02lar.html)"

As commenters could find no evidence to suggest a reason why Pelican might overturn this precedent, this name must be returned.

This resubmission addresses the reason for return.

Ormhildr is an Old Norse feminine given name found in "Viking Names found in Landnámabók" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnam...).

Linudottir is an Old Norse byname meaning "daughter of Lina." Lina is found in Landnámabók, per the Viking Answer Lady website (http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONWomensNames.shtml#...), which states "This name appears in Landnámabók for Lína, daughter of Þórleif Þórðardóttir in ch. 48." Linudottir is formed according to the process found on page 18 of Geirr Bassi.

"Old Norse matronymic bynames are rare, but they are attested. [Álfrún Gunnvarardóttir, 10/2010 LoAR, A-Ansteorra] Therefore, they may be registered even though they are not among the common patterns found in Appendix A." [Dagmær Spanudóttir, 6/2020 LoAR, A-Ansteorra]

The submitter's previous device submission, Per saltire argent and sable, a compass star azure and a serpent erect tail coiled sable (images below) was returned on the East Kingdom Letter of Decision for January 2023 for the following reason:

This device must also be returned for use of a charge in an unregisterable posture: "This device must be returned for depicting a snake in a posture which cannot be adequately described by a defined heraldic posture, which is required by SENA A.2.C.1. "Coiled erect" is not a posture found in period heraldry; generally, coiled is not seen from the side in this manner, but instead involved with itself." [Karl Hohn, 3/2017, R-Atlantia]

(https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2017/03/17-03lar.html#...)

This resubmission attempts to address the reason for the return.

As both this name and device were Kingdom-level returns, these items are new to Laurel and payment is due.

The above submission has images. To view them, see the URLs below:
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15: Perronnelle de Croy - New Device Change (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in April of 2010, via the East.

Per pale Or and argent, two Cornish choughs respectant sable, on a chief azure three crosses moline Or

Old Item: Argent, on a pale azure between two lions combatant gules three fleurs-de-lys argent., to be released.

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16: Perronnelle de Croy - New Badge (KLoI)

OSCAR finds the name registered exactly as it appears in April of 2010, via the East.

(Fieldless) A cross moline Or surmounted by a Cornish chough sable

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17: Salvia Angeli - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Badge (KLoI)

(Fieldless) A phoenix purpure rising from flames argent, charged on each wing with an eye argent irised vert

Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Spelling (Angeli) most important.

Salvia is the feminized form of the nomen Salvius, found in "A Simple Guide to Imperial Roman Names" by Ursula Georges (https://heraldry.sca.org/names/roman.html#...). The name is feminized by converting -us to -a, as described in the same article.

Angeli is the possessive form of the cognomen Angelus, as found in the Public Legal Inscription from Trebula Mutuesca in the name T(itus) Cosidius Angelus (T COSIDIVS ANGELVS), transcribed and listed in the Epigraphic Database Heidelberg's Inscription Database (https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD000745).

The possessive is formed by converting from -us to -i, and the pattern Feminine Nomen + Possessive Cognomen is found in "Roman Nomenclature" under the header Names of Citizen Women by Barbara F. McManus (http://vroma.org/vromans/bmcmanus/roman_nam...).

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18: Þóra Hauksdóttir - Resub Name (KLoI) (NP) & Resub Device (KLoI)

Or, a hawk displayed between in fess two arrows inverted sable and a base indented barry indented azure and argent

Submitter desires a feminine name.
Language/Culture (Nordic in period) most important.
Meaning (daughter of Hawk) most important.

Þóra is an Old Norse feminine given name found on The Viking Answer Lady website (http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONWomensNames.shtml#...) with references to the following sources: GB pp. 16; FJ pp. 296; CV pp. 743 s.v. Þórr; NR s.v. Þóra. Both Þora and Thora are acceptable spellings of the given name under our transliteration rules in SENA. The submitter prefers use of the þ character.

Hauksdóttir is an Old Norse patronymic byname. Haukr is a masculine given name from Landnamabok in GB. The genitive is Hauks- per p.17 of GB. The marker -dóttir is also on the same page.

This submitter's previous name submission was withdrawn on the East Kingdom LoI of 01/29/2023.

This device originally appeared on the East Kingdom LoI of 01/29/2023; as the associated name was withdrawn, and the submitter has no other registered name, so must the device be withdrawn. This is therefore a resubmission.

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19: Vigdís eldr - New Name (KLoI) (NP) & New Device (KLoI)

Per chevron rayonny argent and purpure, two hummingbirds hovering respectant sable and a peacock feather argent

Submitter desires a feminine name.
No major changes.
Sound (Unspecified) most important.
Meaning (Fire) most important.

Vigdís is an Old Norse feminine name found in "Viking Names found in Landnámabók" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnam...).

eldr is an Old Norse descriptive byname meaning "fire" found in "Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók" by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbyna...).