Old Saxon Personal Names Part 7 (Irmingard - Meginuulf)
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2024
- In this video, Dr. Scott Shell provides personal names attested in the Old Saxon corpus. This is Part 7 of the sub-series regarding personal names and covers Irmingard ('great-enclosure/home') - Meginuuulf ('main-wolf'). The seventh set of 10 names out of 125 are provided in this next installment. The names are provided in the attested forms, standardized Heliand forms and runic forms.
Old Saxon Speech Area Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYhnk...
Old Saxon Soul Lore Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=23aaW...
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So no "K" names after all. This was the one I was waiting for. Oh well, back to the drawing board. LOL!
There actually are a few recorded. I just didn't include them because they weren't always clear in terms of their meaning(s) and gender. Here are a few that I am now somewhat certain of-
*Keep in mind that both and are pronounced as [k], i.e., they are the same sound as in "cat." All of the names below were recorded for men:
1. Attested form: Karolus; Heliand form: Karl ('man')
2. Attested form: Crachto; Heliand form: Krahto(?) (the mighty?) This looks like Dutch influence.
3. Attested form: Knapizo; Heliand form: Knapizo (boy + plus a diminutive suffix). So, this literally means "little boy."
4. Attested form: Knut; Heliand form: Knut *This name is actually really cool because it shows Danish influence. Because of Widukind's political involvement with Denmark during he Saxons wars, this is probably where this name came from.
5. Attested form: Chonradus; Heliand form: Conrad ('daring/bold-rede')
This video is so relaxing. 🙂
That is really cool Matilda survived to modern times. Strong name.
And again, thank you for your work
Besides "might and main" we also sometimes hear "main strength" or "main force" - which seem rather redundant, "strong strength" or something like that.
Interesting. I've never heard anyone say "main strength" or "main force."
Words with the modern reflex of barred-b will sometimes have different dialectal forms with either b or v/f. Liof seems to be consistently in the v/f camp across dialects , though.
Yeah, pretty much the more north and west you go, the more likely you are to hear [f]/[v]. It "hardens" to [b] in High German.
Prof. Shell, In regards to megin, two living traditions I'm aware of, one from Norway, another the German Pennsylvanians refer to megin as "life force energy". In the soul-complex video it's referred to ferah. Actually the Penn Dietch call it megge. Almost seems reversed from Macht and Main.
Very interesting. Thanks!
My mothers close friend who is female has the first name of Irmi pronounced Ear - Me. She is from Germany and in her 80s now. Female version of Irmingard also most likely related to the Irminsul .
Gerhard
This was also my former advisor's name! Her husband called her "Irmi" :)
Nice. The Dutch pronounce it as Irma
I find the bird names interesting. Could that have had to do with their beliefs & practices? I am just beginning my learning about them and somewhere I saw mentioned divination & bird’s. It could have been a comment or question though.👍💗😊
It's hard to say. And yeah, if you see my video on Outlawed Saxon Rituals, I mention auguries there, too.
Then again, I would say that, yes, it has a lot to do with beliefs. Odin is tied to ravens, hawks, and eagles. Loki borrows a "feather suit" from Freyja so he can fly. So, this clearly shows Freyja's association with birds. Swans are associated with Valkyries (look at Völundarkviða). And now of course, we have these recorded names tied to OS beliefs.
Hey Scott, thanks again for the video. I wonder if you could tell me if Edward had any OS cognates?
Hey, Paolo. We have a recorded form: Adward (10th century). However, the form closest to Heliand standards is Ôduuard ('wealth-warder'). Like usual in my videos, the former is the attested form. The latter here is the reconstructed form. The runes are pretty straightforward. If you want them, message me.
@@scottt.shellcontinentalger2464 thanks Scott, exactly what I was looking for!