Germanic names

[Alanus]

There are a number of locations in England and Wales named after dubius historical personages. And then it's versa-vica. :lol: Robert mentioned a couple connected to the Wall (evidently by using hydrolic cement), and then in Wales we have Brycon named after a town, or maybe it's vasa-viza. And you may be right about Cedric. I've done exactly that while writing something. "Oops! I wrote Cerdic. Oh, well. I'll just leave it that way. I forgot my scraping knife... and where is that shaker of sand, anyway?"

These scribal types lived one step beyond reality. (Evidently right next to me.) And they were not versed in history, even though copying it... or making it up as they went along. The worst, by far, were the Pedigree Doctors between the 12th and 15th centuries. They really managed to screw things up. Between Roman scribes, then British ones, then Saxon ones, then Norman ones, we have a "marginal" chance for error. Look at any translation of major works like Pliny, and you discover our modern academics choosing to translate "the Badenburden manuscript" over the "Vatican ms A" because it has less errors.

What I want to know-- and will never find out-- "How many errors was that, anyway?" :wink:

And there's another problem. These "historical" characters were recorded by two or three, even four, different names. The person known as Riothamus is also John Lex (Lex Luther's brother, the cousin of Martin Luther), also as John Rieth (or during the holidays, Christmas Rieth), and also as Emyr Llydaw... and also as Pompeius. So which one was his real name?

The answer is (envelope ripping)-- "I dunno."

Keeping to Germanic names, Riothamus had a grandson named Maxentius, which is unusual and could be Germanic. Riothamus' elder son was Riwal... possibly Riwald (the big furry German who was garroted by the 97-lb Guinevere in the flick)... and his youngest son was Daniel, a good Biblical name for a guy who became "King of the Alammani." His great grandson was Theodoric II. What we are seeing again, is a Romano-Brit family with a German who slipped through the back door.

Keep well,

Alanus, A.J. Campbell