09-30-2010, 01:02 PM
Quote:Alanus:3pfap70q Wrote:The attachment "ric," like in Meuric or Mouric (from a famous Celtic family), can be found beyond Saxon and in Gothic-- such as Alaric or Theodoric-- where it means the same thing, alluding to power or high status, as in "reiks." A hundred years ago, the background of Cerdic and Cynric would never have been questioned, but I was borrowing from modern authors. And my point was intended to illustrate the possible, even probable, upheaval during the latter stages of Britonic power in post-Roman Britain.
Mouric does not contain a "ric" suffix, but rather a Latin -ic (as it comes from Latin Mauricius "Moorish").
"Thank heaven for leetle girls.
They're getting smaller every day"
Mauricius Chevalier
(or was it Inspector Clouseau as Mauricious Chevalier? hock: )
At least I got the Alaric and Theodoric part correct! Two out of three doesn't make me a totally ignorant buffoon, only a partially ignorant one. But who cares? The whole thing has become extremely off-topic. What I was driving at is in my last quoted sentance: ie, the dividing line of power in post-Roman Britain was getting blurred between Saxon and Briton. I'll stand by that, because I don't think I'm wrong. :wink:
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb