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The Might · 01-06-2007, 07:39 PM

I really like mine...
So my BD name would be Se Afol or Se Geweald...sounds nice

My RL name is unfortunately not translatable since I don't have an English name

littlemanpoet · 01-06-2007, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by The Might

My RL name is unfortunately not translatable since I don't have an English name

Surely there is a "German to Old English" glossary on the internet somewhere....

Besides, Anglo-Saxon is closer to modern German than it is to modern English.

Try this or that

The Might · 01-06-2007, 08:14 PM

Thank you very much kind sir, but these things are of no help I guess
Firstly, because I am not a German, and don't have a German name, but a Romanian name
And even in my country's tongue my name has no meaning
Sabin come from the Sabins that lived on one of the 7 hills of Rome and that had their own problems with the Latins a long time ago
So to translate it isn't quite easy, though my last name would mean mountain man or man of the mountains...

Elianna · 04-11-2007, 06:09 PM

Being a classicist and an amatuer linguist, that last comment, The Might, was just too tempting. An untranslatable name, pfft.

After only a brief search on Google I found this here:

Sabine: "pertaining to a people in ancient Italy," 1387, from L. Sabinus (in poetic L. often Sabellus, connected by Tucker to root *sabh- "combine, gather, unite" (cf. Skt. sabha "gathering of village community," ... O.E. sibb "relationship, peace").

So you could either be Sibb, or Gadrian

The Sixth Wizard · 04-11-2007, 07:40 PM

Apparently I am heardlic. Not the most flattering of names, it must be said.

LjósÁlfr · 04-11-2007, 11:56 PM

Well, I know what my name means... It's Maarten, which is the Dutch form of Martin. And that comes from Latin Martinus, which is derived from Martis, the Genitive case from Mars (Roman war God).

Now how will I translate Mars into Old English?

littlemanpoet · 04-12-2007, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by LjósÁlfr

Now how will I translate Mars into Old English?

Uh, Thor?

01-06-2007, 07:39 PM	#1
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I really like mine... So my BD name would be Se Afol or Se Geweald...sounds nice My RL name is unfortunately not translatable since I don't have an English name __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-06-2007, 08:14 PM	#3
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Thank you very much kind sir, but these things are of no help I guess Firstly, because I am not a German, and don't have a German name, but a Romanian name And even in my country's tongue my name has no meaning Sabin come from the Sabins that lived on one of the 7 hills of Rome and that had their own problems with the Latins a long time ago So to translate it isn't quite easy, though my last name would mean mountain man or man of the mountains... __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

04-11-2007, 06:09 PM	#4
Elianna Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ad finem itineris Posts: 384	Being a classicist and an amatuer linguist, that last comment, The Might, was just too tempting. An untranslatable name, pfft. After only a brief search on Google I found this here: Sabine: "pertaining to a people in ancient Italy," 1387, from L. Sabinus (in poetic L. often Sabellus, connected by Tucker to root *sabh- "combine, gather, unite" (cf. Skt. sabha "gathering of village community," ... O.E. sibb "relationship, peace"). So you could either be Sibb, or Gadrian __________________ Enyale cuilenya, ú-enyale mandenya.

04-11-2007, 07:40 PM	#5
The Sixth Wizard Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stuck under a rock in Valinor with Ar-Pharazon. Posts: 480	Apparently I am heardlic. Not the most flattering of names, it must be said.

04-11-2007, 11:56 PM	#6
LjósÁlfr Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sá er einn staðr þar, er kallaðr er Álfheimr. There is a place in the sky, that's called Elf Home. Posts: 23	Well, I know what my name means... It's Maarten, which is the Dutch form of Martin. And that comes from Latin Martinus, which is derived from Martis, the Genitive case from Mars (Roman war God). Now how will I translate Mars into Old English?