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iron-sides · 2 months

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:T <- guy who got all excited because it recognized the "wyn" in aelwyn as the anglo saxon name -fix wynn/wyn/wen meaning "joy" and though the abernants had anglo saxon names but they dont. they dont guys its welsh which is also super sick but i know fuck all about welsh, welsh pronunciation, welsh names, welsh name meanings, how to find good information on that, etc etc etc. this is the problem with living languages. no one gives a flying fuck about anglo saxon except ME and academics 💀 anyway google says aelwyn means fair browed which makes sense bc shes blonde but does not fuck nearly as hard as "noble joy" which my misreading of a scholarly blog briefly led me to believe was correct before i tracked down the context and was proven wrong.

#my thots #bee liveblogs!#fhfy #srsly this is so embarrassing i was so excited. no other name in the whole family sounds even slightly anglo saxon but ael+wynn.....#like. anglso saxon names are usually a suffix and a prefix right #and MY OCS. have the prefix aelf- twice and the suffix -wynn once #i was like oh man its literally one letter off from being aelfwyn which would be elf*-joy #which kind of would be a sweet baby name but wouldnt make a ton of sense for elves to name their kid elf*-joy #(* elf here refers loosely to elves the fey etc etc its pretty conflated i think but i am super not an expert but! yh the crucial part is #that while historically it didnt refer to elves as they exist in dnd and modern pop culture that is the word my admittedly dubious sources #are using. and those sources are citing rlly good sources for where they GOT these names which lends them Some credibility so!)#so i was like wow what does ael- mean then probably smth similar right. guys i dont think ael- Was an anglo saxon naming prefix #this is so sad <- i am So Normal about the anglo saxons you have no idea #also footnote i use the phrase anglo saxon here to reference the historical ppl who lived in england before the norman invasion. i mean #they lived there after too but yknow. not the point #anyway i do need a word thats not that bc. wasps exist. but i have not found one yet #:thumbsup:

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