WHAT’S IN A NAME?

No, but I am always looking for great names for my historical fiction and even my other fictional works. So there ya go…

Ten Great Anglo-Saxon Girls’ Names

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Medievalists.net

– October 6, 2014Posted in: Features

Elisabeth Okasha’s book Women’s Names in Old English details close to 300 female names from Anglo-Saxon England. Most names were chosen from two words, such as bregu (ruler), wif (woman) and cynn (family).We’ve come up with our ten favourite girls’ names – if you are considering a different type of baby name, perhaps you will pick one of these!

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WHEN POETRY WAS SWEET AND BEAUTIFUL BEYOND COMPARE

THE WANDERER

By the way, my middle name Wendel means wanderer, and I have always felt keen kinship with this poem.

Here is a modern English translation. A good one.