[tirrigh-heralds] Now, about my name

[Basil]

On 6/7/2013 1:30 PM, Runescope wrote:
> So, seeing as most if not all of the wrinkles seem to have been ironed out
> of my Arms design, at least enough where I can submit it and see what
> happens, the next step is to fix my name. :D
>
> A friend of mine suggested that I try an alternate spelling of Thane, and go
> with the old English version of Thegn.
>
> That would be totally acceptable to me.

Thegn is totally not allowable. Please see the Approved Administrative 
Handbook, Appendix C (1), the Standards of Evaluation of Names and 
Armory, PN.4.A and PN.4.B.1 (2), and the List of Alternate Titles (3).

The long and the short of it, "Thegn" is a "protected and/or 
restricted rank," and thus cannot be used in a name. "Thane," since it 
has an identical or nearly identical pronunciation is problematical. 
As it says in SENA PN.4.B.1, "Attested given names that are identical 
to titles and forms of address may be registered in contexts that make 
it clear that they are given names and not titles."

Thus, to use "Thane" you will have to show that it was used, in 
period, as a given name, and then use it in a way that dos not seem to 
be a title.

OTOH, if you're willing to use a form of "thane" as a *last* name, you 
can point to the Middle English Dictionary, which has some examples 
under s.n. thein (4). The spellings used are "Tain", "Thein", and "Theyn".


(1) http://heraldry.sca.org/admin.html#APPENDIXC
(2) http://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#PN4
(3) http://heraldry.sca.org/titles.html
(4) 
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED45109&egs=all&egdisplay=open



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