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    1. [OEL] C16th given name
    2. Mike Nason

    3. In a will dated 1586 one of Edmond Nason's daughter's had the name 'ffryzarde'. A respected opinion was that the name could have been a version of 'Frideswide' (patron saint of Oxford). I have no reason to now reject that possibility but write to ask if anyone would venture an opinion as to how 'ffryzarde' might have been pronounced in Warwickshire, in 1586! I am re-visiting the will and perhaps idly speculating on other possible origins for the name, wondering what the local accent and the phoenetic spelling of the scribe might have done to the 'real' name. I have not seen any similar names in any other source of the period. Mike Nason

    01/10/2009 09:39:52
    1. Re: [OEL] C16th given name
    2. Christopher M Richards

    3. I'm wondering if what you have written as "ff" is actually the 16th century way of writing a capital F. And that makes me wonder about the rest of the letters. Is it possible to scan the name and let us see what it looks like. Christopher Richards Mike Nason wrote: > In a will dated 1586 one of Edmond Nason's daughter's had the name > 'ffryzarde'. A respected opinion was that the name could have been a > version of 'Frideswide' (patron saint of Oxford). > > I have no reason to now reject that possibility but write to ask if > anyone would venture an opinion as to how 'ffryzarde' might have been > pronounced in Warwickshire, in 1586! I am re-visiting the will and > perhaps idly speculating on other possible origins for the name, > wondering what the local accent and the phoenetic spelling of the scribe > might have done to the 'real' name. I have not seen any similar names > in any other source of the period. > > Mike Nason > > > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

    01/10/2009 10:07:06
    1. Re: [OEL] C16th given name
    2. kelly 6424

    3. Mike The way you have it transcribed it is definately not derived from Anglo-Saxon as you 'respected opinion' has thought..any way that I might see the original? Cheers KB Gray NY > Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:39:52 +0000> From: mfcn@btinternet.com> To: OLD-ENGLISH@rootsweb.com> Subject: [OEL] C16th given name> > In a will dated 1586 one of Edmond Nason's daughter's had the name > 'ffryzarde'. A respected opinion was that the name could have been a > version of 'Frideswide' (patron saint of Oxford).> > I have no reason to now reject that possibility but write to ask if > anyone would venture an opinion as to how 'ffryzarde' might have been > pronounced in Warwickshire, in 1586! I am re-visiting the will and > perhaps idly speculating on other possible origins for the name, > wondering what the local accent and the phoenetic spelling of the scribe > might have done to the 'real' name. I have not seen any similar names > in any other source of the period.> > Mike Nason> > > > > ====================================> WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/> ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_012009

    01/10/2009 11:09:10