Hi Lauren All you have to remember is that i and j used to be interchangeable, as well as i and y, and that i = 1 in Roman numerals, then you have 1 Jenewary - the rest is just down to the clerk's way of spelling...:-) HTH Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lauren Patey" <lpatey@wt.com.au> To: <OLD-ENGLISH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 11:03 AM Subject: [OEL] i ienewari meaning hi am new to list as now transcribing 1500+ baps and have come across this word which google doesn't acknowledge! "larrans eusden son of willm eusden i ienewari"..what does the i ienewari mean pls? I was going for January or Feb 1st but that's a guess. Cld someone please enlighten me. thanks lauren ==================================== 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