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Additional info for those of you considering a runic inscription. This has to do with ownership marks on seaxes and stuff.
The most common ownership marks were the posessor's name, either first name or family name. The first name, for me "Keith," was the most common ownership inscription, followed by the word "Meah" suggesting ownership. "Keith Meah"means "Keith owns me." This
phrasing suggested that the item itself was speaking it's owner's name. This would suggest that the item had a spirit of sorts, imparted to it by its makers, and its owner.
The naming of folks in the north of europe (Scandinavias, Russia) Was first name, and then father's or mother's name with the suffix -son for boys, -dottir for girls. So me, Keith, with a father named Donald, would be Keith Donaldsson. Erik the Red's son, Leif, was called Leif Eriksson.
Additionally, other folks earned titles to replace their last name, Like Harold "Bluetooth" (he had pneumonia as a kid, and thus his teeth were discolored) or Harald "Hadratta" ( Harald 'Hairy-Breeches'), so that the distinct nickname effectively became their last name. Leif Eriksson had the nickname Leif "the Lucky" (for his travels to the new world.) Erik the Red's last name is a nickname to denote his bright red beard and hair, his actual last name being lost to the mists of time.
As families became powerful, their family name of their primary historical descendant might take precendent over their other names, Like the Yinglings, who traced their lineage to Ingvvi-Freyr, a god-king. The famous dragon slayer Sigfried was of a family of royal heroes, the Volsungs. This use of family names in kinda like the clan names in Scotland. Or some american clans, like the "Hatfields" and the "McCoys."
Now in the more central places in Europe, the Frankish empire, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, England, Ireland, It might be common for you have alast name that befits your trade or location of origin. You might be Bob(the)Hunter or Bob Smith, or Bob of the woods or Robert of Mercia.
Anyhow, thats pretty much it on owner's names on seaxes and other objects of the period.
Keith
Additional info for those of you considering a runic inscription. This has to do with ownership marks on seaxes and stuff.
The most common ownership marks were the posessor's name, either first name or family name. The first name, for me "Keith," was the most common ownership inscription, followed by the word "Meah" suggesting ownership. "Keith Meah"means "Keith owns me." This
phrasing suggested that the item itself was speaking it's owner's name. This would suggest that the item had a spirit of sorts, imparted to it by its makers, and its owner.
The naming of folks in the north of europe (Scandinavias, Russia) Was first name, and then father's or mother's name with the suffix -son for boys, -dottir for girls. So me, Keith, with a father named Donald, would be Keith Donaldsson. Erik the Red's son, Leif, was called Leif Eriksson.
Additionally, other folks earned titles to replace their last name, Like Harold "Bluetooth" (he had pneumonia as a kid, and thus his teeth were discolored) or Harald "Hadratta" ( Harald 'Hairy-Breeches'), so that the distinct nickname effectively became their last name. Leif Eriksson had the nickname Leif "the Lucky" (for his travels to the new world.) Erik the Red's last name is a nickname to denote his bright red beard and hair, his actual last name being lost to the mists of time.
As families became powerful, their family name of their primary historical descendant might take precendent over their other names, Like the Yinglings, who traced their lineage to Ingvvi-Freyr, a god-king. The famous dragon slayer Sigfried was of a family of royal heroes, the Volsungs. This use of family names in kinda like the clan names in Scotland. Or some american clans, like the "Hatfields" and the "McCoys."
Now in the more central places in Europe, the Frankish empire, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, England, Ireland, It might be common for you have alast name that befits your trade or location of origin. You might be Bob(the)Hunter or Bob Smith, or Bob of the woods or Robert of Mercia.
Anyhow, thats pretty much it on owner's names on seaxes and other objects of the period.
Keith
