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MINUTES OF THE HERALDS MEETING – May 17, 2026
(11:00 AM to 1:44 PM)
ATTENDEES:
Domamir Vlatko syn, Vesper; Moira O’Connor, Compline; Edith of Swanesdale, Matins; Hirsch von Henford, Golem;Aasa Thorvaldsdottir, Green Banner; Moira of Kent, Green Crown & Exchequer; Elewys Gwynne verch Llewelyn Dedewyth ap Gwenhwyfar Llwyd, Seawolf; Anne FitzRichard, Stellanordica; Kean de Lacy, Argent Fox Herald; Rayven the Other, Rivenoak Herald; Gwenhwyfaer ferch Gwilym ap Morgan o Erryrys, PaL; Ræv Kolfinnsson, Levert; Rickard Morcant; StraifBlackthorn Morcant; Keziah Godard; Matilda.
COLLEGE OF HERALDS MEETINGS
The March meeting was held online. All future meetings will be held via online conference, with the exception of Twelfth Night which will be held in-person only, until Vesper announces otherwise.
Note that West Kingdom Heralds Meetings can be found on the West Kingdom Calendar under the All Activities option [https://westkingdom.org/all-activities-calendar/].
Herald's Meetings for 2026:
July 12, September 13, November 22.
Meetings usually begin at 11:00 AM and will be held via online/remote teleconference until
further notice.
The DEADLINES for submission forms and documentation are: The 2026 DEADLINES for submissions forms and documentation are: July 1, September 2, and October 28.
Submission forms must be complete and received either via EMAIL or hardcopy by the deadline date at midnight to be considered at the next meeting (which is about 11 days later, except December due to holidays and the roadshow meeting prep time needed). If the forms are EMAILED, then payment must arrive by the meeting day. WALK-IN submissions will not be accepted while meetings are held via remote conference.
REPORTS
Vesper (Damir): His thanks to everyone who pitched in and helped at Diamond Beltane. While he was unable to attend, it sounds like it was a lovely event. Specific thanks and commendation go to:
- HL Victoria of Durham, for setting up and hosting herald's point for the week.
- Moira O'Conor, for handling sealing at the event.
- Moira of Kent, for covering fealty for my office and transporting materials.
Now that the open period for applicants have closed, he is pleased to officially announce his Vesper successor Moira O'Conor, with whom he has every confidence of fulfilling the office admirable. He intends to transition the office at Purgatorio after conferring with Moira, and the Crown/Seneschal.
There has been much discussion, and seeming confusion, in the kingdom over the sealing of scrolls. In an effort to address this Damir plans to post to the herald and scribal groups a reminder about what we look for before sealing AND providing a link to our website that already documents this.
Eleanor O’Connor has expressed interested in Green Trumpet, will be trialing the office at June Crown.
Seawolf (Elewys): The day before the meeting they had the Investiture of a Prince and Princess. Thanks to Moira of Kent for her assistance.
Considering breaking out Investiture ceremonies form the rest of the Ceremony book, similar to what Kingdom is trialing.
Suggests a change to the book offering combined Fealty ceremonies, rather than only having them all split out to individual ceremonies.
And for Invocation, she would like to consider changing the Ceremony for the order of calling fighters. Recent have been Heavy Knights, then call overs, then Companions of the Order of Defense and call overs, then the “unbelted” fighters for both.
Sable Swan (Teagan): Since the prior meeting, our Cynaguan Royals held courts at War of the Baronies and Cynagua/Mists War (War of the Principalities).
Teagan conducted Their Highnesses business at War of the Baronies.
Their Highnesses business at War of the Principalities was conducted by Victoria of Durham.
Teagan has found and began training a Deputy in Mistress Brigit Ni Sheachnasigh.
She wants to give a resounding shout out to a blossoming Book Herald in Rayven The Other, who has run several consultation tables and has been doing an absolutely stellar job!
In addition, Agatha of Fettburg and Raven The Other did wonderfully in representing their respective Barons and Baronesses in court at War of the Baronies.
Teagan apologizes for her absence from the meeting. If anyone has any questions that need answering, please reach out, and she'll respond in as timely a fashion as possible.
Stellanordica (Anne): Hello from the Great North! Upcoming is the Baronial changeover for Selveirgard, their Highnesses will be the representatives for their Majesties.
Anne will be creating a ceremony that will be kept in the Archives for the changeover with their Highnesses representing their Majesties.
There are some newer heralds training in the Principality who have been a lot of fun to work with.
Exchequer (Moira): The College remains solvent. A check was sent to the Society College of Arms for prepayment of fees, but has not yet shown up on the monthly report.
We are still waiting on checks from the PayPal Deputy for submissions paid through PayPal. There is a delay in getting signers on the account.
The Society's arrangement with Chase Bank is now in place. At an in-person Heralds' meeting several Twelfth Nights ago it was determined that the signers on the College of Heralds checking account should be Kingdom Exchequer, College of Heralds Exchequer, Vesper Principal Herald, and one additional member of the College at-large (preferably someone in close physical proximity to the Exchequer). As soon as the signers are verified, she will fill out the Society's paperwork and meet with the contact at her local branch to get the branch information for the new account.
Matins (Edith): Gulf Wars submissions from Ansteorra remain pending, not yet sent out to the other Kingdoms. Matins will reach out to those affected, once the information is provided, to confirm their submissions have now been received and will be processed with at the July meeting.
Otherwise, submissions continue to roll through the process, including the large number pending for this meeting.
Baldric (vacant): This position is recently vacant.
Brachet (Ræv): Congratulations to Ræv Kolfinnsson who took on this office this month!
Green Cloak (Victoria): No report received.
Green Crown (Moira): Diamond Beltane Courts ran smoothly - a total of five courts in eight days. Thank you to everyone who helped with Court Heralding at the extended event. Special thanks to Mistress Leah Raedaelf of Pagham for writing out the court business when I experienced a tight deadline for the War of the Principalities Court, and Master Richard Talbot of Blackmere who rolled with the punches as Sovereign's Side Herald for that Court.
A new section was added to Kingdom Law giving the Sovereign and/or Consort the option to name their child or children as Prince/Princess/Heir Royale for the duration of Their reign. This law change has resulted in two new ceremonies: one for naming the Child (or Children) Royale, and one for relinquishing the title at the end of the reign. The law designates that former Children Royale will receive an Augmentation of Arms, with the suggested augmentation as an acorn. The ceremony at the end of the reign includes awarding the Augmentation of Arms, preceded by an Award of Arms if the child doesn't already have one.
Finally, Green Crown requests the College's guidance on the specifications for the new binders to be commissioned for the Coronation Ceremony books.
Green Trumpet (vacant): Vacant.
Green Banner (Aasa), Successor (Rayven the Other): The Consultation Table was at Beltane on the first Saturday. Aasa had intended to camp and spend most of the week at the event, but her energy levels were too low for anything more.
Rayven the Other has agreed to be Aasa’s deputy successor. Aasa is very impressed with the energy, ideas, and initiative Rayven has been displaying as baronial herald for Rivenoak, so she’s excited to train her and eventually pass the office to Rayven. (Aasa has also taken Rayven as her protégé.)
Golem (Hirsch): Court reports are coming in pretty timely, and the royalty have been great about getting them confirmed. Golem would like to suggest folk try to think about spelling of names for Court Reports. Try to think of variations on a name, if you cannot find the spelling you have. Ceara of Morven recently received a second Award of Arms, because no one could find her name in the awards data (or the Who’s Who). This is understandable: Ceara could be spelled: Chiara, Kiara, Keara, and probably multiple other ways. Another recent example: Jackie of Fettburg – could this be Jacqueline of Fettburg? And one more example: Steven = Stephan, Stephen, Stefan, and the feminine versions of these (Stefana, etc.) Anyway, things to try to remember. Note that Golem is not pointing fingers at anyone, this is not an easy thing to remember, or to even consider in the middle of going through court notes and building the report. It can, however, avoid some issues …
Other than that, things are trundling along. Golem is still looking for folk willing to train in parts of this job. Moira of Kent when time allows will be taking on the Ceremony Books, but otherwise … For information about jobs that people are trying to fill: https://heralds.westkingdom.org/JobOpenings.php
ANNOUNCEMENTS / Other Business
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTSFacebook Page: The West Kingdom Heralds' have their own page on Facebook, announcements, help with consultation, and more are often done there:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/302970543102065/
The West Kingdom web team have added a Discord channel for heraldry, which is used for consultation, look for the #heraldry group.:
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES: Many interesting heraldic links can be found through the SCA Heraldry web page at https://www.sca.org/heraldry, including the Laurel home page, the on-line Armorial and Ordinary (with search capabilities) and The Academy of St. Gabriel (an onomastic and heraldic consultation service). The West Kingdom Heraldry site and the West Kingdom Awards List can be accessed through the West Kingdom site, https://www.westkingdom.org. Heraldic queries may also be addressed to Vesper at herald@westkingdom.org -- answers may take a few days.
Also see above for the Kingdom Heralds' Facebook page and Discord channel.
BRACHET MEETINGS
Contact brachet@heralds.westkingdom.org for external commenting participation. (At this time the office of Brachet Herald is vacant.)
FROM THE LOARS
The cover letters, acceptances and returns for the past can be found at https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/. If you are interested in responding to some of the calls for commentary put out by the Laurel Sovereign of Arms, please be sure to visit the site.
January, 2026 LoAR (printed April 4, 2026) (West - No LoI)
Cover Letter
West Acceptances - January LoAR
(None)
West Returns - January LoAR
(None)
West Errata Letter - January LoAR
Errata Letter
This is here to note the name for Cera ingen uí Berichtir, as she now resides in Selviergard (Oertha).
February, 2026 LoAR (printed April 14, 2026) (West - November, 2025 LoI)
Cover Letter
West Acceptances - February LoAR
West Returns - February LoAR
March, 2026 LoAR (printed May 10, 2026) (West - No LoI)
Cover Letter
West Acceptances - March LoAR
None
West Returns - March LoAR
None
In Service,
Edith of Swanesdale, HE,
Matins Herald
SUBMISSONS – May (2026)
ITEMS SENT TO LAURELÆrindís Bogsveigir (New Name & Device sent to the SCA College of Arms)
The submitter previously went by the unregistered Molly of Selveirgard.
The submitter will accept the following changes: Ærindís (or similar) of Selveirgard.
The submitter cares about the meaning (the byname to reference archery), language and/or culture (generally Norse), and gender (female, neutral both marked) of the name.
Ærindís - found on [https://vikinganswerlady.com/ONWomensNames.shtml]. The source she pulled this name from was from: Peterson, Lena.
Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (In Swedish) [A dictionary of Old Norse names from runic inscriptions. Most of these names come from eastern Scandinavia and are therefore most appropriate for people with personas from Sweden or Denmark, but there are some west Scandinavian names from Norway, the British Isles, etc. as well, also some placenames.] If interpreted the information from this cite correctly, the name possibly dated to around 1393. Please see attached document with screenshots.
Aerindis specifically isn't noted, but the a-r-i-n rune combination is well noted and -dis is a quite common feminine ending.
Bogsveigir - found on https://heralds.westkingdom.org.
Geirr Bassi Haraldsson. The Old Norse Name. The definitive book on Old Norse (Viking) names and naming practices. It is really only an overgrown pamphlet, but is invaluable. It is NOT available online, but two indices derived from this source are available at the Academy of Saint Gabriel: Viking Names found in the Landnámabók: [http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html] and [http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html]. Both of these are now listed as no-copy needed sources. The major extant copies of the Landnamabok date to the 13th-15th century.
The Scandinavian name formation <given + byname> is found in SENA Appendix A.
Device:
Azure, a domestic cat sejant guardant, in dexter chief a decrescent, on a dexter gore argent a
bow with arrow nocked and drawn azure.
There is a Step from Period Practice for charging a gore.
Antonia Elisabetta di Normandia (New Name sent to the CoA)
The submitter cares about the language and/or culture and gender (female) of the name and further requests Authenticity for 15-16th century Italian.
Antonia: "Feminine Names from 15th-Century Bologna (Italy)" by Magnifica Gianna Maddalena Alberti (Gigi Coulson): Antonia, 7 duplications [https://heraldry.sca.org/names/bolognese/].
Elisabetta: "Names from Sixteenth Century Venice" by Juliana de Luna (Julia Smith): Elisabetta from the list of Names of Venetian Women Recorded Before 1600 [https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/juliana/16thcvenice.html].
di Normandia: "Of Normandy" Per SENA Appendix A, Italian “Locative bynames in the northern and central areas normally take the form da X, but de X and di X are rarely found. Generic toponymics take the form della/dalla/dello/dallo Y. In the south, de X and di X are far more common.”
The submitter notes: my persona was born in Normandy as Antoinette Elisabeth and moved to Italy.
The Italian name formation (double given + locative byname) is found in SENA Appendix A.
Eithne ingen Fhiachrach (New Device sent to the CoA)
Vert, two cats sejant erect addorsed maintaining rowan branches fructed proper, a bordure ermined Or and azure.
Gaius Pumidius Castus (New Name Change sent to the CoA)
The previously registered Claudius Crispus Scaevola is to be released upon registration.
The submitter cares about the meaning (none noted), language and/or culture (none noted), and gender (male) of the name and further requests Authenticity for 1st Century AD Roman.
Gaius Pumidius Castus
All elements from “A Simple Guide to Imperial Roman Names” by Ursula Georges [https://heraldry.sca.org/names/roman.html#cognomen] and correctly placed for the Praenomen, the Nomen, and the Cognomen.
The Roman name formation <praenomen + nomen + cognomen> is acceptable per “A Simple Guide to Imperial Roman Names” by Ursula Georges. [https://heraldry.sca.org/names/roman.html#cognomen].
Halfdan the Quiet (New Name sent to the CoA & Device Returned)
The submitter will accept the following changes: Hálfdan inn kyrri
The submitter cares about the language and/or culture (Norse/Scandinavian) and gender (male) of the name.
Hálfdan - from [Lind] col. 451-452, found in the Eddas and the 11th to 15th centuries. Also in the Landnámabók. [https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html]. The submitter is not using any accents or diacritical marks.
The Quiet is a descriptive byname translated into Modern English per Lingua Societatis (SENA PN1.B.2.c) from "inn kyrri" (quiet, gentle) also from the Landnámabók. [https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/vikbynames.html]
The Scandinavian name formation <given + byname> is acceptable per SENA Appendix A. No accents or diacritical marks are used in this name.
Jehan le Fort (New Name & Device sent to the CoA)
The submitter will accept the following changes: willing to work with the heralds on spelling and other aspect, but I'd like the essence of the name intact. And further marked the boxes for meaning (the byname le Fort (The Strong) ), language and/or culture (the French / Burgundian name for John (Jean / Jehan) ), and gender (male).
Jehan - from FamilySearch.org. (2026, March, 24). Jehan MICHEL 1505–1 January 1575 • LHQ4-CV8. [https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LHQ4-CV8/jehan-michel-1505-1575]
FamilySearch.org. (2026, March, 24). Jehan DUPRET 1520–Deceased • GXJY-DYH. [https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/GXJY-DYH/jehan-dupret-1520]
le Fort- from Uckelman,Sara L.’s (2014). DRAFT: Bynames in Medieval France. pp 90. § Fort (le Fort).
from Domhnall na Moicheirgh’s Names from Lallaing 1384 – 1600: Bynames. (Donald Campbell). § le Fort. [https://heraldry.sca.org/names/lallaing/lallaing_names_bynames.html]
The French name formation <given + byname> is found in SENA Appendix A.
Device:
Per fess embattled sable and gules, in fess a wolf and a raven displayed Or.
Leif Rodhlauf (New Name & Device sent to the CoA)
The submitter will accept the following changes: other spellings of the word Rodhlauf such as Rothloff, Rauthloff, Rauthlov, Rothlov.
The submitter cares about the meaning (the name Red Leaf), the sound (none noted), and gender (male) of the name.
Leif- documented thrice in Charter No. 532 August 19, 1512 in the Diplomatarium Norvegicum - highlighted pdf attached to this form. [https://www.dokpro.uio.no/cgi-bin/middelalder/diplom_vise_tekst.cgi?b=18690&s=e&str=]
Documented in Charter No. 531 October 31, 1386 in the Diplomatarium Norvegicum - highlighted pdf attached to this form. [externalLink" href=" https://www.dokpro.uio.no/cgi-bin/middelalder/diplom_vise_tekst.cgi?b=4002&s=e&str=]
Rodhlauf (Red Leaf) is a constructed descriptive byname.
Rodh - a Scandinavian spelling variant of old Norse rauðr meaning red, is documented in the Svenskt Diplomatarium in a medieval letter dated November 23, 1517 in Stockholm - highlighted attached to this form. [https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sdhk/? EndastDigitaliserat=false&TrycktUtgava=true&TrycktRegest=true&Texten=Rodh&Brevtext=true&Extratext=true&Sigill=true&Original=true&MedeltidaAvskrifter=true&MedeltidaRegest=true&EftermedeltidaAvskrifter=true&EftermedeltidaRegest=true&AvanceradSok=False&page=1&postid=sdhk_38103&tab=post#tab]
Lauf - meaning leaf, is documented many times in the University of Copenhagen's ONP: Dictionary of
Old Norse Prose as early as 1200 a.d. in letters. Here are three links with the pdfs attached to this form.
[https://onp.ku.dk/onp/onp.php?c405104]
[https://onp.ku.dk/onp/onp.php?c380379]
[https://onp.ku.dk/onp/onp.php?c411618]
The Scandinavian name formation <given +byname> is acceptable per SENA Appendix A.
Device:
Per pale argent and checky vert and argent, an oak leaf gules, on a chief sable three lozenges argent.
Nasrine Al-Bayati (New Name & Device sent to the CoA)
The submitter will NOT accept ANY changes to the name.
The submitter cares about the sound (none noted) of the name.
The submitter will NOT allow the creation of a holding name.
Nasrin - a Persian given name based on a pattern of feminine given names based on Persian flower names. Saint Gabriel report 3059 [http://www.s-gabriel.org/3059] shows this pattern. The word Nasrin is attested as a flower name from The Behâristân, written before 1382: "In the above verses the human face is likened to a Nasrin rose".
Al-Bayati - locative byname: as in someone from the Bayat region of Turkiye
Source: Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online
"There were numerous places called Bayat or Bayad in central and western Turkey in the 9th/15th and 10th/16th centuries"
[https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/EIEO/SIM-1300.xml?language=en].
The Persian name formation <given + locative byname> is found in SENA Appendix A.
Device:
Purpure, within and conjoined to the horns of an increscent a rabbit sejant erect contourny Or.
Rayven the Other (New Name & Device sent to the CoA)
The submitter will accept the following changes: would reluctantly be ok with removing “the” in the name if absolutely necessary.
The submitter cares about the gender (female) of the name.
Rayven - legal name allowance, documentation provided showing this is the submitter’s given name.
the Other - see below
Examples of the use of "the" as a descriptor for a byname:
From College of St Gabriel, tables listing Viking-age runic inscriptions. Examples include
<the Wise>, <the bold>, <the pugnacious>, <the Eloquent>, <the good>, <the Quick-Witted>,
<the Slippery/Crooked/Holy>. Additional pages show other examples, including colors, occupations,
age as the descriptor.
[a class="externalLink" href="https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/lindorm/runicbynames/mental.htm#start" target=_blank>https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/lindorm/runicbynames/mental.htm#start]
Here is an example of a 1513 Italian name Peligrina which means strange, used with the Lingua Societatis Allowance to translate Peligrina to Other and use it as "the Other" for a byname [https://dmnes.org/name/Peregrina].
Examples of the byname <Other>:
- Jo Other married 5 June 1570 Pickhill, Yorkshire, England [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVBZ-735?lang=en]
- Andrew Other buried Jan 1604 Middlewich, Cheshire, England [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NCH6-N3X?lang=en]
- Anna Other married 1611 Geislingen, Württemberg, Deutschland [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J4KR-R3S?lang=en]
The submitter is willing to accept a name translated from any language using the Lingua Societatis rule to Modern English <the Other> for submission.
The name formation is pending acceptance of documentation for the byname.
Device: Argent, a raven close regardant sable atop a book palewise vert, on a chief sable three eyes argent irised purpure.
Rickard Morcant (New Name sent to the CoA)
The submitter cares about the spelling (none noted) and the gender (male) of the name.
Rickard - from Rickard Ambrose 23 Jul 1582, Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England FamilySearch M00160-1 [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V526-1CG?lang=en].
Morcant –as a late period English surname: Dorritye Morcant, 03 Mar 1579, Wimbish, Essex, England, FamilySearch batch V00655-1 [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKDD-PXW?lang=en].
The English name formation <given + byname> is found in SENA Appendix A.
Şadhibek Asdvadzadurian (New Name sent to the CoA)
The submitter previously went by the unregistered Gilie Cenfadagh Macraurie.
The submitter will accept the following changes: box checked, none noted.
The submitter cares about the language and/or culture (none noted) and gender (male) of the name.
Şadhibek - from Ursula Whitcher’s “Turkish Name, Christian faith Onoma” 2014, Volume 49 [https://websites.umich.edu/~uaw/research/turkishnameschristianfaith.pdf].
Asdvadzadurian - the name Asdvadzadur is from Ursula Whitcher’s “Turkish names, Christian faith, Armenians in 1455 Istanbul” Onoma 2014, Volume 49 [https://websites.umich.edu/~uaw/research/turkishnameschristianfaith.pdf].
Formed to the patronymic by adding “-ian”.
The Turkish name formation <given + patronymic> is found in “Sixteenth-Century Turkish Names” by Ursula Whitcher, listed in SENA Appendix A as an acceptable source for Turkish name formations [https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ursula/ottoman/].
StraifBlackthorn Morcant (New Name sent to the CoA)
The submitter will accept the following changes: Streif, Streiff, Straif, Blackthorne - will accept Straif and Blackthorne separated by a space. Submitter will accept the removal of Morcant if required to register the name, and in such a way that they are not implied to be the sister of Rickard (they are spouses).
The submitter cares about the spelling (none noted) and the gender (female) of the name.
The submitter will NOT allow the creation of a holding name but does not currently have an armory submission pending.
CELT, the Scholar's Primer references Straif in the Word Ogham - attached [https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T502003.html].
Blackthorn definition and meaning, Merriam Webster [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blackthorn].
English Place Names, SEPN, Blackthorn [https://sepn.nottingham.ac.uk/view-only/data/placenames/53286e38b47fc40beb0007a1/change/?_changelist_filters=place_name%3Dblackthorn].
Morcant – as a late period English surname: Dorritye Morcant, 03 Mar 1579, Wimbish, Essex, England, FamilySearch batch V00655-1 [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKDD-PXW?lang=en].
The name formation <given + byname> is dependent on which documentation is acceptable for the registration
of this name. The English formation
Thorgrim Ragnarsson (New Name & Device sent to the CoA)
The submitter will accept the following changes: incorrect spelling of patronymic name. The submitter cares about the spelling (none noted) and gender (male) of the name.
Thorgrim - from [Geirr Bassi] p.16, submitter notes <Thorgrim> is the standard normalized spelling of <Þorgrímr>.
Ragnarsson - from [Geirr Bassi] p.14 Ragnarr. The formation of the patronymic is that names ending in -rr form the genitive in -rs, so the correct form would be Ragnarsson -- with two "s".
The Scandinavian name formation <given + patronymic> is found in SENA Appendix A. The submitter is using no accents or diacritical marks throughout this name.
Device:
Quarterly sable and vert, in the first quarter a badger rampant to sinister and in the fourth quarter a
badger rampant argent.
Yoshida Nobutatsu (Resub Device to Kingdom sent to the CoA)
Per pale gules and argent, an annulet fractured to base sable.
RETURNS – May (2026)
Bróðir Bondar (New Name & Device Returned)
This name is returned for lack of documentation of the byname and therefore also lack of documentation of the overall name formation.
Insufficient documentation was provided for either name element, but the West College was able to document the given name:
Bróðir - masculine given name, found on Viking Answer Lady site, which says, "Found in OW.Norse as Bróðir. From OW.Norse bróðir "brother". A few late instances are found in West Scandinavia." FJ p. 65 s.n. Bróðir; NR s.n. BróðiR [http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONMensNames.shtml#b].
The byname Bondar was noted as a Ukrainian descriptive byname meaning barrel-maker, but no citations were provided for this and the West College was unable to provide any documentation.
Note that, per SENA Appendix C, Old Norse and Ukrainian name elements may be combined, so long as they meet the date requirements.
Because the name is returned, so must also the device be returned.
Hjálmarr veðr(New Name & Device Returned)
This name and device are returned for Administrative Reasons: lack of payment of the submission fees by the date of the meeting.
Halfdan the Quiet (New Name sent to the CoA & Device Returned)
Quarterly argent and azure, a raven striking sable.
Conflict: Bjorn Þorkelson The following device associated with this name was registered in August of 2002 (via the Middle): Quarterly argent and azure, a raven rising wings addorsed sable maintaining a heart gules.
Per the current rules, all new armory submissions must have at least one Substantial Difference or at least two Distinct Changes from any registered armory. With this conflict, there is nothing for the field, nothing for striking vs rising (Appendix L.1.b), nothing for wing position, 1 DC for the heart. With only a single DC, this existing registration is a conflict and the new submission must be returned.
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