LL-L: "Names" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 20.JUN.1999 (05)

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From: Ethan Barrett <barrett at uos.net>
Subject: Names

> From: UB82DN at aol.com
> Subject: Introduction
>
> Dear Ethan Barrett,
>         The name is probably a form of "eldritch," which the Am. Heritage
> Dict. suggests is aelf+rice, i.e, "elf-ric," where "ric, rice" = Reich, rijk,
> kingdom, as in bishop-ric, thus "elf kingdom."  You are better off than I am,
> in that my mother's maiden name, Erwin, has three possible etymologies (two
> from Old English, one from Scots Gaelic).
>         En welkom op die lys!
> Joe Stromberg

Thank you.  That does make sense.  "Elfkingdom", I rather like the sound of
that!

Ethan.

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