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Modernized name Names in medieval languages Name meaning and/or identification Notes Hald (North and South) Old English: Hæleþan: The Hæleþan were a people mentioned in Widsith, line 81. The name Halla herred is attested in the Doomesday book of Valdemar II of Denmark for an area at the Randers Fjord in north Jutland.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 December 2024. This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty and nobility) sorted by nickname. This list is divided into two parts: Cognomens: Also called cognomina. These are names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples ...
Fierabras (French Fièrebrace) is a medieval nickname derived from the Latin fera brachia (wild arms) or ferox brachium (ferocious arm). It is first recorded by Pierre de Maillezais, writing c. 1060, as a nickname of William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (ruled 963–90). [1]
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Wolfsangel (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfsˌʔaŋəl], translation "wolf's hook") or Crampon (French pronunciation: [kʁɑ̃pɔ̃]) is a heraldic charge from mainly Germany and eastern France, which was inspired by medieval European wolf traps that consisted of a Z-shaped metal hook (called the Wolfsangel, or the crampon in French) that was hung by a chain from a crescent-shaped metal bar ...
The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies - 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [25]; The Death or Glory Boys - 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers [1] [3] (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")
The game also features a sword of the same name. In Fortnite Battle Royale , the tier 70 Battle Pass outfit of Season 2 was the Black Knight. In Final Fantasy Tactics , the title belongs to the character Gaffgarion, while in the later released version Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions , the job "Dark Knight" is a class the player's ...
Not until the time of his grandsons and great-grandsons was the name O'Brien used as a surname, used to denote descent from an illustrious ancestor. It has for some three hundred years been written as O ', but in recent years the apostrophe is often dropped, bringing it into line with early medieval forms. The apostrophe came into existence as ...