King’s College 2004 v Mistress Gunnvör sílfrahárr
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Descriptive Bynames - Lowercase
*The lowercase/uppercase descriptive byname discussion was presented for commentary in the 04/2002 LoAR cover letter (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/04/02-04cl.html) and the ruling was in the 10/2002 LoAR cover letter (http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/10/02-10cl.html).
vRuling: When registering transliteration of non-Roman alphabets (including Norse runes), we register the name using modern transliterations standards. We will also register period transliteration standards where such exist. In the case of Old Norse, there are period manuscripts of sagas and other works that are rendered using the Roman alphabet. From these, we can determine that the period standard was to transliterate descriptive bynames in lowercase. (See the cover letter for the April 2002 LoAR for more information.) The modern transliteration standard, both in Europe and the U.S., is to transliterate descriptive bynames in lowercase.