King’s College 2004 v Mistress Gunnvör sílfrahárr
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Constructing
an O.N. Name for Registration with the SCA CoH: RFS
I-VI & common problems
RFS
V - NAME CONFLICTSome suggestions for clearing a conflict.
vConflicts can be cleared
by adding a name component. A name with
three name components is clear of
one with only two components, so adding
an additional identifier solves the conflict.
wName + Patronymic - try
adding a byname
wName + Byname - try
adding a patronymic
wAdd a grandfather's name
or a locative byname
vIf a personal name has
to be changed,
wConsider changing only
one element in a two-element name
(i.e., instead of Steingrímr, try Steinţórr, etc.)
(i.e., instead of Steingrímr, try Steinţórr, etc.)
wConsider registering a
documented diminutive form for the desired name (i.e., try Grimsi instead of Grímr, etc.).