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HelpRe: Paloma (and an apology for last Friday's Maurice thread)
in reply to a message by Llewella
O.K. You fixed the hunger problem with the bird stuck in syrup. lol
Sedemaiden is going on my long list right now. "Custom / manner maiden." does that mean she's a well mannered young woman? I just love the "-maiden" part of it. So much imagery. I'm pronouncing it with four syllables, "Sed-uh-may-den." Do you know if that's correct, or even close? Thanks!
Sedemaiden is going on my long list right now. "Custom / manner maiden." does that mean she's a well mannered young woman? I just love the "-maiden" part of it. So much imagery. I'm pronouncing it with four syllables, "Sed-uh-may-den." Do you know if that's correct, or even close? Thanks!
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Attn: Pie?
Pie must be my new go-to for Old English questions. :) So if she reads this, maybe she will know better how it should be pronounced.
I'm not entirely sure how to say it. I've been saying it more like seed-uh-MAY-den (the second syllable being hardly noticeable), but the way you're saying it probably makes more sense.
Pie must be my new go-to for Old English questions. :) So if she reads this, maybe she will know better how it should be pronounced.
I'm not entirely sure how to say it. I've been saying it more like seed-uh-MAY-den (the second syllable being hardly noticeable), but the way you're saying it probably makes more sense.
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yo :)
that doesn't look like an OE spelling to me, but assuming it's a fairly temporally close derivation, from what I remember, OE names are usually accented on the first syllable and I think the e sound is something like the e in get. (of course all OE pronunciation is a complete guessing game anyway. but the guesses do try to be scholarly!)
that doesn't look like an OE spelling to me, but assuming it's a fairly temporally close derivation, from what I remember, OE names are usually accented on the first syllable and I think the e sound is something like the e in get. (of course all OE pronunciation is a complete guessing game anyway. but the guesses do try to be scholarly!)
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Thanks for the input! The Old English form it said was Sidumægden or Seodumægden, if that helps. I guess Sedemaiden might be more Middle English? It was a name that was recorded as given in England in 1095. Actually next to the entry it says "Seed," and those little notes have often seemed to be pronunciation things. Hmm.
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