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Re: Subilla?
by Melissa (telfalathiel)
4/2/2008, 4:45 PM
in reply to a message by Cati
It looks like a spelling variation of Sybilla. Maybe a mistranslation. I've also seen it spelled Sebille. Anyway, Sybilla is a Latinate form of Sibyl, which itself appears to be a form of the Greek Sibylla meaning prophetess.
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- Loxandra (E.K.)
4/3/2008, 7:12 AM
I like the "original" Sibylla - a genus of mantis (Sivila)
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- Chrisell   +2
4/3/2008, 4:10 AM
Agree . . .I'd say it's either a variation of Sybilla, or a mis-transcription of Sybilla (a handwritten cursive 'y' would look like a 'u' if the tail were cut off).
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- Camilla
4/3/2008, 8:41 AM
Yes, or in the case of Germans, the y makes the same sound as a u with an umlaut over it - so maybe it was an u-umlaut that was transcribed onto the document without the umlaut.
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- Melissa (telfalathiel)
4/3/2008, 7:24 AM
Yes...That would make a lot of sense, especially for the 1800s.
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