Ethel Soliven Timbol (born Ethelinda Villaflor Soliven; 1940 – 2020) was a Filipina journalist and lifestyle editor of the Manila Bulletin, published in the Philippines.
― Anonymous User 12/30/2022
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I think I prefer it as "Ethelind" without the "a", but it's fine.
Ethelinda Vanderbilt Allen was the daughter of American royalty Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt.
― Anonymous User 5/15/2007
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'Lind' means lime-tree in Old English and was sometimes used poetically to refer to a shield made of that type of wood. Ethelinda could therefore mean Noble Shield.
― Anonymous User 4/5/2007
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It should be noted that dragons were often referred to as "snakes" in Germanic mythology.