ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2601
http://www.s-gabriel.org/2601
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22 Oct 2002
From: Sara L Friedemann 


Greetings from the Academy of S. Gabriel!

You asked for information about the Old Norse masculine name <Ari>,
wanting to know when it was used and how it was pronounced.  Here the
information we have found.

The Old Norse name <Ari>, pronounced roughly \AH-ree\, was brought to
Iceland around 900 by the original Norwegian settlers.  It remained in
common use there throughout the Middle Ages, but
in Norway it fell out of use by the middle of the tenth century and was not
revived until about 1300, when it was commonly spelled <Are> and pronounced
\AH-reh\. [1]

For information on constructing an Old Norse name using <Ari> as your
given name, we recommend the following article:

  "A Simple Guide to Creating Old Norse Names"
  http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/sg-viking.html

During the Middle Ages, the Scandinavian cultures wrote with runes rather
than the Roman alphabet.  If you'd like to know what the runic spelling of
your name would have been, please write us again and we'll be happy to help
you.

We hope that this letter has been useful to you and that you won't hesitate
to write again if any part was unclear or if you have further questions.
Research and commentary on this letter was provided by Arval Benicoeur,
Talan Gwynek, and Lindorm Eriksson.

For the Academy,
-Aryanhwy merch Catmael, 22Oct02

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References & Notes:

[1] Lind, E.H., _Norsk-Isla:ndska Dopnamn ock Fingerade Namn fra*n
Medeltiden_ (Uppsala & Leipzig: 1905-1915, sup. Oslo, Uppsala and
Kobenhavn: 1931). s.n. Ari