ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1189
http://www.s-gabriel.org/1189
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From: "S Friedemann" 
25 Aug 1998

Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel!

You wanted to know what the Latin forms of

  Brithwen daughter of Azor
  Brithwen daughter of Ainar
  Brithwen daughter of Colsuain
  Brithwen daughter of Torbrand

would be between 1000 and 1100.  Here is the information we have found.

The Latin form of your name would be the written forms of names; the spoken
form of the name would have been Old English at this time.  We have included
both the Latin and Old English forms of the names.

LATIN: [1,2]

One Latin spelling of <Brithwen> that we found is <Brigthtwyna> in 1257.
[4] You can also simply add <-a> to the end of your name: <Brithwena>

*daughter of <Azor>, also spelled <Atsor> and <Atser>
  <filia Azor>, <filia Azori>, <filia Azorii>, <filia Azoris>

*daughter of <Ainar>
  <filia Ainari>, <filia Ainar>

*daughter of <Colsuain>, also spelled <Colsuen>
  <filia Colsuiani>, <filia Colsuain>

*daughter of <Torbrand>
  <filia Turbrand>, <filia Thurbrand>, <filia Torbrand>,
  <filia Thorbrand>, <filia Turbrant>, <filia Thurbrant>,
  <filia Thorbrant>, <filia Tobrant>

OLD ENGLISH

*daughter of <Azor>
  <Azores dohtor>

*daughter of <Ainar>
  <Ainares dohtor>

*daughter of <Colsuain>
  <Colsuaines dohtor>

*daughter of <Torbrand>
  <Thurbrandes dohtor> [3]

The pronunciations of the element of these names are as follows:

     <dohtor>       \DOHKH-tor\
     <Azor>         \AH-tsur\
     <Ainar>        \AY-nar\
     <Colsuain>     \KOLE-swain\
     <Torbrand>     \THOUR-brahnt\

The addition of the <-es> to the Old English forms doesn't affect the
stress; it just adds \-ess\ to the pronunciation, e.g., \AH-tsur-ess\.  The
<-i> in the Latin forms is pronounced \ee\.

In summary, "Brithwen daughter of Colsuain" would be <Brithwen Colsuaines
dohtor> in Old English and <Brithwena filia Colsuiani> in Latin.

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

For the Academy,
--Aryanhwy Prytydes merch Catmael

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References:

[1] Feilitzen, O. von, _The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book_
(Uppsala: 1937).

[2] Fellows Jensen, Gillian, _Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire
and Yorkshire_ (Copenhagen: 1968).

[3] The <th> can also be a thorn, a letter that looks like a "b" and a "p"
super-imposed on each other, so that the circle has both an ascender and a
decsender.  It is pronounced "th."

[4] Selten, Bo, _The Anglo-Saxon Heritage in Middle English Personal Names_,
Volume 2. (Lund, Sweden: Royal Society of Letters at Lund, 1979). s.n.
Beorhtwynn