Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

2 months ago

#Blocekarl and #Rughekarl (sic) islands. So if it was actually known that trees grew there, it would provide the counterpoint in names and allow the possibility of other crops, and #rughen could then be one of the multiple spellings of #rye: rogke, rockghe, roche, etc., the difference being
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

2 months ago

island after a #random Karl, or just naming it, um, bleak or barren island? I rest my case. Either way, by 1297 the islands were known by #Blocekarl and #Rughenkarl, with #Bloce probably from #MLG #blōt and #MHG #blōz (bare, empty, uncultivated…), and #Rughen, less certain admittedly, from
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