Dearbhail inghean Muiredaig mhic Alasdair

Name Inspiration

• Scottish/Irish

Dearbhail

• 1367 in Index of Names in the Irish Annals, sn Derbail - http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Derbail.shtml

inghean Muiredaig

• inghean - "daughter of" after 1200 AD, per SENA Appendix A
• Muiregaig - genetive form of Muiredach, 1257, ibid http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Muiredach.shtml

mhic Alasdair

• mhic - "grandaughter of" after 1200 AD, per Quick and Easy Gaelic Names - http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/#twogeneration and http://medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/#spelling
• Alasdiar - genetive form of Alasdar, sn. Alaxandar, 1465, ibid, http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Muiredach.shtml

Combination

• two generation patronymics attested in SENA Appendix A

Blazon Information

• Basic info about the armory: Scottish thistles, "let sleeping bears lie"
• Blazon Desired: Per chevron argent and sable, three thistles proper and a bear couchant argent.

Insta-Boing Checklist

• Registered name
• Rule of Tincture
• Complexity 8 or less
• Slot-machine
• Sword-and-dagger
• Offensive/Presumptuous
• Unity of Posture/Orienation/Arrangement (original idea had thistles "in chevron" which would violate unity of arrangement since in same charge group as the bear)

Conflict Checking

• none found under white bear or thistles

Individually Attested Pattern

• na