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    The document contains a list of Old English elements that were used to generate names by rolling dice. The first table lists single elements and their meanings associated with different dice rolls. The second table lists second elements that could be combined with the first to create compound names, along with their meanings. Names were created by combining one element from each table based on the dice rolls.

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    Taken from Dragon magazine, it's a table of creating adventurer names that are based on Old English

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    The document contains a list of Old English elements that were used to generate names by rolling dice. The first table lists single elements and their meanings associated with different dice rolls. The second table lists second elements that could be combined with the first to create compound names, along with their meanings. Names were created by combining one element from each table based on the dice rolls.

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    Old English Name Generator

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    The document contains a list of Old English elements that were used to generate names by rolling dice. The first table lists single elements and their meanings associated with different dice rolls. The second table lists second elements that could be combined with the first to create compound names, along with their meanings. Names were created by combining one element from each table based on the dice rolls.

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    Dice Roll First Element Meaning

    01-02 aelf/aelb elf


    03-04 aethel/aedil noble
    05-06 badu/beado/beo fight, battle
    07-08 blith cheerful
    09-10 bregu prince
    11-12 ceol keel, ship
    13-14 coen/coin/cene bold, fierce
    15-16 cuth/cud known, famous
    17-18 cwic(u)/quic alive
    19-20 dryct/dryht band of retainers
    21-22 ead/ed/aead bliss, prosperity
    23-24 eald/ald old, eminent
    25-26 eath/ath temple, refuge
    27-28 earcon/ercon genuine, excellent
    29-30 earn eagle
    31-32 ecg/ec edge, sword
    33-34 eofor boar
    35-36 eorcon genuine, simple
    37-38 eormen/yrmen universal, immense, whole
    39-40 folc folk, people, nation, tribe
    41-42 ford forth, forwards
    43-44 fri free
    45-46 gold gold
    47-48 grim savage, fierce
    49-50 haem home
    51-52 heath heath
    53-54 heah high, illustrious
    55-56 healf half
    57-58 hreth victory
    59-60 hroth(i) fame
    61-62 huaet sharp, bold
    63-64 hyg/hugu mind, heart, courage
    65-66 iaru ready, prepared
    67-68 ieof desirable, friend, dear
    69-70 maegen strength, might, ability
    71-72 oidil native country, one’s land
    73-74 ongen opposed to, against, contrary to
    75-76 os god
    77-78 rath quick, clever
    79-80 saex/sax/sex knife, short sword
    81-82 sele house
    83-84 tat tender, delicate
    85-86 theod folk, people
    87-88 til good, excellent
    89-90 torct illustrious, bright
    91-92 trum firm, strong
    93-94 tun enclosure
    95-96 waeg motion, wave, billow
    97-98 wig strife
    99-00 wil will, desire, pleasure
    Dice Roll Second Element Meaning
    01-02 b(e)a;d/balt/balth* Bold, brave
    03-04 be(o)rht/berct/berict* Bright, noble
    05-06 beorn/bern* Man, warrior (poetic)
    07-08 brand Sword
    09-10 brod/brord Point, lance
    11-12 burg/burth Castle, town
    13-14 cyni/cyn(n)(e)* Kin, family
    15-16 degn Thane, servant, warrior
    17-18 ferth Mind, soul, life, person
    19-20 flaed/fled Cleanliness, beauty
    21-22 for Journey
    23-24 frith(u)/frit/frid Peace, security
    25-26 gar* Spear
    27-28 geld Worship, sacrifice, payment
    29-30 gifu/geofu Gift
    31-32 gis(i)l Hostage
    33-34 gund(i)/gunn(r)/gyth/gyd* War, combat
    35-36 haed/hathu* Battle
    37-38 heard/hard* Hardy, firm, brave
    39-40 here/heri* Army, host, folk
    41-42 helm Helmet, protection, protector
    43-44 hild(e)* War, combat
    45-46 hun Young bear
    47-48 lac Dance
    49-50 laf Legacy, relic, survivor
    51-52 lid Soft, gentle
    53-54 lind/linda Serpent
    55-56 maer(e) Famous
    57-58 man/mon Man
    59-60 mund Hand, protection
    61-62 noth Boldness, booty
    63-64 raed/red* Counsel, wisdom
    65-66 refu Steward, high official
    67-68 ric Powerful, ruler, kingdom
    69-70 sig/sige* Victory
    71-72 stan Stone
    73-74 swith/swid Strong
    75-76 theof Criminal, thief
    77-78 theow Servant, slave, follower
    79-80 thryth/thryd* Force, strength, majesty
    81-82 w(e)alch/wath Foreigner, slave
    83-84 weald/wald* Power, rule, possession
    85-86 weard/ward Guardian
    87-88 wic Dwelling place, village
    89-90 wict/with* Creature, person
    91-92 wine/wini Friend, protector
    93-94 wiw/wiu Holy
    95-96 wuda/widu/wudu Wood
    97-98 wulf/ulf* Wolf
    99-00 wyn/wynn* Joy, delight

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