📜 The hidden Viking continuity is written into the Lovibond coat of arms:
• Shield in old line: Three silver rings (the sacred oath rings).
• Crest in new line: A boar's head "upon a rock proper"—a raw, unhewn natural rock symbolizing the open-air Thing site.
From 10th-century legal guardians to 19th-century innovators. This lineage seems to have kept its origin alive for about 1,000 years.
Read the full analysis: https://medium.com/@moon44dark/proposal-for-a-new-derivation-of-the-name-lovibond-bff22dfcd462
📜 Re-evaluating the surname Lovibond!
The known textbook theory of "love-bond" (makes little sense for medieval landed gentry). A new research points to the #Viking Age in Norfolk's Danelaw.
The possible origin? The Old Norse Lófa-bóndi:
• Lófi: Flat palm, ritually placed on sacred silver rings or a rock to swear oaths at the Thing courts.
• Bóndi: Free, weapon-bearing squire/judge.
A Lófa-bóndi was therefore an "Oath-Sworn Legal Surety".
Today in 1989, a massive solar flare hit the Earth. This flare overwhelmed the electrical grid of Quebec, knocking out power to the entire province for nine hours.
The combination of outdated electric grids & the Canadian Shield, made it a perfect storm.
Today in 2021, Christopher Plummer died.
One of Canada's greatest actors, he was nominated for 3 Oscars, winning once, 7 Tonys, winning 3 times and 7 Emmys, winning twice. He was also nominated for 15 Genie/Gemini/CSAs, winning four times.
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Federal NDP leader Tommy Douglas kisses a supporter while walking past a coffee shop on his way to a TV interview in this photo from May 10, 1968.
The pic was used in a Star story about how the Liberal, NDP & Conservative leaders kissed supporters
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It is #waterfallwednesday
This group of individuals are looking pretty dang stylish while sitting next to Fenelon Falls in the summer of 1900.
Credit: Toronto Star TS-2-125-GO-152
On Jan. 21, 1887, Georges Vezina is born. He will play for the Montreal Canadiens from 1910-1925, winning the Stanley Cup in 1916 & 1924. He is the 1st goalie to record a shutout
He will die in 1925 from TB.
Learn more in my 1887 episode!
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Arthur Sifton was Alberta's 2nd premier from 1911-1917. His seven years, 157 days as premier ranks sixth among all premiers in Alberta's history.
He left the position to join the Union Government of Sir Robert Borden.
Learn more on Wednesday!
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"How a Draft of the Constitution Ended Up in a Drawer in Trenton, N.J."
A fascinating article that includes the fact that the last English Royal Governor of New Jersey was one William Franklin - son of the more famous Benjamin.
Franklin the younger left America after the Revolution and spent the rest of his life in exile in England. #History #histdon
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