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What's in a name?

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Does anyone have an opinion on the name form Donyarth? It does not appear in any of the quoted references. Walgamanus (talk) 20:48, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

English monarch?

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This article has the tag ”English monarch”. However, during this person’s life Cornwall was not yet incorporated into England. Cornish people were culturally Celtic and at war with their Anglo-Saxon neighbours in Wessex. So, isn’t this tag an anachronism? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.242.193.248 (talk) 15:08, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What is paying tribute?

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"He was probably an under-king, paying tribute to the West Saxons"

This usage implies to "pay tribute" did at one time have a different meaning to today's conventional usage of complimenting or eulogising somebody. The expression would therefore benefit from a side reference to what meaning is intended in this case. Does this mean the word "tribute" by itself has an earlier lost meaning? Vapourmile (talk) 19:01, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have checked three dictionaries and they all define tribute in the sense used here as one of their definitions. E.g. Merriam-Webster "a payment by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of protection". Dudley Miles (talk) 20:38, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]