Sunnifa Heinreksdottir
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Teaching Anglian Womens' Clothing of the 6th Century GNEW 2013 Photo by Lady Albreda |
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Resides: Barony of Smoking Rocks |
Status: Awful tired |
Awards: Order of Precedence |
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Azure, a talbot dormant and in chief three crescents argent. |
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Introduction
I am Hlǣfdīġe Sunnifa Heinreksdottir. At some point, I hope to add something pithy here... maybe
Persona
6th century Anglian living in Deira (north of the Humber). Migrated with my people ~525AD from Angeln (now Schleswig-Holstein) as the waters rose and flooded our farms. I seem to spend most of my time caring for our sheep; when not chasing them up and down the fells I make baskets, rush mats, and other useful things from the plants I find. When I can, I spin, dye, and take my place in the weaving house- helping to create cloth for our settlement and clothing for our people.
Offices & Positions
- East Kingdom Mistress of Hounds 05/2006 to 06/2012
- Arts and Sciences Minister, Barony of Smoking Rocks 2013 to present
Interests
- Pre- 597 AD Anglo-Saxon culture and material culture
- Old English language and literature
- Anglian regional brooch/ girdle hanger studies
- Buckelurne pottery/ burial archaeology
- Anglo-Saxon agriculture, animal husbandry, coppice agroforestry
- Anglo-Saxon Lyre
- Experimental Archaeology
- All spinning arts
- Historical Dyestuffs and Mordants: use, growth, and chemistry
- Willow Basketry/ Culture
- Rushwork
- Thatch work
- Cordage Making
- Sprang
- Anything to do with dogs in the Medieval period...
Subjects Taught
- Medieval Dog Breed History
- Medieval Dog Tracking
- Greyhound History
- Dog Tracking I and II
- Historic Canine Armors and Collars
- Spinning- Spindle and Wheel
- Spinning Linen and Silk
- Beginning Supported Spinning
- Medieval Sheep Breeds
- Dye Days in many locations over the years
- Beginning Glass Bead Making
- Anglian Female Clothing of the 6th Century
- Conversational Old English
Projects & Publications
- Beowulf cast member, performed in Old English with lyre
- Beowulf (Pennsic) cast member, performed in Old English
Awards
- AoA
- Barony of Smoking Rocks Quadrant (A&S)
- Companion of the Maunche
- Blue Tyger Legion (Freehold) 2015
- Order of the Laurel
More Information
- Apprenticed to Mistress Nest verch Tangwistel
- Freehold of the Riverkeep residente
- Consort of Haakon Ragnorson