Nicknames of the Middle Ages

[hironori]

Adelelmus buta facum : Gosulinus scindens folium,
Johannes Tangens fastigium.

Please teach me the social meanings(not word a word) of these nicknames.

[Ed Cryer]

Post by hironori
Adelelmus buta facum : Gosulinus scindens folium,
Johannes Tangens fastigium.
Please teach me the social meanings(not word a word) of these nicknames.

Very interesting.
Which country are they from?

I'm thinking of getting myself renamed as Eduardus Tangens Fastigium,
provided he wasn't some Viking who sacked Lindisfarne in the 8th century.

Ed (:-