Abstract
The Chanson de Roland, the oldest and most famous of the medieval chansons de geste, contains a large number of proper names that refer to the Saracen enemies of the emperor Charlemagne, the places they ruled, and the tribes and peoples to which they belonged. The origins of most of these names have not been satisfactorily explained. In this article the author proposes etymologies for two Saracen gods, three sword-names, and the names of Roland's horse and horn, and shows how they can be explained as corruptions of Arabic originals which yield their secrets with relative ease to systematic emendation.
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