ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1544 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1544 ************************************ ************************************************* * * * NOTE: Later research turned up additional * * information relevant to this report. * * See the end of the letter for details. * * * ************************************************* From: "S Friedemann" 28 Feb 1999 Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You wanted to know if the Irish feminine name would have been used in the 12th century. Here is the information we have found. We would like to congratulate you on your research; your name only needs a few spelling adjustments to be authentic. was both a masculine and feminine name in early medieval Irish, and, while it dropped out of use as a man's name, it was a fairly common woman's name throughout period. (The slash represents an accent over the previous letter). [1] It is pronounced \AHN-yeh\. Your surname, meaning "daughter of the bard," would have been spelled in your period; the form is a result of changes that occured in the Irish language circa 1200. Put together, "A/ine, daughter of the bard," would be , which is pronounced \AHN-yeh IN-y@n @n VARDJ\. The \@\ represents the initial vowel sound in the word . We hope that this letter has been useful to you, and that you will not hesitate to write again if any part was unclear or if you have further questions. Research and commentary on this letter was provided by Talan Gwynek, Arval Benicoeur, Teceangl Bach, and Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn. For the Academy, --Aryanhwy merch Catmael February 28, 1999 --------------------------------------- References: [1] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990), s.n. A/ine - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Correction, 26 Oct 2001, Arval: We originally gave the pronunciation \IN-yen @n WAHRDJ\ for the byname. On further consideration, we think it is better represented as \IN-y@n @n VARDJ\, where \DJ\ is an approximation of the sound of a palatalized \D\.