ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2104 http://www.s-gabriel.org/2104 ************************************ 19 Jun 2000 From: Aryanhwy Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You wanted to know what the correct spelling of , "Aine, daughter of Patraic," would be for a medieval Scottish Gaelic woman. Here is a brief letter with the information we have found. A copy of the past report that we sent you is available on line here: http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/showfinal.cgi?2089 We would like to mention one typo that we found in this letter: the word for "daughter" is spelled before c. 1200 and after c. 1200; is not correct. We're sorry for any confusion this might have caused. Both of the names that you chose, and , are found in Ireland throughout the Middle Ages. [1] (The slash represents an accent over the previous letter). We are not sure if either were used in Scotland in period, but believe that they are probably reasonable choices. The name meaning "A/ine, daughter of Pa/traic," would be , pronounced \AHN-y@ EEN-y@n FAHT-rik\. Here, the \@\ represents the final vowel sound found in and . (The change in spelling between and is a requirement of Gaelic grammar.) We hope that this brief 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. Additional research on this letter was provided by Talan Gwynek. For the Academy, ~Aryanhwy merch Catmael, June 19, 2000 --------------------------------------- References: [1] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990), s.n. A/ine, Pa/traic