ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2642 http://www.s-gabriel.org/2642 ************************************ 23 Mar 2003 From: Aryanhwy merch Catmael Greetings from the Academy of S. Gabriel! You wanted to know if the Gaelic name was adopted into Norse, and if it would be an appropriate name for a man living under Norse rule in Dublin, between the late 8th C to 1014. Here is the information we have found. appears to be a misspelling of , a Gaelic name which was common in early Ireland. (Here, the slash represents an acute accent over the .) [1,2] The name was also spelled . and were pronounced roughly \EYN-ghus\ at the beginning of your period, and \AN-ghus\ towards the end, where \EYN\ has the vowel in , \u\ is the vowel in , \gh\ is the voiced version of the \kh\ sound of in Scottish or German , and the \A\ in \AN\ is the sound of in . We were unable to find any evidence that this name was adopted by the Norse. While examples of other names adopted from Gaelic into Norse give us some idea of what types of changes were made in such adaptations, we can do little more than speculate on what form might have taken. Therefore, we cannot recommend a Norse form of as good recreation. If you would like to choose a different name that we know has been adopted from Gaelic into Norse, we are currently working on an article of names found in both Gaelic and Norse; it should be available from our Medieval Names Archive [3] soon. We also recommend the following article: "Viking Names found in the Landna/mabo/k" http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/landnamabok.html These are Norse names from Iceland in your period. While we do not have evidence that all of these names were also used by the Norse in Ireland, we believe that these are reasonable choices. The Norse wrote in runes in your period. Once you've picked a name, we'll be happy to offer a pronunciation and a runic spelling for your name. We hope that this letter has been useful to you and that you won't hesitate to write us again if any part was unclear or if you have further questions. Research and commentary on this letter was provided by Adelaide de Beaumont, Talan Gwynek, Arval Benicoeur, and Gunnvor Silfraharr. For the Academy, -Aryanhwy merch Catmael, 23Mar03 -- References: [1] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990). s.n. Oengus [2] Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, "Index of Names in Irish Annals" (WWW: Academy of S. Gabriel, 2001-2002). http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/ [3] Medieval Names Archive http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names