Gofraid
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| Gofraid | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Old Irish, Middle Irish/Middle Gaelic |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old Norse |
| Derivation | Guðrøðr, Guðfriðr |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Gofraidh, Goraidh |
| Cognate(s) | Godred |
| Anglicisation(s) | Godfrey, Geoffrey |
Gofraid is a masculine given name in the Old Irish, and Middle Irish/Middle Gaelic languages.
Gofraid corresponds to the Old Norse Guðfriðr,[1] and Guðrøðr.[2] Gofraid can be Anglicised as Godfrey[3] or Geoffrey.[4] Goraidh is an equivalent in the Scottish Gaelic language.
List of people bearing the name
- Gofraid mac Fergusa, said to have been a ruler in Hebrides and perhaps the Isle of Man in the 9th century
- Gofraid of Lochlainn, 9th century ruler
- Gofraid ua Ímair (died 934), a Norse-Gael king of Dublin and, for a short time, king of Northumbria
- Gofraid mac Sitriuc (died 951), in Old Norse Guðrøðr Sigtryggsson, King of Dublin
- Gofraid mac Arailt (died 989), in Old Norse Guðrøðr Haraldsson, a Scandinavian or Norse-Gael king
- Gofraid mac Amlaíb meic Ragnaill (died 1075), King of Dublin
- Gofraid mac meic Arailt, Gofraid Méranech, "King Orry" or Godred Crovan (died 1095), ruler of Dublin, King of Mann and the Isles, grandfather of;
- Gofraid mac Amlaíb or Godred II Olafsson (died 1187) King of the Isles and of Dublin
- Gofraid mac Domnaill, came from Ireland to Ross and raised a rebellion in 1211
- Gofraid Donn, (died 1231), ruled the Hebridean portion of the Kingdom of Man and the Isles
- Godred Magnusson, (fl. 1275) son of the last King of Mann and the Isles
- Goraidh Mac Eachann MacAlasdair, (fl. 16th century), Scottish clan chief of Clan MacAlister
See also
References
- ↑ Byrne, Francis John (2008), "Ireland before the battle of Clontarf", in Ó Cróinín, D, Prehistoric and Early Ireland, A New History of Ireland 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 632, ISBN 978-0-19-821737-4
- ↑ Downham, Clare (2007), Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland: The Dynasty of Ívarr to A.D. 1014, Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press, p. 3, ISBN 978-1-903765-89-0
- ↑ Sellar, W. D. H. (2000), "Hebridean Sea Kings: The Successors of Somerled, 1164-1316", in Cowan, Edward J.; McDonald, R. Andrew, Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, East Linton: Tuckwell Press, p. 187, ISBN 1-86232-151-5
- ↑ Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 715, ISBN 0-203-22259-8
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