Tinne
Ogham letters | |||
Aicme Beithe | Aicme Muine | ||
ᚁ | Beith | ᚋ | Muin |
ᚂ | Luis | ᚌ | Gort |
ᚃ | Fearn | ᚍ | nGéadal |
ᚄ | Sail | ᚎ | Straif |
ᚅ | Nion | ᚏ | Ruis |
Aicme hÚatha | Aicme Ailme | ||
ᚆ | Uath | ᚐ | Ailm |
ᚇ | Dair | ᚑ | Onn |
ᚈ | Tinne | ᚒ | Úr |
ᚉ | Coll | ᚓ | Eadhadh |
ᚊ | Ceirt | ᚔ | Iodhadh |
Forfeda | |||
ᚕ | Éabhadh | ||
ᚖ | Ór | ||
ᚗ | Uilleann | ||
ᚘ | Ifín | ᚚ | Peith |
ᚙ | Eamhancholl |
Tinne is the Irish name of the eighth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚈ, meaning "ingot" or "iron bar". Its phonetic value is [t].[1]
Bríatharogam
In the medieval kennings, called Bríatharogam or Word Ogham the verses associated with Dair are:
trian roith - "one of three parts of a wheel" in the Word Ogham of Morann mic Moín
smiur gúaile - "marrow of (char)coal" in the Word Ogham of Mac ind Óc
trian n-airm - "one of three parts of a weapon" in the Word Ogham of Culainn.[2]
References
- ↑ McManus, Damian (1991). A Guide to Ogam. Maynooth Monographs 4. Co. Kildare, Ireland: An Sagart. p. 37. ISBN 1-870684-75-3. ISSN 0790-8806.
The kennings equate this name with the word tinne 'bar, rod of metal, ingot, mass of molten metal'. The word is probably related to Old Irish tend 'strong' or tind 'brilliant' and the value /t/ is beyond dispute.
- ↑ Auraicept na n-Éces Calder, George, Edinburgh, John Grant (1917), reprint Four Courts Press (1995), ISBN 1-85182-181-3
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