Gort (letter)

Gort is the Irish name of the twelfth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚌ, meaning "field", which is related to Welsh garth 'garden' and Latin hortus. Its Proto-Indo-European root was *gher-, *ghort- 'to enclose, enclosure'. Its phonetic value is [ɡ].[1]

Ogham letters ᚛ᚑᚌᚐᚋᚁᚂᚃᚓᚇᚐᚅ᚜
Aicme Beithe
᚛ᚐᚔᚉᚋᚓᚁᚂᚃᚄᚅ᚜
Aicme Muine
᚛ᚐᚔᚉᚋᚓᚋᚌᚎᚏ᚜
[b]Beith [m]Muin
[l]Luis [ɡ]Gort
[w]Fearn [ɡʷ]nGéadal
[s]Sail [st], [ts], [sw]Straif
[n]Nion [r]Ruis
Aicme hÚatha
᚛ᚐᚔᚉᚋᚓᚆᚇᚈᚉᚊ᚜
Aicme Ailme
᚛ᚐᚔᚉᚋᚓᚐᚑᚒᚓᚔ᚜
[j]Uath [a]Ailm
[d]Dair [o]Onn
[t]Tinne [u]Úr
[k]Coll [e]Eadhadh
[kʷ]Ceirt [i]Iodhadh
Forfeda ᚛ᚃᚑᚏᚃᚓᚇᚐ᚜
(rare, sounds uncertain)
᚛ᚕᚖᚗᚘᚚᚙ᚜
[ea], [k], [x], [eo]Éabhadh
[oi]Ór
[ui]Uilleann
[ia]Ifín [p]Peith
[x], [ai] Eamhancholl

Bríatharogam

In the medieval kennings, called Bríatharogaim or Word Ogham the verses associated with gort are:

milsiu féraib - "sweetest grass" in the Bríatharogam Morann mic Moín

ined erc - "suitable place for cows" in the Bríatharogam Mac ind Óc

sásad ile - "sating of multitudes" in the Bríatharogam Con Culainn.[2]

References

  1. McManus, Damian. (1991). A guide to Ogam. Maynooth: An Sagart. ISBN 1-870684-17-6. OCLC 24181838.
  2. McManus, Damian (1988). "Irish Letter-Names and Their Kennings". Ériu. 39: 127–168. JSTOR 30024135.


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