Brigid
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In Celtic releegion an Erse meethologie, Brigit or Brighid (exaltit ane[1]) is the dochter o the Dagda an ane o the Tuatha Dé Danann. She wis the wife o Bres o the Fomorians, wi whom she haed a son, Ruadán. She is the mither o Creidhne, Luchtaine an Giobhniu wi Tuireann.
Ither names an etymologie[eedit | eedit soorce]
Auld Erse Brigit [ˈbrɪʝɪdʲ] came to be spelled Brighid bi the modren Erse period. Syne the spellin reform o 1948, this haes been spelled Bríd [ˈbriːdʲ]. The earlier form gave rise tae the Anglicization Bridget, nou commonly seen as Brigid.
- Brìghde/Brìde (Scotland)
- Fraid (Wales) Acause o Welsh pronunciation mutations, her name chynges tae Ffraid in some place names such as Llansanffraid = Saint Bride's Village an Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain
- Breo Saighead (the fiery arrae – a fowk etymologie foond in Sanas Cormaic, but considered vera unlikely bi etymologists)
- Brigindū (Gaul)
- Brigantia (Great Breetain)
- Brigantia (umwhile Gallaecia, modren Betanzos)
- Braga (umwhile Gallaecia, modern Northern Portugal)
- Bragança (umwhile Gallaecia, modren Northren Portugal)
- Brigantis (Great Breetain)
- Bregenz (Austrick)
Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Campbell, Mike Behind the Name. See also Xavier Delamarre, brigantion / brigant-, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise (Éditions Errance, 2003) pp. 87–88: "Le nom de la sainte irlandaise Brigit est un adjectif de forme *brigenti… 'l'Eminente'." Delamarre cites E. Campanile, in Langues indo-européennes ("The name of the Irish Saint Brigid is an adjective of the form *brigenti… 'the Eminent'"), edited by Françoise Bader (Paris, 1994), pp. 34–40, that Brigid is a continuation of the Indo-European goddess of the dawn like Aurora.
