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]

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

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

[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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