
Unicode: ᚊ
Pronunciation: kwert [kʲer͈t]
Alternative names: ceirt, queirt, quert, qwert
Translation: rag, apple (arboreal tradition)
Phonetic value: “q(u)” [kʷ] as in quick
Bríatharogaim Kennings
kenning source | old irish | translation1 |
---|---|---|
Bríatharogam Morainn mac Moín | clithar baiscill | “shelter of a (?)lunatic” |
Bríatharogam Maic ind Óc | bríg anduini | “substance of an insignificant person” |
Bríatharogam Con Culainn | dígu fethail | “dregs of clothing” |
Selected Word Lists
from In Lebor Ogaim (a.k.a. the Ogam Tract)
aspect | association |
---|---|
darthogam (color ogham) | mouse-colored (quiar) |
enogram (bird ogham) | hen (querc) |
dandogram (art ogham) | fluting (quislenacht) |
Other Attributed Interpetations
The above various meanings have been suggested by several authors. I have de-emphasized arboreal symbolisms except where supported by scholarship. See discussion after the feda on this page on my reasons for this decision.
last updated: 24 sept 2023
- Damian McManus, Irish letter-names and their kennings, Ériu 39 (1988), 127-168. ↩︎
- Likely a false association, as noted in Meroney, H. (1949). Early Irish Letter-Names. Speculum, 24(1), 19–43. https://doi.org/10.2307/2853919, and by McManus. ↩︎
- Damian McManus, A Guide or Ogam (1991), online copy (accessed Sept 2023). ↩︎
- Appears to possibly be a corrupted association by medieval scholars, as there is no evidence that “rag” ever started with “qu-” (or “kw-“). Meroney argues that the original association of the ogham representing cert remains unknown. ↩︎
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