Fearn (letter)

Ogham letters
  Aicme Beithe   Aicme Muine
ᚁBeith ᚋMuin
ᚂLuis ᚌGort
ᚃFearn ᚍnGéadal
ᚄSail ᚎStraif
ᚅNion ᚏRuis
  Aicme hÚatha   Aicme Ailme
ᚆUath ᚐAilm
ᚇDair ᚑOnn
ᚈTinne ᚒÚr
ᚉColl ᚓEadhadh
ᚊCeirt ᚔIodhadh
  Forfeda
ᚕÉabhadh
ᚖÓr
ᚗUilleann
ᚘIfín ᚚPeith
ᚙEamhancholl

Fearn is the Irish name of the third letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚃ, meaning "alder-tree". In Old Irish, the letter name was Fern, which is related to Welsh gwern(en). Its Primitive Irish root was *wernā and its phonetic value then was [w]. Its Old Irish and modern phonetic value is [f].

Bríatharogam

In the medieval kennings, called Bríatharogam or Word Ogham the verses associated with Fearn are:

airenach fían - "vanguard of warriors" in the Word Ogham of Morann mic Moín

comét lachta - "milk container" in the Word Ogham of Mac ind Óc (vessels where made of alder).

dín cridi - "protection of the heart" in the Word Ogham of Culainn.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Auraicept na n-Éces Calder, George, Edinburgh, John Grant (1917), reprint Four Courts Press (1995), ISBN 1-85182-181-3


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