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I-WAT-012 (CIIC 273; Drom Lócháin/Drumlohan, Co. Waterford)
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CALUNOVIC[A] MAQI MUCOI LIT[EN]Ị
‘of *Calunovics from the kin-group of *Lithen (*Litenas)’
The first element of CALUNOVICA corresponds to OIr. Culann, the name of the smith who gave Cú-Chulainn…
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6ᵗʰ c.
I-WAT-012 (CIIC 273; Drom Lócháin/Drumlohan, Co. Waterford)
ᚉᚐᚂᚒᚅᚑᚃᚔᚉ[ᚐ]ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔᚋᚒᚉᚑᚔᚂᚔᚈ[ᚓᚅ]ᚔ
CALUNOVIC[A] MAQI MUCOI LIT[EN]Ị
‘of *Calunovics from the kin-group of *Lithen (*Litenas)’
The first element of CALUNOVICA corresponds to OIr. Culann, the name of the smith who gave Cú-Chulainn…
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MUCOI is a common formula word on Irish ogam stones. Its archaic OIr. equivalent is moccu ‘from the kin-group of’. They are not exact matches,…
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If this etymology is correct, the literal meaning of the phrase MAQI MUCOI must have been ‘kin-son of’ < *‘litter-son of’.
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