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Gofraid
is an Irish masculine given name, arising in the Old Irish and Middle Irish/Middle Gaelic languages, as , and later partially Anglicised as Goffraid. ' corresponds to the Old Norse ', cognate with Gottfried or ', and Galfrid or '. ''Gofraid''/''Gofhraidh'' was sometimes also used for ' (partially Anglicized as Godred, Guthred, or Guthfrith, Latinised as '). ' can be Anglicised as Godfrey or Geoffrey. The lenited variant spelling (or ', with a diacritic in the older Irish orthography, especially in Gaelic type), was influenced by the Old French '. and, less commonly, ' are equivalents in the Scottish Gaelic language (from '). Notable people bearing this name *Godred Crovan (died 1095), also known as "Gofraid", "Gofraidh", and "Gofhraidh", King of Dublin and the Isles * Godred Olafsson (died 1187), also known as "Gofraid", King of Dublin and the Isles *Gofraid Donn (died 1231), King in the Isles *Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh, (died 1387), an Irish poet and Chief Ollam of Ir ...
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Gofraid Mac Amlaíb Meic Ragnaill
Gofraid mac Amlaíb meic Ragnaill (died 1075) was a late eleventh-century King of Dublin. Although the precise identities of his father and grandfather are uncertain, Gofraid was probably a kinsman of his royal predecessor, Echmarcach mac Ragnaill, King of Dublin and the Isles. Gofraid lived in an era when control of the Kingdom of Dublin was fought over by competing Irish overlords. In 1052, for example, Echmarcach was forced from the kingdom by the Uí Chennselaig King of Leinster, Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó. When the latter died in 1072, Dublin was seized by the Uí Briain King of Munster, Toirdelbach Ua Briain, a man who either handed the Dublin kingship over to Gofraid, or at least consented to Gofraid's local rule. Gofraid appears to have had little independence from his Uí Briain overlord, as evidence by surviving correspondence between him, Toirdelbach, and Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury. Gofraid's reign came to an end in 1075, when Toirdelbach drove him overseas f ...
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Godred Crovan
Godred Crovan (died 1095), known in Gaelic as Gofraid Crobán, Gofraid Meránach, and Gofraid Méránach, was a Norse-Gaelic ruler of the kingdoms of Dublin and the Isles. Although his precise parentage has not completely been proven, he was certainly an Uí Ímair dynast, and a descendant of Amlaíb Cúarán, King of Northumbria and Dublin. Godred first appears on record in the context of supporting the Norwegian invasion of England in 1066. Following the collapse of this campaign, Godred is recorded to have arrived on Mann, at the court of Gofraid mac Sitriuc, King of the Isles, a likely kinsman of his. During the 1070s, the latter died and was succeeded by his son, Fingal. Within the decade, Godred violently seized the kingship for himself, although the exact circumstances surrounding this takeover are uncertain. By 1091, Godred attained the kingship of Dublin, and thereby secured complete control of the valuable trade routes through the Irish Sea region. Godred's expans ...
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Gofraid Donn
is an Irish masculine given name, arising in the Old Irish and Middle Irish/Middle Gaelic languages, as , and later partially Anglicised as Goffraid. ' corresponds to the Old Norse ', cognate with Gottfried or ', and Galfrid or '. ''Gofraid''/''Gofhraidh'' was sometimes also used for ' (partially Anglicized as Godred, Guthred, or Guthfrith, Latinised as '). ' can be Anglicised as Godfrey or Geoffrey. The lenited variant spelling (or ', with a diacritic in the older Irish orthography, especially in Gaelic type), was influenced by the Old French '. and, less commonly, ' are equivalents in the Scottish Gaelic language (from '). Notable people bearing this name *Godred Crovan (died 1095), also known as "Gofraid", "Gofraidh", and "Gofhraidh", King of Dublin and the Isles * Godred Olafsson (died 1187), also known as "Gofraid", King of Dublin and the Isles *Gofraid Donn (died 1231), King in the Isles *Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh, (died 1387), an Irish poet and Chief Ollam of Irel ...
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Guðrøðr (other)
Guðrøðr is a masculine Old Norse personal name. The name is rendered in Old Irish and Middle Irish as ''Gofraid'' or ''Gofraidh'' (later ''Goraidh'' in Scottish Gaelic). Anglicised forms of the Old Norse name are ''Godred'', ''Guthred'', and ''Guthfrith''. The name is also Latinised as ''Godredus''. Persons with the name Many of these are given in more than one spelling in various sources, and thus their article titles here are not consistent. * Gudrød the Hunter (semi-legendary king in Vingulmark in south-east Norway, from 804 until 810) * Gudrød Bjørnsson (ruled Vestfold until 968) *Godred Crovan (d. 1095), King of Dublin and the Isles *Guðrøðr Óláfsson (d. 1187), King of Dublin and the Isles *Guðrøðr Rǫgnvaldsson (d. 1231), King in the Isles *Gofraid mac Amlaíb meic Ragnaill (d. 1075), King of Dublin * Gofraid mac Arailt (d. 989), King of the Isles *Gofraid mac Sitriuc (d. 951), King of Dublin *Gofraid mac Sitriuc (d. 1070), King of Dublin, father of Fingal mac ...
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Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh
Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh (died 1387), of Duhallow, Country Cork, was an Irish poet and Chief Ollamh of Ireland. He is known to be one of the most important professional poets of fourteen-century Ireland.''The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing'', vol IV, New York University Press, 2002. Biography Gofraidh Fionn (Geoffrey the Fair) was a member of the Ó Dálaigh family of poets. He is known for his poem, ''Filidh Éireann go haointeach'', which commemorates ''An Nollaig na Garma''. This convention of poets and men of learning was held by Uilliam Buidhe Ó Ceallaigh of Uí Maine at his castle in County Roscommon during Christmas of 1351. His obituary is given in the Annals of the Four Masters The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' ( ga, Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' (''Annála na gCeithre Máistrí'') are chronicles of medieval Irish history. The entries span from the Deluge, dated as 2,24 ... as follows- "M1387.4 Godfrey Finn ...
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Geoffrey (given Name)
Geoffrey is an English and French masculine given name. It is generally considered the Anglo-Norman form of the Germanic compound 'god' and 'peace'. It is a derivative of Dutch Godfried, German Gottfried and Old English Gotfrith and Godfrith. Alexander MacBain considered it as being found in the Gaelic and Welsh forms; potentially before or contemporary to the Anglo-Saxon, with the examples of Goraidh, Middle Gaelic Gofraig (1467 MS.), Godfrey (do.), Irish Gofraidh (F.M.), Middle Irish Gothfrith, Gofraig (Tigernach, 989), Early Irish Gothfraid (Lib. Lein.), E. Welsh Gothrit (Ann. Camb.). Macbain suggested these Celtic forms of the name were closer related to the Anglo-Saxon Godefrid than the Norse Goðröðr, Gudrød or Góröðr; however he does not elaborate further on the origin or relation. The form as 'Geoffrey' was probably introduced to Norman England. It was also Anglicised as ''Jeffrey'' later after the name became more popular after the likes of Pres ...
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Gottfried
Gottfried is a masculine German given name. It is derived from the Old High German name , recorded since the 7th century. The name is composed of the elements (conflated from the etyma for 'God' and 'good', and possibly further conflated with ) and ('peace, protection'). The German name was commonly hypocoristically abbreviated as ''Götz'' from the late medieval period. ''Götz'' and variants (including '' Göthe, Göthke'' and ''Göpfert'') also came into use as German surnames. Gottfried is a common Jewish surname as well. Given name The given name ''Gottfried'' became extremely frequent in Germany in the High Middle Ages, to the point of eclipsing most other names in ''God-'' (such as ''Godabert, Gotahard, Godohelm, Godomar, Goduin, Gotrat, Godulf'', etc.) The name was Latinised as ''Godefridus''. Medieval bearers of the name include: *Gotfrid, Duke of Alemannia and Raetia (d. 709) *Godefrid (d. c. 720), son of Drogo of Champagne, Frankish nobleman. *Godfrid Haraldsson ...
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Godfrey (name)
Godfrey is a given name and an English surname. The given name is derived from the Old French ''Godefroy'', a name composed of the elements: the first being either ''god'' ("god") or ''gōd'' ("good"); the second being ''fred'' ("peace"). The name was brought to England by settlers from Normandy, the Low Countries, and France. The name is rendered '' Goraidh'', ''Goiridh'' in Scottish Gaelic. In some cases the surname is derived from the Middle English personal name ''Godfrey'', ''Godefrey''; or the Old French ''Godefrei'', ''Godefroi'', ''Godefrois''; or the Continental Germanic ''Godefrid''. In other cases, the surname is derived from the Irish ''Mac Gothraidh'' or ''Ó Gothraidh''. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) p. 1073. Given name Medieval * Godfrey of Amiens (1066–1115), bishop of Amiens * Godfrey of Bath (died 1135), bishop of Bath * Godfrey of Bouillon (1060–1100), leader of the First Crusade, first king of Jerusalem * Godfrey of Brabant (died 1302), Belgian noble * Godf ...
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Galfrid
Galfrid or Galfred ( Latinised as ' or ') is an Anglo-Norman variant of the name Geoffrey. It derives, like German Gottfried (Latinised as ' or ', Anglicised as Godfrey), from Old High German ', Old French ', and Old Norse ', meaning 'God's peace' or 'good protection', depending upon etymological interpretation. Variants, also used as synonymous with Gottfried, include Italian ' and Middle French ' (Latin ). The name is etymologically unrelated to, but was historically used interchangeably with, Welsh ' or ' (anglicized as Griffith) in Wales. The Anglo-Norman and British versions addressed here may refer to: In patrial names * Galfredus Malaterra fl. 1097, a chronicler in Normandy; a.k.a. Goffredo Malaterra, Geoffroi Malaterra, Gaufredi Malaterræ, and Galfredus bendictinus e Normandia, and frequently cited by scholars of the early Middle Ages * Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1095 – c. 1155), an Anglo-Norman writer; a.k.a. Galfredus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus, or Gruffudd ap ...
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Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as both Irish and Manx, developed out of Old Irish. It became a distinct spoken language sometime in the 13th century in the Middle Irish period, although a common literary language was shared by the Gaels of both Ireland and Scotland until well into the 17th century. Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic-speaking, as evidenced especially by Gaelic-language place names. In the 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population aged over 3 years old) reported being able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001. The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer Hebrides. Nevertheless, there is a language revival, and the number of speakers of the language under age 20 did not decrease between the 2001 and ...
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Old Irish
Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic ( sga, Goídelc, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; ga, Sean-Ghaeilge; gd, Seann-Ghàidhlig; gv, Shenn Yernish or ), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive written texts. It was used from 600 to 900. The main contemporary texts are dated 700–850; by 900 the language had already transitioned into early Middle Irish. Some Old Irish texts date from the 10th century, although these are presumably copies of texts written at an earlier time. Old Irish is thus forebear to Modern Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Old Irish is known for having a particularly complex system of morphology and especially of allomorphy (more or less unpredictable variations in stems and suffixes in differing circumstances) as well as a complex sound system involving grammatically significant consonant mutations to the initial consonant of a word. Apparently,It is difficult to know for sure, given how little Primit ...
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Irish Orthography
Irish orthography is very etymological which allows the same written form to represent all dialects of Irish and remain regular. For example, ("head") may be read in Mayo and Ulster, in Galway, or in Munster. A spelling reform in the mid-20th century eliminated inter-dialectal silent letters and lead to , the modern standard written form used by the Government of Ireland, which regulates both spelling and grammar. Some words may have dialectal pronunciations not reflected by their standard spelling, some may have dialectal spellings to reflect this. The IPA transcriptions of examples on this page are in Connacht Irish. Grapheme to Phoneme correspondance tables on this page follow the layout shown below, on this layout stands for Mayo and Ulster Irish, for southern Connacht Irish and for Munster Irish. Alphabet Latin script has been the writing system used to write Irish since the 8th century, when it replaced Ogham which was used to write Primitive Irish and Old Iri ...
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