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Lochlann, the Glossary

In the modern Gaelic languages, italics signifies Scandinavia or, more specifically, Norway.^[1]

78 relations: Abernethy, Perth and Kinross, Adomnán, Amlaíb Conung, Anglo-Saxons, Annals of Tigernach, Annals of Ulster, Argyll, Armorica, Auisle, Book of Leinster, Brendan the Navigator, Caithness, Carlingford Lough, Castledermot, Cognate, Cork (city), County Antrim, Culhwch and Olwen, Donnchadh Ó Corráin, Druid, Dubgaill and Finngaill, Early Modern Irish, Fenian Cycle, Fomorians, Fragmentary Annals of Ireland, Gofraid of Lochlann, Goidelic languages, Gulf of Corryvreckan, Halfdan the Black, Harald Fairhair, Hebrides, Hengist and Horsa, Historia Brittonum, History of Ireland (795–1169), Ingimundr (tenth century), Irish language, Is acher in gaíth in-nocht, Isle of Man, John O'Donovan (scholar), Jura, Scotland, Lebor Bretnach, Lebor Gabála Érenn, Lebor na hUidre, Lugh, Lunga, Firth of Lorn, Magnus Barefoot, Magnus II of Norway, Magnus Maximus, Mark of Cornwall, Martin Martin, ... Expand index (28 more) »
Rulers of Lochlann
Viking Age in Ireland

Abernethy, Perth and Kinross

Abernethy is a village and former burgh in the Perth and Kinross council area and historic county of Perthshire, in the east central Lowlands of Scotland.

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Adomnán

Adomnán or Adamnán of Iona (Adamnanus, Adomnanus; 624 – 704), also known as Eunan (from), was an abbot of Iona Abbey (679–704), hagiographer, statesman, canon jurist, and saint.

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Amlaíb Conung

Amlaíb Conung (Óláfr; died c. 874) was a Viking leader in Ireland and Scotland in the mid-late ninth century. Lochlann and Amlaíb Conung are Rulers of Lochlann.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons, the English or Saxons of Britain, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.

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Annals of Tigernach

The Annals of Tigernach (abbr. AT, Annála Tiarnaigh) are chronicles probably originating in Clonmacnoise, Ireland.

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Annals of Ulster

The Annals of Ulster (Annála Uladh) are annals of medieval Ireland.

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Argyll

Argyll (archaically Argyle; Earra-Ghàidheal), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland.

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In ancient times, Armorica or Aremorica (Gaulish: Aremorica; Arvorig; Armorique) was a region of Gaul between the Seine and the Loire that includes the Brittany Peninsula, extending inland to an indeterminate point and down the Atlantic Coast.

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Auisle

Auisle or Óisle (Ásl or Auðgísl; died c. 867) was a Viking leader in Ireland and Scotland in the mid-late ninth century. Lochlann and Auisle are Rulers of Lochlann.

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Book of Leinster

The Book of Leinster (Lebor Laignech, LL) is a medieval Irish manuscript compiled and now kept in Trinity College Dublin, under the shelfmark MS H 2.18 (cat. 1339).

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Brendan the Navigator

Brendan of Clonfert (c. AD 484 – c. 577) is one of the early Irish monastic saints and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.

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Caithness

Caithness (Gallaibh; Katanes.) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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Carlingford Lough

Carlingford Lough (Ulster Scots: Carlinford Loch) is a glacial fjord or sea inlet in northeastern Ireland, forming part of the border between Northern Ireland to the north and the Republic of Ireland to the south.

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Castledermot

Castledermot is an inland town in the south-east of Ireland in County Kildare, about from Dublin, and from the town of Carlow.

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Cognate

In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language.

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Cork (city)

Cork (from corcach, meaning 'marsh') is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland, third largest on the island of Ireland, the county town of County Cork and largest city in the province of Munster.

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County Antrim

County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic province of Ulster.

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Culhwch and Olwen

Culhwch and Olwen (Culhwch ac Olwen) is a Welsh tale that survives in only two manuscripts about a hero connected with Arthur and his warriors: a complete version in the Red Book of Hergest,, and a fragmented version in the White Book of Rhydderch,.

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Donnchadh Ó Corráin

Donnchadh Ó Corráin (28 February 1942 – 25 October 2017) was an Irish historian and Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at University College Cork.

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Druid

A druid was a member of the high-ranking priestly class in ancient Celtic cultures.

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Dubgaill and Finngaill

Dubgaill and Finngaill, or Dubgenti and Finngenti, are Middle Irish terms used to denote different rival groups of Vikings in Ireland and Britain. Lochlann and Dubgaill and Finngaill are medieval literature, Scandinavian Scotland and Viking Age in Ireland.

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Early Modern Irish

Early Modern Irish (Classical Irish) represented a transition between Middle Irish and Modern Irish.

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Fenian Cycle

The Fenian Cycle, Fianna Cycle or Finn Cycle (an Fhiannaíocht) is a body of early Irish literature focusing on the exploits of the mythical hero Finn or Fionn mac Cumhaill and his warrior band the Fianna. Lochlann and Fenian Cycle are medieval literature.

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Fomorians

The Fomorians or Fomori (Fomóire, Modern Fomhóraigh / Fomóraigh) are a supernatural race in Irish mythology, who are often portrayed as hostile and monstrous beings.

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Fragmentary Annals of Ireland

The Fragmentary Annals of Ireland or Three Fragments are a Middle Irish combination of chronicles from various Irish annals and narrative history.

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Gofraid of Lochlann

Gofraid, King of Lochlann was a key figure in the emergence of Norse influence in Scotland and one of the early Kings of the Isles and of that dominated the Irish Sea and environs in the Early Middle Ages. Lochlann and Gofraid of Lochlann are Rulers of Lochlann.

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Goidelic languages

The Goidelic or Gaelic languages (teangacha Gaelacha; cànanan Goidhealach; çhengaghyn Gaelgagh) form one of the two groups of Insular Celtic languages, the other being the Brittonic languages.

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Gulf of Corryvreckan

The Gulf of Corryvreckan (from the Gaelic Coire Bhreacain, meaning 'cauldron of the speckled seas' or 'cauldron of the plaid'), also called the Strait of Corryvreckan, is a narrow strait between the islands of Jura and Scarba, in Argyll and Bute, off the west coast of mainland Scotland.

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Halfdan the Black

Halfdan the Black (Old Norse: Halfdanr Svarti) was a king of Vestfold.

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Harald Fairhair

Harald Fairhair (Old Norse: Haraldr Hárfagri) (–) was a Norwegian king. Lochlann and Harald Fairhair are Scandinavian Scotland.

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Hebrides

The Hebrides (Innse Gall,; Southern isles) are an archipelago off the west coast of the Scottish mainland.

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Hengist and Horsa

Hengist and Horsa are Germanic brothers said to have led the Angles, Saxons and Jutes in their supposed invasion of Britain in the 5th century.

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Historia Brittonum

The History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum) is a purported history of early Britain written around 828 that survives in numerous recensions from after the 11th century.

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History of Ireland (795–1169)

The history of Ireland 795–1169 covers the period in the history of Ireland from the first Viking raid to the Norman invasion.

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Ingimundr (tenth century)

Ingimundr, also known as Hingamund, Igmunt, Ingimund, was a tenth century Viking warlord.

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Irish language

Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language group, which is a part of the Indo-European language family.

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Is acher in gaíth in-nocht

"Is acher in gaíth in-nocht..." is an anonymous 9th-century poem in Old Irish.

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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Mannin, also Ellan Vannin) or Mann, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland.

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John O'Donovan (scholar)

John O'Donovan (Seán Ó Donnabháin; 25 July 1806 – 10 December 1861), from Atateemore, in the parish of Kilcolumb, County Kilkenny, and educated at Hunt's Academy, Waterford, was an Irish language scholar from Ireland.

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Jura, Scotland

Jura (Diùra) is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, adjacent to and northeast of Islay.

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Lebor Bretnach

Lebor Bretnach, formerly spelled Leabhar Breathnach and sometimes known as the Irish Nennius, is an 11th-century historical work in Gaelic, largely consisting of a translation of the Historia Brittonum.

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Lebor Gabála Érenn

Lebor Gabála Érenn (literally "The Book of the Taking of Ireland"; Modern Irish spelling: Leabhar Gabhála Éireann, known in English as The Book of Invasions) is a collection of poems and prose narratives in the Irish language intended to be a history of Ireland and the Irish from the creation of the world to the Middle Ages.

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Lebor na hUidre

(LU) or the Book of the Dun Cow (MS 23 E 25) is an Irish vellum manuscript dating to the 12th century. Lochlann and Lebor na hUidre are medieval literature.

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Lugh

Lugh or Lug (Lú) is a figure in Irish mythology.

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Lunga, Firth of Lorn

Lunga is one of the Slate Islands in the Firth of Lorn in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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Magnus III Olafsson (Old Norse: Magnús Óláfsson, Norwegian: Magnus Olavsson; 1073 – 24 August 1103), better known as Magnus Barefoot (Old Norse: Magnús berfœttr, Norwegian: Magnus Berrføtt), was the King of Norway from 1093 until his death in 1103.

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Magnus II of Norway

Magnus Haraldsson (Old Norse: Magnús Haraldsson; – 28 April 1069) was King of Norway from 1066 to 1069, jointly with his brother Olaf Kyrre from 1067.

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Magnus Maximus

Magnus Maximus (Macsen Wledig; died 28 August 388) was Roman emperor in the West from 383 to 388.

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Mark of Cornwall

Mark of Cornwall (Marcus, Margh, March or Marchell, Marc'h) was a sixth-century King of Kernow (Cornwall), possibly identical with King Conomor.

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Martin Martin

Martin Martin (Scottish Gaelic: Màrtainn MacGilleMhàrtainn) (-9 October 1718) was a Scottish writer best known for his work A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland (1703; second edition 1716).

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Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid

Máel Sechnaill mac Máel Ruanaida (Modern Irish: Maolsheachlann Mac Maolruanaidh), also known as Máel Sechnaill I, anglicised as Malachy MacMulrooney (died 27 November 862) was High King of Ireland.

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Munster

Munster (an Mhumhain or Cúige Mumhan) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south of the island.

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Northern Isles

The Northern Isles (Northern Isles; Na h-Eileanan a Tuath; Norðreyjar; Nordøjar) are a chain (or archipelago) of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Old Irish

Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic (Goídelc, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; Sean-Ghaeilge; Seann-Ghàidhlig; Shenn Yernish or Shenn Ghaelg), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive written texts.

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Old Norse

Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.

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Orkney

Orkney (Orkney; Orkneyjar; Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.

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Outer Hebrides

The Outer Hebrides or Western Isles (na h-Eileanan Siar, na h-Eileanan an Iar or label; Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle or Long Island (an t-Eilean Fada), is an island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland.

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Picts

The Picts were a group of peoples in what is now Scotland north of the Firth of Forth, in the Early Middle Ages.

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Rachel Bromwich

Rachel Bromwich (30 July 1915 – 15 December 2010) born Rachel Sheldon Amos, was a British scholar.

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Rognvald Eysteinsson

Rognvald Eysteinsson (fl. 865) was the founding Jarl (or Earl) of Møre in Norway, and a close relative and ally of Harald Fairhair, the earliest known King of Norway.

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Saint Elen

Saint Elen (Elen Luyddog, lit. "Helen of the Hosts"), often anglicized as Helen, was a late 4th-century founder of churches in Wales.

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Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.

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Scandinavian Scotland

Scandinavian Scotland was the period from the 8th to the 15th centuries during which Vikings and Norse settlers, mainly Norwegians and to a lesser extent other Scandinavians, and their descendants colonised parts of what is now the periphery of modern Scotland.

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Scarba

Scarba (Sgarba) is an island, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, just north of the much larger island of Jura.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Sutherland

Sutherland (Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland.

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Tanistry

Tanistry is a Gaelic system for passing on titles and lands.

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The Dream of Rhonabwy

The Dream of Rhonabwy (Breuddwyd Rhonabwy) is a Middle Welsh prose tale.

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Tomrair

Tomrair (died 848) was a ninth-century Viking active in Ireland. Lochlann and Tomrair are Rulers of Lochlann.

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Tristan and Iseult

Tristan and Iseult, also known as Tristan and Isolde and other names, is a medieval chivalric romance told in numerous variations since the 12th century.

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Tuatha Dé Danann

The Tuatha Dé Danann (meaning "the folk of the goddess Danu"), also known by the earlier name Tuath Dé ("tribe of the gods"), are a supernatural race in Irish mythology.

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Viking expansion

Viking expansion was the historical movement which led Norse explorers, traders and warriors, the latter known in modern scholarship as Vikings, to sail most of the North Atlantic, reaching south as far as North Africa and east as far as Russia, and through the Mediterranean as far as Constantinople and the Middle East, acting as looters, traders, colonists and mercenaries. Lochlann and Viking expansion are Scandinavian Scotland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochlann

Also known as Laithland, Laithlind, Laithlinn, Llychlyn, Lochlainn, Lochlan, Lothlend, Loughlan.

, Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid, Munster, Northern Isles, Norway, Old Irish, Old Norse, Orkney, Outer Hebrides, Picts, Rachel Bromwich, Rognvald Eysteinsson, Saint Elen, Scandinavia, Scandinavian Scotland, Scarba, Scotland, Sutherland, Tanistry, The Dream of Rhonabwy, Tomrair, Tristan and Iseult, Tuatha Dé Danann, Viking expansion, Vikings, W. H. Murray, Welsh language, Welsh Triads, William J. Watson.

Lochlann, the Glossary

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See also

Rulers of Lochlann

Viking Age in Ireland

References