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Irslinger, Britta, “Medb ‘the intoxicating one’? (Re-)constructing the past through etymology”, in: Mícheál B. Ó Mainnín, and Gregory Toner (eds), Ulidia 4: proceedings of the fourth international conference on the Ulster Cycle of tales, Queen's University Belfast, 27-9 June, 2013, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2017. 38–94.

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Irslinger (Britta)

Article

“Medb ‘the intoxicating one’? (Re-)constructing the past through etymology”

Work

Gregory Toner (ed.) • Mícheál B. Ó Mainnín (ed.), Ulidia 4: proceedings of the fourth international conference on the Ulster Cycle of tales, Queen's University Belfast, 27-9 June, 2013 (2017)

Pages

38–94

Year

2017

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Related publications

General

Pinault, Georges-Jean, “Gaulois Epomeduos, le maître des chevaux”, in: Pierre-Yves Lambert, and Georges-Jean Pinault (eds), Gaulois et celtique continental, Geneve: Droz, 2007. 291–307.

Subjects and topics

Headings

Ulster Cycle Old Irish

Approaches

historical and comparative linguistics toponymy

Language

Lexical itemSingle words, morphemes or phrases.

Old Irish Medb • Proto-Celtic *medu • Middle Irish medbán • Irish Bile Medba • Irish Áth Medba • Irish Dindgna Medba • Proto-Indo-European *med- • Gaulish Epomeduos • Welsh medd • Gaulish Meddugnatus

History, society and culture

Agents

Medb LethdergMedb Lethderg
No short description available
See more Medb ChrúachnaMedb of Crúachan
Medb of Crúachan;Medb Crúachna;Medb of Connacht
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Queen of the Connachta, co-ruler with her husband Ailill mac Máta, in the Ulster Cycle. She is said to have a daughter, Findabair, and seven sons known as the seven Maines. Her lover is Fergus mac Róich.
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Keywords

mead intoxication ruler

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