Re: Old Irish sengainn

From: bmscotttg
Message: 40046
Date: 2005-09-16

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "A." <xthanex@...> wrote:

> I came across the term "sengainn" and am trying to determine the
> meaning of this word. I believe it is Old Irish (although I may be
> wrong)

I'm away from my books, but I can tell you that <Sengainn>
is the genitive of <Sengann>, a masculine personal name found
in the Annals of the Four Masters for the year 3274 of the
Age of the World. (According to this reckoning, 1 CE is about
the year 5200 of the Age of the World.)

M3274.1: An céd bhliadhain do righe Shengaind innsin.
This was the first year of the reign of Sengann.

The Irish is at:

http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100005A/index.html

The translation:

http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/index.html

Brian