Proto-Celtic *Noudant ....................... was Re: Nodens .....

>> Well, as I mentioned, there is an OIr noun nuada meaning "king,

hero

>> champion" which might not be derived from the theonym - in fact, it
>> could be the other way around (I should note that there is also a

rare

>> word nuadait meaning "arm", but this seems to be a literary ghost

word

>> derived from a misreading of an OIr gloss on the noun nuada

["nuadat

>> .i. in rig", Fled Bricrend, Lebor na Huidre] where ri:g "king" was
>> confused with rig "forearm").
>>
>>
> Hmmm, that's interesting. Would that have anything to do with the
> myths of silver armed kings?

Well, if the word nuadat "arm" is a literary ghost derived from a
misreading of the marginal gloss 'nuadat .i. in rig' in the Lebor na
hUidre, it would be mostly coincidental, though legends of Nuada's
silver hand might have influenced the usage.

- Chris Gwinn