Index of Names in Irish Annals: Descriptive Bynames: Cerrbél
by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien)
© 2000-2006 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 2.0, updated 09 July 2006
Descriptive Bynames: Cerrbél
Meaning:
"[the] Wry-mouth[ed]"
Spellings:
What we know as a set of Irish Annals are manuscripts that were each compiled during a
particular time period, usually using older material as sources. For example, when
the Annals of the Four Masters were written from 1632 to 1636, they covered events
that occurred centuries and millenia before (including legendary history). So, when
an entry in this set of annals refers to a person who lived in the year 738, the
spelling used for that person's name is very likely not using the spelling that
would have been used in 738.
Standard forms of this name (based on spelling systems of different periods) would be:
| Oghamic Irish (pre-700) nominative form: | [unknown] |
| Oghamic Irish (pre-700) genitive form: | [unknown] |
|
| Old Irish Gaelic (c700-c900) nominative form: | Cerrbél |
| Old Irish Gaelic (c700-c900) genitive form: | Cerrbeoil |
Frequency & Dates:
| Number of men found in the annals with this name: | 1 |
| Found in Years: | 478, 482, 483, 539, 545, 552, 555, 558, 565, 595,
600, 604, 643, 657, 664, 763, 862 |
Research Notes:
[Answering a question about a standardized form of this byname:]
From cerr 'crooked, wry, maimed' and bél 'mouth', so
nominative cerrbél 'wry-mouth'. The genitive is
cerrbeoil. [email from Talan Gwynek - 09 Jul 2006]
Sources:
Further information about the byname Cerrbél, may be found in:
The Sources page lists the Annals referenced below.
Information about secondary sources is included on that page as well.
Raw Data
In the table below, I have separated individuals with a blank line. That is, when there are multiple
entries in the annals that refer to a single person, those entries are grouped together.
Within the list of entries refering to a single person, I have sorted the entries
primarily by orthography when it is obvious that what I am seeing is the same entry
showing up in multiple annals. The entries that tend to use older spellings are listed first.
NOTE: The Annals referenced below under the code letters A, B, C, E, & F tend to use
later spellings than the other Annals. In some cases, the spellings listed in these Annals
may not be appropriate for the year referenced in the Annal entry.
In some Gaelic scripts, there is a character that looks approximately like a lowercase f,
but without the crossbar. This character (represented by an underscored , e, in
the entries below) sometimes represents e and sometimes ea depending upon the
context of the text.
| [Standardized form of this man's name] |
| Annals | Entry | Context | Citation (formatting preserved) |
| |
| [] (d. ?) |
| U | U483.2 | | Ferghus Cerbhall mc. Conaill Cremhthainn |
| CS | CS482 | | Fergus Cirrbél mac Conaill Cremthainne |
| A | M478.1 | | Ferghus Cerrbel, mac Conaill Cremhthainde |
| U | U545.3 | | Diarmait mc. Fergusa Cerrbheoil mc. Conaill Cremthainne mc. Neill Naoighiallaigh |
| A | M539.1 | | Diarmaitt, mac Ferghusa Ceirrbheoil |
| A | M552.3 | | Diarmaitt, mac Fergusa Cerrbheoil |
| U | U555.2 | | Colman Mar mc. Diarmata Derg mc. Ferghusa Cerrbeoil mc. Conaill Cremhthainne mc. Neill Naoighiallaigh |
| A | M558.1 | | Diarmaitt, mac Fergusa Cerrbeoil |
| A | M565.3 | | Colman m-Becc, mac Diarmata, mic Fergusa Cerrbheoil |
| A | M595.1 | | d'Aodh Slaine, mac mic Diarmata, mic Fergusa Cerrbheoil |
| U | U600.2 | | Suibne m. Colmaen Moer mc. Diarmoda Deirgh mc. Ferghusa Cerrbeoil mc. Conaill Cremhtainne mc. Neill Naoighiallaigh |
| U | U604.2 | | Aedho Slane mc. Diarmoda Deirg mc. Fearghusa Cerrbheoil mc. Conaill Cremhthainne mc. Neill Naoighiallaigh |
| U | U643.7 | | duo filii Aedho Slane mc. Diarmada mc. Fergusa Cerrbheoil mc. Conaill Cremthainde mc. Neill Naoighiallaig, .i. Diarmait & Blathmac |
| A | M657.1 | | do Diarmait & do Blathmac, d´ mhac Aodha Slaine, mic Diarmada, mic Fergusa Cerrbeoil |
| U | U664.4 | | Cernaigh filii Diarmato mc. Aedho Slane mc. Diarmada Cerrbeoil mc. Conaill Cremthainne |
| U | U763.1 | | Domnaill m. Murchada mc. Diarmada Guthbhinn m. Oirmeadhaigh Chaeich mc. Conaill mc. Suibhne mc. Colmain Mhoir mc. Diarmada mc. Ferghusa Cerrbheoil, regis Temorie |
| U | U862.5 | | Mael Sechnaill m. Mael Ruanaigh mc. Donnchadha mc. Domnaill mc Murchadha Midhi mc. Diarmada Den m. Oirmedhaigh Chaeich mc. Conaill Guthbhinn mc. Shuibhne mc. Colmain Moir mc. Diarmada Derg mc. Fergusa Cerrbeoil, ri h-Erenn ["Mael Sechnailll son of Mael Ruanaid son of Donnchad son of Domnall son of Murchad of Mide son of Diarmait the Harsh son of Airmedach the One-eyed son of Conall of the Sweet Voice, son of Suibne son of Colmán the great son of Diarmait the red son of Fergus Wrymouth, king of all Irela"] |
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