Index of Names in Irish Annals: Descriptive Bynames: Got

© 2000-2016 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 2.4, updated 09 January 2016

Descriptive Bynames: Got

Meaning:

"stammering, lisping"

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:

Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200) nominative form:	Got
Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200) genitive form:
Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) nominative form:	Got
Early Modern Irish Gaelic (c1200-c1700) genitive form:

Frequency & Dates:

Number of men found in the annals with this name:	14
Found in Years:	950, 975, 977, 1025, 1030, 1033, 1037, 1042, 1046, 1047, 1051, 1056, 1971, 1095, 1096, 1202, 1231, 1285, 1549

Research Notes:

[Answering a question about the meaning of Got:]
"stammering, lisping" (DIL) [email from Talan Gwynek - 15 Jul 2001]

Sources:

Further information about the byname Got, 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. ?)
CS	CS950		Fergal Got mac Aongusa
[Máel Ruanaid Got ua Máil Ruanaid] (d. 975-977)
T	T977.5		Mael Ruanaig Got, h-úa Mael-Sechnaill, rígdamna Temrach
CS	CS977		Maolruanaidh Got h. Maoileclainn rigdamna Temrach
B	M975.7		Maol Ruanaidh Got ua Maoilechlainn, rioghdhamhna Temhrach
[Maelsechlainn Got] (d. 1025)
U	U1025.3		Mael Sechlainn Gott, ri Midhe
T	T1025.7		Mael Sechlainn Got, ri Midi
LC	LC1025.3		Moeil Secluinn Got, rí Mídhe
CS	CS1025		Maolseclainn Got rí Mide
B	M1025.12		Maol Sechloind Gott tigherna Midhe
B	M1033.14		Murchadh Ua Maoileachlainn (.i. mac Maoileachlainn Guit)
B	M1042.8		Fland, mac Maoil Sechlainn Guit, righdhamhna Temhrach
[Domnall Got] (d. 1030)
T	T1025.5		Domnall n-Got
B	M1025.12		Domhnall Gott
T	T1030.6		n-Got
B	M1030.14		n-Gott, .i. Domhnall
U	U1030.5		In Got, ri Midhe
T	T1030.12		Domnall Got, rí Midi
CS	CS1030		Domnall Got rí Mide
I	I1030.6		Domnall Got, rí Mide
B	M1030.20		Domhnall Gott, rí Midhe
(d. ?)
LC	LC1030.6		an Got, ri Midhe
B	M1030.12		n-Gott .i. lá Maol Sechlainn ua Maol Ruanaidh, tigherna Midhe & Cremthainne ["the Gott, i.e. Maelseachlainn, grandson of Maelruanaidh, lord of Meath and Cremthainne"]
T	T1030.8		in Got
B	M1030.15		in Gott h-Ua Maeileachlainn
B	M1096.17		Donnchadh mac An Ghuitt do mharbhadh do Chalraighibh. ["Donnchadh, son of the Gott Ua Maeleachlainn, was slain by the Calraigh."]
[Cernachán Got] (d. 1037)
U	U1037.5		Cearnachán Got
T	T1037.5		Cernachan Got
I	I1037.7		Cernachán Got
B	M1037.13		Cearnachán Gott
(d. 1046)
T	T1046.8		MaelRuanaigh Got h-Úa Ciardha
CS	CS1046		Máolrúanaidh Got
B	M1046.7		Maol Ruanaidh Gott
(d. ?)
U	U1051.4		Laidhgnen m. Maelain, ri Gaileng, cum sua regina, .i. ingen In Guit
LC	LC1051.4		Laighnén mac Maoláin, rí Gaileng, cum sua regina .i. ingen an Gait
B	M1051.11		Laidcenn mac Maolain h-Uí Leocáin, tigherna Gaileng, & a bhen inghen an Ghuitt ["Laidcnén son of Maelán, king of Gailenga, went with his queen, i.e. the daughter of the Got"]
(d. ?)
B	M1056.10		Domhnall ua Cernacháin, mac an Guitt
[Donnchad Got] (d. 1071)
CS	CS1047		Mac Donnchadha Guit rigdomna Temrach
B	M1047.13		Mac Donnchaidh Guit, righdhamhna Temhrach
B	M1071.8		Donnchadh Got, ríogh-dhamhna Temhrach
[Domnall Got] (d. ?)
B	M1095.10		Taillti, inghen Domhnaill Guitt
[Conchobhar Got Ua hEaghra] (d. 1231)
U2	U1202.7		Conchubhar Got h-Ua h-Eadhra, ri Luighne Connacht
U2	U1231.5		Conchobur Got h-Ua h-Eaghra, ri Luighne
Co	1231.11		Conchobar Got h. hEgra ri Luigne
C	M1231.10		Conchobhar Gott Ua h-Eghra tighearna Luighne
[Domhnall Got Mac Carthaigh] (d. ?)
I	I1285.3		Cormach mc. Fínghin mc. Domnall Guit Mc. Carthigh
[Maoleachlainn Got Ua Madagáin]
E	M1549.3		Maoíleachlainn Got Ua Madaccáin tanaisi Shil n-Anmchadha

Medieval Scotland | Medieval Names Archive | Index of Names in Irish Annals
Feminine Given Names | Feminine Descriptive Bynames | Masculine Given Names | Masculine Descriptive Bynames

Kathleen M. O'Brien's articles are hosted by Medieval Scotland, which is published by Sharon L. Krossa (contact).   Shopping online? How you can support this site. (Jan 2006)
© 1996-2007. All rights reserved. Copyright of individual articles belongs to their authors. Please do not copy or redistribute without proper permission!
http://MedievalScotland.org

Web MedievalScotland.org

Shop Amazon.com

Shop Amazon.co.uk