Index of Names in Irish Annals: Descriptive Bynames: Menn, Mend

by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien)

Descriptive Bynames: Menn, Mend

Meaning:

"[the] Stammering/Inarticulate"

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:	Menn, Mend
Old Irish Gaelic (c700-c900) genitive form:

Frequency & Dates:

Number of men found in the annals with this name: 3

Found in Years: 1472

Research Notes:

The meaning "stammering, inarticulate" is given in the DIL (p. 459, col. 103, s.n. 2 menn (mend)). This entry specifically cites listed below.

Sources:

Further information about the byname Menn, Mend, may be found in:

DIL (p. 459, col. 103, s.n. 2 menn (mend))

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. 630)

U U615.1 Suibni Menn

T T615.1 Suibne Mend

CS CS615 Suibne Menn

T T615.4 Suibne Mend

CS CS615 Suibne Menn

A M610.3 Suibhne Meann

A M611.1 Suibhne Meann, mac Fiachna, mic Feradhaigh

U U628.2 Suibne Menn m. Fiachna

T T628.2 Suibne Mend mac Fiachrach

CS CS628 Suibne Menn mac Fiacna

U U628.3 Suibne Menn m. Fiachna

T T628.3 Suibne Mend mac Fiachrach

CS CS628 Suibne Menn meic Fiacna

U U628.3 Suibne Menn ri Erenn, mc. Fiachna mc. Feradhaigh mc. Muiredhaigh mc. Eoghain

I I630.1 Suibne, .i. Mend

A M623.2 Suibhne Meann

[] (d. 694-696)

U U696.4 R Locheni Menn sapiens, abbas Cille Dara ["Lóchéne Menn the learned, abbot of Cell Dara"]

T T696.5 Lochene Mend .i. dune ecnaidh, abb Cille Dara

A M694.2 R Loicheine Meann, eagnaidh, abb Cille Dara

CS CS696 R Lochene Menn sapiens ab Cille Dara

[] (d. 718-722)

A M701.2 Conall Meann, mac Cairbre

U U707.2 Conall Menn, rexGenntis Coirpri

T T707.2 Conall Mend rí Ceneoil Cairpri

A M705.4 Conall Mend, toisech Ceniuil Coirpre

U U722.8 Conall Menn rex Generis Coirpri

T T722.7 Conall Menn, rí Ceneoil Cairpri

CS CS722 Conall Meann ri Cineóil Cairbri

A M718.1 Conall Menn, toisech Ceneoil Coirpre

[] (d. 742)

A M742.13 Muiredhach Mend, toisech Ua Méith

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Number of men found in the annals with this name:	3
Found in Years:	1472

[Standardized form of this man's name]
Annals	Entry	Context	Citation (formatting preserved)

[] (d. 630)
U	U615.1		Suibni Menn
T	T615.1		Suibne Mend
CS	CS615		Suibne Menn
T	T615.4		Suibne Mend
CS	CS615		Suibne Menn
A	M610.3		Suibhne Meann
A	M611.1		Suibhne Meann, mac Fiachna, mic Feradhaigh
U	U628.2		Suibne Menn m. Fiachna
T	T628.2		Suibne Mend mac Fiachrach
CS	CS628		Suibne Menn mac Fiacna
U	U628.3		Suibne Menn m. Fiachna
T	T628.3		Suibne Mend mac Fiachrach
CS	CS628		Suibne Menn meic Fiacna
U	U628.3		Suibne Menn ri Erenn, mc. Fiachna mc. Feradhaigh mc. Muiredhaigh mc. Eoghain
I	I630.1		Suibne, .i. Mend
A	M623.2		Suibhne Meann

[] (d. 694-696)
U	U696.4	R	Locheni Menn sapiens, abbas Cille Dara ["Lóchéne Menn the learned, abbot of Cell Dara"]
T	T696.5		Lochene Mend .i. dune ecnaidh, abb Cille Dara
A	M694.2	R	Loicheine Meann, eagnaidh, abb Cille Dara
CS	CS696	R	Lochene Menn sapiens ab Cille Dara

[] (d. 718-722)
A	M701.2		Conall Meann, mac Cairbre
U	U707.2		Conall Menn, rexGenntis Coirpri
T	T707.2		Conall Mend rí Ceneoil Cairpri
A	M705.4		Conall Mend, toisech Ceniuil Coirpre
U	U722.8		*Conall Menn rex Generis* Coirpri**
T	T722.7		Conall Menn, rí Ceneoil Cairpri
CS	CS722		Conall Meann ri Cineóil Cairbri
A	M718.1		Conall Menn, toisech Ceneoil Coirpre

[] (d. 742)
A	M742.13		Muiredhach Mend, toisech Ua Méith