Index of Names in Irish Annals: Descriptive Bynames: Sotal
by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien)
© 2000-2002 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 2.0, updated 21 October 2002
Descriptive Bynames: Sotal
Meaning:
"[the] Proud/Arrogant/Overbearing"
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: | Sotal |
| Old Irish Gaelic (c700-c900) genitive form: | Sotail |
Frequency & Dates:
| Number of men found in the annals with this name: | 1 |
| Found in Years: | 663, 664, 667, 688, 712, 719, 724, 733, 738 |
Research Notes:
[Email regarding the byname Sotal:]
DIL s.v. sotal: "proud, arrogant, overbearing", usually
used of persons. Not specifically cited as a byname except
in connection with Cernach. Survives in the same form as an
adjective "proud" and a noun "pride, arrogance, etc.".
[email from Talan Gwynek - 19 Oct 2002]
Sources:
Further information about the byname Sotal, 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 | Citation (formatting preserved) |
| |
[Cernach Sotal mac Diarmata meic Áeda Slaine] (d. 663-667)
Note: this header contains an Old Irish rendering of his name. The Oghamic Irish form of his name is unknown at this time. |
| U | U664.4 | Cernaigh filii Diarmato mc. Aedho Slane mc. Diarmada Cerrbeoil mc. Conaill Cremthainne |
| T | T664.2 | Cernaigh Sotail filii Diarmuda maic Aeda Slaine |
| A | M663.5 | Cernach Sotal, mac Diarmatta, mic Aodha Sláine |
| U | U667.3 | Cearnach Sotal m. Diarmoda |
| U | U688.4 | Niall m. Cernaigh |
| T | T688.4 | Níall, mac Cernaigh Sotail |
| T | T712.2 | Maine mac Néill, maic Cernaig Sotail |
| U | U714.4 | Fogartach h. Cernaigh |
| A | M714.5 | Fogartach ua Cernaigh |
| T | T716.2 | Fogartach h-ua Cernaigh |
| U | U716.3 | Foghartach nepos Cernaigh |
| A | M719.1 | Fogartach, mac Néill, mic Cernaigh Sotail, h-i righe n-Ereann |
| A | M720.5 | Foghartach ua Cernaigh |
| T | T724.3 | Fogartach nepos Cernaigh |
| U | U724.3 | Fogartach h. Cernaig mc. Neill mc. Cearrnaigh h-Shotail mc. Diarmoda mc. mc. Aedha Slaine |
| A | M733.6 | Cearnach, mac Foghartaigh, mic Néll, mic Cernaigh Shotail, mic Diarmatta, mic Aodha Slaine |
| T | T738.3 | Cernach mac Fogartaig maic Neill, maic Cernaigh Sotail, maic Diarmuda, maic Aedha Slaíne |
| A | M756.3 | Finsneachta, mac Fogartaigh ui Cernaigh |
| U | U761.1 | Finsnecti filii Fogertaigh nepotis Cernaigh |
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