gríanda

Old Irish

Etymology

From grían (sun) + -de.

Adjective

gríanda

  1. relating to the sun, solar
    • c. 850 Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 32c7
      cu cenn cicuil griendi
      to the end of the solar cycle
  2. sunny, brilliant

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
gríanda gríanda
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ngríanda
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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