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Tinne (letter)

Letter of the Ogham alphabet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tinne is the Irish name of the eighth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚈ, meaning "ingot" or "iron bar". Its phonetic value is [t].[1]

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Bríatharogam

In the medieval kennings, called Bríatharogam or Word Ogham the verses associated with Tinne are:

trian roith - "one of three parts of a wheel" in the Word Ogham of Morann mic Moín

smiur gúaile - "marrow of (char)coal" in the Word Ogham of Mac ind Óc

trian n-airm - "one of three parts of a weapon" in the Word Ogham of Culainn.[2]

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