Coll (letter)
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Coll is the Irish name of the ninth letter of the Ogham alphabet ᚉ, meaning "hazel-tree", which is related to Welsh Script error: No such module "Lang". pl. Script error: No such module "Lang"., and Latin Script error: No such module "Lang".. Its Proto-Indo-European root was *kos(e)lo-. Its phonetic value is [k].[1]
Bríatharogam
In the medieval kennings, called Bríatharogam or Word Ogham the verses associated with Coll are:
- caíniu fedaib – "fairest tree" in the Bríatharogam Morann mic Moín
- carae blóesc – "friend of nutshells" in the Bríatharogam Mac ind Óc
- milsem fedo – "sweetest tree" in the Bríatharogam Con Culainn.[2]