Coll (letter)

Coll is the Irish name of the ninth letter of the Ogham alphabet ᚉ, meaning "hazel-tree", which is related to Welsh pl. ', and Latin '. Its Proto-Indo-European root was *kos(e)lo-. Its phonetic value is [k].

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.

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