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I am a fifty two year old woman. My late parents were Irish. My eccentric father had a penchant for different names.He gave me the name Neire but was never able to tell me what it meant or where he found it. I discovered it in an ancient Irish text (cira 7 th century BC) The Audacht Morann in English The Testament of Morann.
I would like to find out more about the meaning of my name.
I would like to find out more about the meaning of my name.
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I found this reference to Neire as a word, not as a name:
Edelwold tells the king that she is
‘mesfaite e laide e neire’ (‘deformed and ugly and black’)
I think that was from some Irish text also, though not the one you mentioned.
So I would take it to mean black.
I found some other reference to it meaning black in some french dialect also.
I wish I could be more help.
Edelwold tells the king that she is
‘mesfaite e laide e neire’ (‘deformed and ugly and black’)
I think that was from some Irish text also, though not the one you mentioned.
So I would take it to mean black.
I found some other reference to it meaning black in some french dialect also.
I wish I could be more help.
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