ANSTHRLD - Re: ANSTHRLD - Scots Gflic Assistance

tmcd at crl.com tmcd at crl.com
Mon Apr 19 20:22:56 PDT 1999


On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Jodi McMaster <jmcmaste at accd.edu> wrote:
> > As uI understand it, Gilla (and similar names: there are two
> > other prefixes that can be used, but I forget them at the moment)
> 
> Gille- and Giolla-, I think.  

No no no, I didn't mean almost identical prefixen!  Maol is one
("servant of", from "bald, hence tonsured", says Woulfe), and the
other I can't find -- I think it's for women and means "veiled one".

Maol Daniel
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