English Explanatory Dictionary

Aífe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Either of two figures of Irish mythology:
  2. A female warrior from Alba (Scotland), the daughter of Airdgeimm and sister of Scáthach, who became Cú Chulainn's lover; featured in the Ulster Cycle.
  3. One of the wives of Lir, who turned her stepchildren into swans; featured in Oidheadh chloinne Lir ("Fate of the Children of Lir").

Word forms

Aífe Aoibhe Aoife

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Irish Aífe; compare Modern Irish Aoife.

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