Uath
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Uath
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Uath, Old Irish Úath, hÚath, is the sixth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚆ, transcribed ⟨ʜ⟩ in manuscript tradition, but unattested in actual inscriptions. The kenning "a meet of hounds is huath" identifies the name as úath "horror, fear", although the Auraicept glosses "white-thorn": The original etymology of the name, and the letter's value, are, however, unclear. McManus (1986) suggested a value /y/. Peter Schrijver suggested that if úath "fear" is cognate with Latin pavere, a trace of PIE *p
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