Morrígan
See also: Mórrígan
Old Irish
Etymology
From mór (“great”) + rígan (“queen”). Some posit an (otherwise unattested) Old Irish mor cognate with Old English mare as in nightmare, with the compound meaning "phantom queen".
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Morrígan, morrígu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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