Meaning in the sources
Source-reportedMeaning: “fire”
From áed (“fire”).
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- Wiktionary: ÁedCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Polish Wiktionary: ÁedCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
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“fire”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Áed is a masculine given name documented in Old Irish. English Wiktionary records the meaning “fire”.
Meaning: “fire”
From áed (“fire”).
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Aed— “fire”
The _Triads_ speak of Aed Mawr, or Aedd, as father of Pridain, but he may have been either a title of Hu, or else the god himself. Aodh is, in fact, in sound and sense, closely related to the Greek αίθω (aitho), and our heat is of the same kin.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part V, Chapter II (Ancient Keltic Names), Section I (Welsh Mythic Names) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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