Coll is the Irish name of the ninth letter of the

Ogham Ogham (Modern Irish: ; mga, ogum, ogom, later mga, ogam, label=none ) is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language (in the "orthodox" inscriptions, 4th to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish langua ...

alphabet ᚉ, meaning " hazel-tree", which is related to

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''collen'' pl. ''cyll'', and

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''corulus''. Its

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root was *''kos(e)lo-''. Its phonetic value is

Bríatharogam

In the medieval kennings, called ''

Bríatharogam In Early Irish literature a ''Bríatharogam'' ("word ogham", plural ''Bríatharogaim'') is a two word kenning which explains the meanings of the names of the letters of the Ogham alphabet. Three variant lists of ''bríatharogaim'' or 'word-oghams' ...

'' or ''Word Ogham'' the verses associated with ''Coll'' are: ''caíniu fedaib'' - "fairest tree" in the ''Bríatharogam'' ''Morann mic Moín'' ''carae blóesc'' - "friend of nutshells" in the ''Bríatharogam'' ''Mac ind Óc'' ''milsem fedo'' - "sweetest tree" in the ''Bríatharogam'' ''Con'' ''Culainn''.

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