Fedelm,

Gaelic Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...

- Irish

female An organism's sex is female ( symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and ...

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. It has been Latinized as

Fidelma Fidelma is an Irish people, Irish female given name, a Latinization of Fedelm (Irish name), Fedelm. People named Fidelma * Fidelma Healy Eames (born 1962), politician * Fidelma Macken (born 1942), judge * Sister a Fidelma, main character in the Si ...

. Fedelm was a name that, like Flann, could be used by both sexes. It has been rendered Fedelm, Fedlimid, Fedlim. For

male Male (Planet symbols, symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or Egg cell, ovum, in the process of fertilisation. A male organism cannot sexual repro ...

bearers of the name, see Fedlim.

Bearers of the name

Fedelm Fedelm (sometimes spelled Feidelm; modern Fidelma) is a female prophet and '' fili'', or learned poet, in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. She appears in the great epic '' Táin Bó Cuailnge'', in which she foretells the armies of Medb and Ai ...

prophet In religion, a prophet or prophetess is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divinity, divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings ...

and fili, in the

Ulster Cycle The Ulster Cycle (), formerly known as the Red Branch Cycle, is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends and sagas of the Ulaid. It is set far in the past, in what is now eastern Ulster and northern Leinster, particularly counties Armagh, Do ...

Irish mythology Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was originally Oral tradition, passed down orally in the Prehistoric Ireland, prehistoric era. In the History of Ireland (795–1169), early medieval era, myths were ...

. *

Fedelm Noíchrothach Fedelm Noíchrothach ("nine times beautiful"), also known as Fedelm Noíchride ("nine-hearts" or "fresh-heart"), is a daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. She married Cairbre Nia Fer, king of Tara, but was un ...

* Fedhelm ingen Domhnaill,

Abbess An abbess (Latin: ''abbatissa'') is the female superior of a community of nuns in an abbey. Description In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic, Lutheran and Anglican abbeys, the mod ...

of Cluana Brónaigh, died 931.

External links

* http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Fedelm.shtml {{given name, Fedelm, nocat Irish-language feminine given names Feminine given names