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Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 16:30:02 +0800
From: Peter J Dennistoun Bryant [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is the name 'Maro' Celtic, or does it have a long and respectable
history as a Roman name?
Patrick Roper
Apparently Maro has a meaning in Etruscan
I was reading a translation of The Gododdin today. It is, I believe,
Britain's earliest known literary composition and originally in the
P-Celtic language of southern Scotland (close to Old Welsh).
One section says:
A dear comrade, Owain;
Vile, his cover of crows.
Ghastly to me that ground,
