Nechtan nepos Uerb

Nechtan grandson o Uerb,^[1] wis king o the Pechts frae 595 tae aroond 616. It haes been suggestit that this Nechtan is the same person as the Neithon that ruled the kinrick o Alt Clut.^[2]

Notes

↑ The wird nepos can mean grandson or neffae, but probably means neffae; some variants read "son o". Perhaps a female name, cognate wi the Auld Erse Ferb; ESSH p. 145, note 3. Variant forms include Uerp, Irb an Yrp. Thir are seemilar tae the patronyms Uuirp, Erp, Erip, Irb, Yrb an Eirip that are uised o Drest I an Nechtan I.
↑ Smyth, pp. 62–65 an table 2.

References

Smyth, Alfred P. Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland AD 80-1000. Reprinted, Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 1998. ISBN 0-7486-0100-7

Regnal teetles
Precedit bi Gartnait II	Keeng o the Pechts 595-616	Succeedit bi Cinioch

[1] The wird nepos can mean grandson or neffae, but probably means neffae; some variants read "son o". Perhaps a female name, cognate wi the Auld Erse Ferb; ESSH p. 145, note 3. Variant forms include Uerp, Irb an Yrp. Thir are seemilar tae the patronyms Uuirp, Erp, Erip, Irb, Yrb an Eirip that are uised o Drest I an Nechtan I.

[2] Smyth, pp. 62–65 an table 2.

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