Aife
[ˈeɪfə]Meaning
Old Irish name of a character in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
Background Story
Aífe is the Old Irish form of the name; in Modern Irish and Scots Gaelic it is spelled Aoife. The sources checked record it only as the name of a figure in the Ulster Cycle.
Temperament
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