Gort is the Irish name of the twelfth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚌ, meaning "field", which is related to Welsh garth 'garden' and Latin hortus. Its Proto-Indo-European root was *gher-, *ghort- 'to enclose, enclosure'. Its phonetic value is [ɡ]. Bríatharogam In the medieval kennings, called Bríatharogaim or Word Ogham the verses associated with gort are: milsiu féraib - "sweetest grass" in the Bríatharogam Morann mic Moín ined erc - "suitable place for cows" in the Bríatharogam Mac ind Óc sásad ile - "sating of multitudes" in the Bríatharogam Con Culainn. References Ogham letters