HOW TO PRONOUNCE
oisin
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What does oisin mean?
proper noun
- A male given name from Irish, variant of Ossian.
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“Oh, yes,” said I, “and have gone through it. It contains poems in the Gaelic language by Oisin and others, collected in the Highlands. I went through it a long time ago with great attention. Some of the poems are wonderfully beautiful.”
“I am the Elk of Ben Gulban,” said Blackfoot, “and it may be that there is no creature in the world more ancient than I am. The Fianna hunted me with their hounds before the Sons of Mile’ came to the Island of Woods. If it was a Tale of Finn or Caelta or Goll, of Oscar or Oisin or Conan, I could tell it to you. But I know nothing of the Unique Tale.”