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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aengus \Aengus\ n. 1. the Irish god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women.
Syn: Angus Og, Oengus, Angus
Wikipedia
In Irish mythology, Aengus is a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann and probably a god of love, youth and poetic inspiration. He is traditionally described as having singing birds circling his head.
Aengus is a masculine given name in Irish. It is composed of the Celtic elements meaning "one", and "choice". It is the Irish form of the Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, Aonghus. These three Gaelic names are Anglicised as Angus.
The earliest form of the given name Angus, and its cognates, occurs in Adomnán's Vita Columbae (English: "Life of Columba") as Oinogusius, Oinogussius. This name likely refers to a Pictish king whose name is recorded variously as Onnust, Hungus. According to historian Alex Woolf, the early Gaelic form of the name, Oengus, was borrowed from the British Pictish Onuist, which appears in British as Ungust. Woolf noted that these names are all derived from the Celtic *Oinogustos. Linguist John Kneen derived this name from two Celtic elements the following way: *Oino-gustos, meaning "one-choice". Woolf also stated that between about AD 350 and AD 660, the Insular Celtic dialects underwent changes which included the loss of the final syllables and unstressed vowels, which affected *Oinogustos thus: *Oinogustos.
Usage examples of "aengus".
So far as I could tell, it was all about a pact made by the god Aengus with the Tuatha DeDanaan, which ended a drought and blessed the rain in perpetuity to the people of Eire so long as they honored him on that day.
Was Aengus moved then to the fore, nearest that which had been Art mac Comail.
Chopped in several places and no longer bleeding, Aengus still clutched a bow.
I must believe that, and I must indeed, then I believe too that Aengus slew the Lord of Glondrath.
Shamrock Construction except that Dun Aengus is the president of the board.
I used Dun Aengus, my own nickname, on the message to confuse anybody who might get hold of it accidentally--on the chance it was traced to my house or company.
No thought of mine had prepared me for this emotion, for I had been pre-occupied with Aengus and Edain, and with Mannanan, son of the sea.
I thought for a moment that she might be the beloved of Aengus, but how could that hunted, alluring, happy, immortal wretch have a face like this?
She was just making a cup of coffee when Wandering Aengus, mewing horribly, padded in with a live fieldmouse in his mouth.
She missed, but Aengus was so startled he dropped the fieldmouse, which took refuge under the dresser.