Editing Pictish language (section)

=== Ogham inscriptions ===
Although the interpretation of over 40 Ogham inscriptions remains uncertain, several have been acknowledged to contain Brittonic forms,{{sfn|Koch|2006|p=1444}} although Rodway (2020) has disputed this.<ref>{{harvnb|Rodway|2020}}</ref> Guto Rhys (2015) notes that significant caution is required in the interpretation of such inscriptions because crucial information, such as the orthographic key, the linguistic context in which they were composed and the extent of [[literacy]] in Pictland, remains unknown.<ref name="UGlas" /> 

An Ogham inscription at the [[Broch of Burrian]], [[Orkney]] has been transliterated as {{transliteration|xpi|I[-]IRANNURRACTX EVVCXRROCCS}}.{{sfn|Forsyth|1997|p=36}} Broken up as {{transliteration|xpi|I[-]irann uract cheuc chrocs}}, this may reveal a Pictish cognate of [[Old Welsh]] {{lang|owl|guract}} 'he/she made' in {{transliteration|xpi|*uract}}.{{sfn|Forsyth|1997|p=36}}<ref name="ois">{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |last1=Forsyth |first1=Katherine Stuart |author-link = Katherine Forsyth |date=April 9, 1956 |title=The Ogham Inscriptions of Scotland: An Edited Corpus |url=https://epdf.tips/the-ogham-inscriptions-of-scotland-an-edited-corpus.html|publisher=Harvard University|access-date=20 August 2018}}</ref> (The only direct continuation in Middle Welsh is 1sg. {{lang|wlm|gwreith}} < ''*u̯rakt-ū'' in the poem known as "[[Dinogad's Smock|Peis Dinogat]]" in the Book of Aneirin; this form was eventually reformed to ''gwnaeth''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schumacher |first1=Stefan |title=Die keltischen Primärverben. Ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon |date=2004 |publisher=Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck |location=Innsbruck, Austria |isbn=3-85124-692-6 |page=711 |language=de}}</ref>) With the fourth word explained as spirantized Pictish {{transliteration|xpi|*crocs}} 'cross' (Welsh {{lang|cy|croes}} < Latin {{lang|la|crux}}) and the corrupted first word a personal name, the inscription may represent a Pictish sentence explaining who carved the cross.{{sfn|Forsyth|1997|p=36}}{{sfn|Koch|2006|p=1444}}<ref name="ois" />

The Shetland inscriptions at [[Cunningsburgh]] and [[Lunnasting]] reading {{transliteration|xpi|EHTECONMORS}} and {{transliteration|xpi|[E]TTECUHETTS}} have been understood as Brittonic expressions meaning "this is as great" and "this is as far", respectively,{{sfn|Koch|2006|p=1444}} messages appropriate for [[boundary stones]].{{sfn|Koch|2006|p=1444}}

Transliterated as {{transliteration|xpi|IRATADDOARENS}}, it is possible that the [[Brandsbutt Stone]] inscription attests a Pictish form cognate with [[Old Breton]] {{lang|obt|irha-}}, "he lies", in ''IRA-'',{{sfn|Forsyth|1997|p=36}} occurring at the Lomarec inscription in [[Brittany]].{{sfn|Forsyth|1997|p=36}}