Gort is the Irish name of the twelfth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚌ, meaning "field", which is related to Welsh 'field, enclosure' and Latin . 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.
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