Explore Adomnán through 9 example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Adomnán in a sentence
Using Adomnán
- In the example corpus, adomnán often appears in combinations such as: adomnán book, adomnán life.
Context around Adomnán
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Adomnán
- In this selection, "adomnán" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, example, sceptics, book, life and records stand out and add context to how "adomnán" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adomnán book i and adomnán life of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "adomnán" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with adomnán
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Adomnán, "Life of Columba", editor's notes on pp. 342–343. (11 words)
Adomnán, Book I, Chapter 1. In the battle that followed, the British were routed despite their superior numbers; Cadwallon himself was killed. (22 words)
Adomnán, Book I, chapter I. Oswald seems to have been widely recognized as overlord, although the extent of his authority is uncertain. (22 words)
R. Binns The Loch Ness Mystery Solved, pp. 52–57 According to sceptics, Adomnán's story may be independent of the modern Loch Ness Monster legend and became attached to it by believers seeking to bolster their claims. (38 words)
Adomnán p. 330. Sceptics question the narrative's reliability, noting that water-beast stories were extremely common in medieval hagiographies and Adomnán's tale probably recycles a common motif attached to a local landmark. (34 words)
He then prayed and asked his army to join in. Bede, Book III, chapter 2. Adomnán in his Life of Saint Columba offers a longer account, which Abbot Ségéne had heard from Oswald himself. (34 words)
Example sentences (9)
Adomnán p. 330. Sceptics question the narrative's reliability, noting that water-beast stories were extremely common in medieval hagiographies and Adomnán's tale probably recycles a common motif attached to a local landmark.
Adomnán, Book I, Chapter 1. In the battle that followed, the British were routed despite their superior numbers; Cadwallon himself was killed.
Adomnán, Book I, chapter I. Oswald seems to have been widely recognized as overlord, although the extent of his authority is uncertain.
Adomnán, "Life of Columba", editor's notes on pp. 342–343.
For example, Adomnán records Sainea, Elena, Ommon and Oideacha in the Inner Hebrides, which names must have passed out of usage in the Norse era and whose locations are not clear.
He then prayed and asked his army to join in. Bede, Book III, chapter 2. Adomnán in his Life of Saint Columba offers a longer account, which Abbot Ségéne had heard from Oswald himself.
R. Binns The Loch Ness Mystery Solved, pp. 52–57 According to sceptics, Adomnán's story may be independent of the modern Loch Ness Monster legend and became attached to it by believers seeking to bolster their claims.
See also Adomnán, Life, II, 22, and note 258, where a certain Ioan mac Conaill mac Domnaill is said to have belonged to "the royal lineage of Cenél nGabráin".
The modern English name comes of yet another variant, Ioua, which was either just Adomnán's attempt to make the Gaelic name fit Latin grammar or else a genuine derivative from Ivova ("yew place").
Common combinations with adomnán
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: