Nemediann.
/nᵻˈmiːdɪən/, U.S. /nəˈmidiən/ In Irish mythology: a member of a legendary early colonizing people of Ireland, led by or descended from Nemed of Scythia, who were later driven out by the Fomorians.
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1844 W. M. Thackeray Barry Lyndon i. vii, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 393/1 These Partholans and Nemedians, of whom your writers fondly make mention, cannot be authentically vouched for in history.
1871 Catholic World Feb. 684/1 The Nemedian fleet, which opportunely arrived from a distant excursion, not being able to get near enough to the shore to land.
1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 299/2 We find four successive colonies mentioned in the following order:—Nemedians, Firbolgs, Tuatha Dé Danann, and Milesians.
1898 J. Heron Celtic Church 5 Partholonians, Nemedians, and Fomorians, or sea-rovers, are..the first..to take possession [of Ireland].
1911 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 757/2 After undergoing great hardship the Nemedians succeeded in destroying the fortress..but the Fomorians received reinforcements... Of the Nemedians only thirty warriors escaped.
1971 It 2 June 24/1 The Partholyans, Nemedians..are all remembered as being of semi-human stock.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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