Deer modern Germanic languages save English and Scots retain the more general sense: for example, German "Tier" and Norwegian "dyr" mean "animal". For many types of deer in modern English usage, the male is a "buck" and the female a "doe", but the terms vary with dialect, and according to the size of the species. The male red deer is a "stag", while for other large species the male is a "bull", the female a "cow", as in cattle. In older usage, the male of any species is a "hart", especially if over five years old, and the female is a
Ossian (given name) of Macpherson, however, but owes its popularity there as an import from Sweden. In this way "Ossian" is similar to the Ossianic names "Oscar" and "Selma" which were introduced into Denmark by Swedish immigrants. Ossian (given name) Ossian is an Anglicised form of the Irish "Oisín" and the Scottish Gaelic "Oisein". The latter names are derived from a byname constructed from the element "os" ("stag"). Another Anglicised form of "Oisín" is "Osian". "Ossian" was one of several names popularised by the romantic works of James Macpherson (died 1796), composer of so-called Ossianic poetry. In consequence, it and other Ossianic names—such