10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIDDLE IRISH»
Discover the use of
Middle Irish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Middle Irish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Goidelica, Old and Early-
Middle-
Irish glosses, prose and ...
BY'. THE. EDITOR. Irish Glosses. — A mediaeval Tract on Latin Declension with
examples explained in Irish. To which are added the Lorica of Gildas and the
Gloss thereon and a selection of Glosses from the Book of Armagh. With a ...
Goidelica, Whitley Stokes, 1872
2
The Field Day Anthology of
Irish Writing:
Irish women's ...
Anonymous Brigit buadach (Glorious Brigit) (Old Irish) 72 Saint Brigit's Rule (
Middle Irish) 72 from: A Homily on the Life of Saint Brigit (Middle Irish) 73 Ropad
maith lemm (Saint Brigit's Alefeast) (Middle Irish) 73 Giraldus Cambrensis (
Gerald of ...
3
Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia. Vol. 1-
What emerges from a consideration of Middle Irish nominal system is that the
main preoccupation was avoidance of homophony, especially between singular
and plural; accusatives and genitives could probably be distinguished by word- ...
4
An
Irish Literature Reader: Poetry, Prose, Drama
It is a special feature of Middle Irish tales, such as those told about Fionn mac
Cumhaill. Since the eleventh century, the name of Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn mac
Cool) has been preserved in manuscript as well as in oral tradition. Fionn is the ...
Maureen O'Rourke Murphy, James MacKillop, 2006
5
Studies in
Middle English Linguistics
As O'Rahilly rightly points out a language, such as Middle Irish, ... one must point
out that long vowels had arisen due to compensatory lengthening with the loss of
intervocalic voiced fricatives from Old Irish in the Middle Irish period. (13) a.
6
The Dialects of
Irish: Study of a Changing Landscape
The Old Irish written tradition declined in the Middle Irish period, although no
indication of dialect formation is as yet clearly evident. There is uncertainty in
morphology as writers were less sure about what constituted classical Old Irish.
ON CERTAIN INITIAL CHANGES IN THE IRISH VERB AFTER PREVERBAL
PARTICLES1 IN Middle Irish, after preverbal particles ending in a vowel, ni, ro (
do), an h- is added in the passive before an initial vowel ; in the active after the
same ...
These constructions occur only in Middle Irish but they are closely connected with
a usage which began in early Middle Irish and continued into the modern spoken
language, whereby the appropriate mutations of the possessive particles are ...
Jadranka Gvozdanović, 1992
9
Language Contact and the Origins of the Germanic Languages
Consider the following phrases in Irish, which illustrate some of the
developments that occurred in the period straddling the boundary between Old
Irish (600–900) and Middle Irish (900–1200): The two forms ending in -e are Old
Irish ...
10
A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the ...
An attempt at a scientific description of a northern dialect of Irish, first published in 1906.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIDDLE IRISH»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Middle Irish is used in the context of the following news items.
Greetings, Patheos Pagan
I suspect I have some of the most boring hobbies ever, which include studying old languages and translating Old and Middle Irish texts. «Patheos, Jun 15»
The Wooing of Etain: An Irish Tale of Love, Loss, and Jealousy
... she is often described in literature, particularly the Middle Irish text Togail Bruidna Da Derga, as having shimmering waves of fire-gold hair, ... «Ancient Origins, May 15»
Scots: do you know your teuchters from your sassenachs?
Scottish Gaelic developed out of Middle Irish, and is a separate language entirely, spoken predominately in the coastal Highlands and Western ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
'Effing Tories' give themselves a kick
Its root is Middle Irish toraidhe or outlaw – by implication an Irish Catholic outlaw. Not kind, but it stuck. But the lefties didn't get away with it. «The Guardian, Sep 14»
'Langerology' outrages sensitive Fine Gaelers!
Joynt and Knott concur in their monumental work based on Old and Middle Irish materials, although this scribe authoritatively cannot confirm ... «Southern Star Newspaper, Oct 13»
Ancient copy of 10 Commandments goes digital
Its name comes from additions that were made to the text in Gaelic or Middle Irish, likely by someone in Deer in Aberdeenshire. The digital ... «Fox News, Dec 12»
Local woman secures doctorate place at Cambridge University
At Cambridge's Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, Ms Pigott will continue her work on the Middle Irish lives of native saints. «Longford Leader, May 12»
Our medical education through the many ages
They were first written in old Irish between 750 and 850AD and copied, with commentaries in middle Irish, in law schools between the 14th and ... «Irish Medical Times, Jul 11»
Pen Ultimate / 'Over the face of the waters'
... about a stream of fluid or a flow of information - is likely derived from the Old English leccan, "to moisten" and Middle Irish legaid, "it melts.". «Ha'aretz, Apr 11»
Call for gathering to defend academic freedom
... An tOllamh MÁIRÍN Ní DHONNCHADHA, Prof of Old and Middle Irish, NUIG; An tOllamh ALAN TITLEY, Gaeilge, UCC; MARY GALLAGHER, ... «Irish Times, Jan 11»
