Cànan & CultarThis volume is a collection of proceedings from the third Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig conference held in Edinburgh in July 2004. The book includes papers on Scottish Gaelic history, language, literature, and culture from early Christian times to the present. In addition to Scotland, there is material relating to Ireland, Scandinavia, England, and Canada. Where papers are written in Gaelic, a detailed synopsis in English is included. |
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Guided by Bede , who in the eighth century made the Dalreudini a single gens encapsulating the entire Gaelic population of northern Britain , we have become accustomed to taking Adomnán's Scoti Brittanniae as being synonymous with his ...
Guided by Bede , who in the eighth century made the Dalreudini a single gens encapsulating the entire Gaelic population of northern Britain , we have become accustomed to taking Adomnán's Scoti Brittanniae as being synonymous with his ...
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Given the proximity of Antrim and Kintyre , the home territory of Cenél nGabráin , and our indications of Corcu Réti involvement in the affairs of north - east Ireland in the first half of the seventh century , it does not seem unlikely ...
Given the proximity of Antrim and Kintyre , the home territory of Cenél nGabráin , and our indications of Corcu Réti involvement in the affairs of north - east Ireland in the first half of the seventh century , it does not seem unlikely ...
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4 The one exception is a late thirteenth - century poem in which the poet attempts to coax his patron , Aonghus Mór Mac Domhnaill ( † 1296 ) , into buying his poem by using over - inflated flattery , so that he addresses him as ' rí ...
4 The one exception is a late thirteenth - century poem in which the poet attempts to coax his patron , Aonghus Mór Mac Domhnaill ( † 1296 ) , into buying his poem by using over - inflated flattery , so that he addresses him as ' rí ...
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Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
adjectives agus airson Alba animals appears bhith called century chaidh Chambers Chan eil complex composed concordance cuid cuideachd dance death dhèanamh Domhnaill eadar early English example faic fear formal prose gach Gaelic Gaels Gàidhlig genitive give given gu bheil gu robh Highlands Iain iarainn interesting Ireland Irish kings language leis lines Loch Lochlann material math mentioned modified nach nonconcordance noted noun nuair obair original perhaps phrase poem poetry position possible prepositional present printed reference registers relation robh says Scotland Scottish seems sinn sources speakers stad suggested Table term thaobh thug toirt tradition translation uair uile University variation wake writing
Bibliographic information
| Title | Cànan & Cultar Scottish Gaelic Studies Series |
| Editors | Wilson McLeod, James Earle Fraser, Anja Gunderloch |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Dunedin Academic Press, 2006 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 1903765609, 9781903765609 |
| Length | 294 pages |
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