Cànan & CultarWilson McLeod, James Earle Fraser, Anja Gunderloch Dunedin Academic Press, 2006 - 294 pages This 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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 8
Page 115
... keep this for me until this mess is over . Everything in it exists written elsewhere except for Coilltean Ratharsair of which herein [ ? ] is the only copy . I have not managed to finish it and may never [ . . . ] Beware , there is much ...
... keep this for me until this mess is over . Everything in it exists written elsewhere except for Coilltean Ratharsair of which herein [ ? ] is the only copy . I have not managed to finish it and may never [ . . . ] Beware , there is much ...
Page 216
... keep the near relations company the first night ; and they dance , as if it were at a wedding , till the next morning , though all the time the corpse lies before them in the same room . If the deceased be a woman , the widower leads up ...
... keep the near relations company the first night ; and they dance , as if it were at a wedding , till the next morning , though all the time the corpse lies before them in the same room . If the deceased be a woman , the widower leads up ...
Page 245
... keeps this collective focus : ' sgaoil do sgiath oirnn , dion sinn uile ' ( spread your wing over us , shield us all ) ... keep the sheep and cattle safe in all weathers and bring them down from the mountain when conditions are bad ( I ...
... keeps this collective focus : ' sgaoil do sgiath oirnn , dion sinn uile ' ( spread your wing over us , shield us all ) ... keep the sheep and cattle safe in all weathers and bring them down from the mountain when conditions are bad ( I ...
Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
Copyright | |
9 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
ach tha againn agus agus tha airson àite Alba bhith bidh biodh bith bliadhna ceann Cenél Cenél Loairn Cenél nGabráin Cha robh chaidh Chan eil chiad chuir chur cleachdadh Corcu cuid cuideachd Cuillin Dál Riata dàn dance daoine dhèanamh dhuinn dòcha dòigh duine Eachdraidh eadar facail faic fhèin formal prose gach Gaels Gàidheal Gàidhealtachd Gàidhlig genitive Ghàidhealtachd gu bheil gu math gu robh Highlands I-languages iarainn idir ìre Ireland Irish Iuchar kings language latha Lebor leis leithid Loch Lochlann Mac Domhnaill MacLean's Mhic mòr nonconcordance nuair obair Picts poem ràdh rannsachadh relative clause Réti Riata Scotland Scottish Gaelic sgoilearan sinn soilleir sònraichte stad glotasach Teàrlach Tha Chambers tha Iain thàinig thaobh thug tighinn toirt uair uile Ulaid University of Edinburgh