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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In the first place , Marjorie Anderson made a powerful case for suspecting that Domangart's obit was not present in the tenth - century ' Chronicle of Ireland ' , the lost text that forms the earliest core of the surviving chronicles ...
In the first place , Marjorie Anderson made a powerful case for suspecting that Domangart's obit was not present in the tenth - century ' Chronicle of Ireland ' , the lost text that forms the earliest core of the surviving chronicles ...
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Nior fhàg an Rìgh is blà bonn : like a smith who hath lost his tongs am I ; it hath deprived me of my tillage and my stock ; sad for me his striking down . Note also that the lexis in § 32c was problematic to scribes of the Marbhna also ...
Nior fhàg an Rìgh is blà bonn : like a smith who hath lost his tongs am I ; it hath deprived me of my tillage and my stock ; sad for me his striking down . Note also that the lexis in § 32c was problematic to scribes of the Marbhna also ...
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Whereas Nova Scotia lost about half of its Gaelic speaking population , Ontario's Gàidhealtachd fell by almost 90 % . Quebec and PEI fared little better , losing 80 % and 85 % of their speakers respectively.9 Figure 1 : Gaelic mother ...
Whereas Nova Scotia lost about half of its Gaelic speaking population , Ontario's Gàidhealtachd fell by almost 90 % . Quebec and PEI fared little better , losing 80 % and 85 % of their speakers respectively.9 Figure 1 : Gaelic mother ...
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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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