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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On the other hand , the ominously named Glas mac Drecain ( ' son of dragon ' ) has a more ambitious task in mind , arriving with twenty - five battalions ' do ghabháil rígi nÉirenn ' ( " to seize the kingship of Ireland ' ) ( Stokes ...
On the other hand , the ominously named Glas mac Drecain ( ' son of dragon ' ) has a more ambitious task in mind , arriving with twenty - five battalions ' do ghabháil rígi nÉirenn ' ( " to seize the kingship of Ireland ' ) ( Stokes ...
Page 113
That is simply because I have the Gaelic readers first in mind and shouldn't like any version to precede the original by , what would now be most likely , a great length of time , as I don't foresee any publication of the Gaelic for ...
That is simply because I have the Gaelic readers first in mind and shouldn't like any version to precede the original by , what would now be most likely , a great length of time , as I don't foresee any publication of the Gaelic for ...
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The subjective observations in this account must be viewed with some skepticism , as he likely exaggerated or manufactured differences with this agenda in mind . Could this be a misreading of the word ' tune ' ?
The subjective observations in this account must be viewed with some skepticism , as he likely exaggerated or manufactured differences with this agenda in mind . Could this be a misreading of the word ' tune ' ?
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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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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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