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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This dual northern - eastern dimension is also reflected in the terms used for Vikings in Ireland . ... Significantly , a number of these texts use the term austr ( ' east ' ) to denote in fact ' north - east ' ( Einarsson , 1944 , p .
This dual northern - eastern dimension is also reflected in the terms used for Vikings in Ireland . ... Significantly , a number of these texts use the term austr ( ' east ' ) to denote in fact ' north - east ' ( Einarsson , 1944 , p .
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Similarly , if Welsh ' Llychlyn ' is a borrowing of Irish ' Lochlann ' , use of this term in the earliest medieval Welsh prose narrative , Culhwch ac Olwen , alongside ' India ' and ' Ethiopia ' as a quasi- mythical location , suggests ...
Similarly , if Welsh ' Llychlyn ' is a borrowing of Irish ' Lochlann ' , use of this term in the earliest medieval Welsh prose narrative , Culhwch ac Olwen , alongside ' India ' and ' Ethiopia ' as a quasi- mythical location , suggests ...
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His manuscript ( NLS Adv . MS 73.1.5–6 ) , entitled A Glossary of Ancient and Modern Terms and Expressions ... For the term Damhsa fairire [ sic ] Fraser gives ' The dance at wakes of the dead , – supposedly a Cinquepace dance ' .
His manuscript ( NLS Adv . MS 73.1.5–6 ) , entitled A Glossary of Ancient and Modern Terms and Expressions ... For the term Damhsa fairire [ sic ] Fraser gives ' The dance at wakes of the dead , – supposedly a Cinquepace dance ' .
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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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