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May 31, 2024 · Hiberno-English (/ h aɪ ˈ b ɜːr n oʊ, h ɪ-/ hy-BUR-noh, hih-; from Latin: Hibernia "Ireland") or Irish English (IrE), also formerly sometimes called Anglo-Irish, is the set of English dialects native to the island of Ireland, including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
2 days ago · This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their anglicisations and/or English language equivalents. Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form.
1 day ago · The Irish language has a vast treasury of written texts from many centuries and is divided by linguists into Old Irish from the 6th to 10th century, Middle Irish from the 10th to 13th century, Early Modern Irish until the 17th century, and the Modern Irish spoken today.
May 24, 2024 · A searchable online textbase consisting of over 19 million words from 1636 contemporary and historical documents in Irish, Latin, Anglo-Norman French, and English.
2 days ago · medd [meːð] = mead, and meddw [ˈmɛðu] = drunk in Welsh. The Irish name Méabh (Maeve) also comes from the same roots, via Middle Irish medb (intoxicating) [ source ]. For more details of related words in Celtic languages, see this Celtiadur post: Honey Wine. It also reached China, where it became mīt (honey) in Tocharian B, and was ...
3 days ago · Words from the same roots include corps (an organized group of people united by a common purpose), corpus (a collection of writings) and corpse (a dead body) and midriff (the middle section of the human torso) in English, corps (body) in French and cryf (strong) in Welsh [ source ].
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May 14, 2024 · Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain. 600 entries on key figures, texts, critical debates, methodologies, cultural and historical contexts, and related terminology in the literatures of the British Isles from the fifth to the sixteenth centuries.
