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Glossary
To quote E. G. Quin, "Old Irish can be read as kind of a cipher, the symbols being phonetically meaningless." I agree, if you are trying to pronounce the Old Irish with modern grammatical rules. However, we can make some approximation. The following is taken primarily from the works of Quin and Dineen. For greater accuracy, I would refer you to Old-Irish paradigms and selections from the old-Irish glosses, by John Strachan and the companion Old Irish Workbook, by E. G. Quin.
- Airche (air'che - a and i pronounced close together. Ch pronounced as ch in loch).
- 'Storage shed.'
- Airlise (airlis - a and i pronounced close together. Final i pronounced as the i in it.)
- Literally 'in front of courtyard.'
- Boaire (bo'aireh - a and i pronounced close together)
- 'one who tends cows, a freeman, small farmer.'
- Corróg (ku'rohg)
- A covered pit used to store butter, cheese and perishable foods.
- Cuile (k'uileh - ui pronouced as in quill.)
- 'larder.'
- Cumal (ku'val - a pronounced as the a in about)
- A trading value equivalent to the price of three female slaves.
- Fóil muc (foil muk - o as long, followed by a short i. U as in cup.
- 'pig sty.'
- Teagh mor (teg mohr -)
- 'great house.'
- Les (les - vowel e pronounced as in spell)
- 'farmyard, courtyard.'
- Lias cáerach (lees cahr'ach)
- 'lamb hut or pen.'
- Lias laég (lees la'ehg - a and é close together, but more emphasis on é.
- 'calf hut or pen.'
Limited Bibliography
- The Bronze Age Burials In Ireland
- John Waddell
- Cattle Lords and Clansmen
- Nerys Patterson, Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, 1994
- The Celts: On occasion of the Exhibition
- edited by S. Moscati, O. H. Frey, et al.
- Early Irish Farming
- Fergus Kelly, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, 1998
- Irish-English Dictionary
- Patrick S. Dineen
- Old Irish Workbook
- E. Quin
- Pagan Celtic Ireland
- Barry Raftery
- Pre-Christian Ireland From the First Settlers to the Early Celts
- B. Harbison
- The Prehistoric Archaeology of Ireland
- John Waddell
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