Gaelic Ireland (Irish: Éire Ghaelach) was the Gaelic political and social order, and associated culture, that existed in Ireland from the late prehistoric era until the early 17th century. ... They became known as the Old English, and in the words of a contemporary English commentator, ...

The following words are of Goidelic origin but it cannot be ascertained whether the source language was Old Irish or one of the modern Goidelic languages. Brogue [1] An accent, Irish, or Scottish Gaelic bròg [pɾɔːk] , shoe (of a particular kind worn by Irish and Gaelic peasants), Old Irish bróc , from Norse brókr [2]

Words of Old Norse origin have entered the English language, primarily from the contact between Old Norse and Old English during colonisation of eastern and northern England between the mid 9th to the 11th centuries (see also Danelaw).Many of these words are part of English core vocabulary, such as egg or knife.There are hundreds of such words, and the list below does …

Nomenclature. Gaelic, by itself, is sometimes used to refer to Scottish Gaelic, especially in Scotland, and so it is ambiguous.Irish and Manx are sometimes referred to as Irish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic (as they are Goidelic or Gaelic languages), but the use of the word "Gaelic" is unnecessary because the terms Irish and Manx, when used to denote languages, always refer …

Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic (Goídelc; Ogham: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; Irish: Sean-Ghaeilge; Scottish Gaelic: Seann-Ghàidhlig; Manx: Shenn Yernish or Shenn Ghaelg), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive written texts. It was used from c. 600 to c. 900. The main contemporary texts are dated c. 700–850; by 900 the language had already ...

The Norse–Gaels (Old Irish: Gall-Goídil; Irish: Gall-Ghaeil; Scottish Gaelic: Gall-Ghàidheil, 'foreigner-Gaels') were a people of mixed Gaelic and Norse ancestry and culture. They emerged in the Viking Age, when Vikings who settled in Ireland and in Scotland became Gaelicised and intermarried with Gaels.The Norse–Gaels dominated much of the Irish Sea and Scottish Sea …

French (français or langue française [lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages.French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul.Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken …

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Gaelic nouns and pronouns belong to one of two grammatical genders: masculine or feminine. Nouns with neuter gender in Old Gaelic were redistributed between the masculine and feminine. The gender of a small number of nouns differs between dialects. A very small group of nouns have declensional patterns that suggest mixed gender characteristics.

Nov 23, 2011 · A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. ram a post into the ground· (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.· A pole in a battery. (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown. (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes ...