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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, shoe (of a particular kind worn by Irish and Gaelic peasants), Old Irish bróc, from Norse brókr [2]
List of English words of Scots origin (i.e. Lowland Scots (Lallans, Doric etc.)) List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin Topics referred to by the same term
These lists of English words of Celtic origin include English words derived from Celtic origins. These are, for example, Common Brittonic , Gaulish , Irish , Scottish Gaelic , Welsh , or other languages.
List of English words of Scots origin is a list of English language words of Scots origin. See also "List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin", which contains many words which were borrowed via Highland Scots. Blackmail A form of extortion carried out by the Border Reivers, borrowed into English with less violent connotations. blatant ...
Dr Victor Skretkowicz was born in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1942; joined the University of Dundee's English Department in 1978 and in 1989, became the Dundee University's representative on the Joint Council for the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue being elected as its convenor three years later. Under his direction it was responsible for ...
1958 Gaelic Words and Expressions from South Uist and Eriskay by Rev. Allan MacDonald; 1979 Abair Facail, a pocket-dictionary by John MacDonald and Ronald Renton; 1981 The New English-Gaelic Dictionary by Derick Thomson; 1991 Appendix to Dwelly's Gaelic-English Dictionary by Douglas Clyne (ed.)
Sláinte, Banjaxed, Stall the ball? Anyone can wear green on Saint Patrick's Day, but do you know what these Irish words mean and how to say them?
Meall is a Scottish Gaelic word meaning "hill". It is used in the name of geographical features or locations that are Scottish hills or mountains, including: Meall nan Aighean, Scottish mountain in the council area of Perth and Kinross; Meall a' Bhuachaille, mountain in the Cairngorms in Scotland