Dictionary of the Irish Language, Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, in Three Volumes: A-D; E-L; M-U [DIL]

Royal Irish Academy; Quin, E.G.; Carney, Maura

Published by Royal Irish Academy / University Press Oxford / John Johnson, Printer to the University

About this Item

E section supplied in facsimile, otherwise composed of original fascicles. A few minor blemishes to boards, minor marginalia. 484, [5], 246, [2], 640, [2], 460, [3]; 256, [3], 492, [4], 178, 2, 334, 252, [2]; 208, 212, 124, 434, [3], 394, [4], 98 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles. An extensive alphabetical reference to Old and Middle Irish. Old Irish is the earliest recorded stage of the Goidelic (or Gaelic) language family, spoken from roughly the 7th to the 10th century. It is the ancestral language that eventually split into modern Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. This is essentially the equivalent of the Oxford English Dictionary for the Irish language.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dictionary of the Irish Language, Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, in Three Volumes: A-D; E-L; M-U [DIL]
• Publisher: Royal Irish Academy / University Press Oxford / John Johnson, Printer to the University
• Language: English
• Binding: Large Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 353 ounces