Old Irish (Noun)
Meaning
Irish Gaelic up to about 1100.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Old Irish texts found in the Book of Invasions are considered to be among the most important sources of Irish mythology.
- Scholars have long studied the language and grammar of Old Irish to better understand the early history of the Irish people.
- The Lebor Gabála Érenn is a collection of poems and stories written in Old Irish that tell the story of the mythological invasion of Ireland.
- Old Irish was the earliest form of the Irish language, spoken from around the 6th to the 10th centuries.
- The language of the early Christian inscriptions in Ireland is a form of Old Irish known as Ogham.