present, gift
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poetry
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Semantic evolution | |
Language 1 | Old Irish | |
Language 2 | Irish Gaelic | |
Lexeme 1 | dan, duan | |
Lexeme 2 | dan | |
Meaning 1 | present, gift | danu diadi gods gifts |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | poetry | oc cormaim gaibtir duana poems are chanted |
Reference | eDIL | |
Comment | a specific Old irish |
A poem is a gift to the king (C. Watkins. The etymology of Irish duan - in: Celtica, 1976, vol. 11, 270-277