present, gift
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poetry
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Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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