A female spirit in Gaelic folklore believed to presage, by wailing, a death in a family. 班西盖尔族民间传说中的女鬼,其哀嚎预示家庭中将有人死亡
Middle English is the English language from about1100 to1500; Middle Gaelic. 中古英语是大约1100年到1500年之间的英国语言;中古盖尔语。
Gaelic: It is one of the Celtic Language, and is spoken in parts of the Highlands. 盖尔语:是盖尔特语言的一种,在高地地区仍有人说这种语言。
gaelic
[ noun ]
any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland
<noun.communication> [ adj ]
relating to or characteristic of the Celts
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Gaelic \Gael"ic\ (?; 277), a. [Gael. G[`a]idhealach, Gaelach, from G[`a]idheal, Gael, a Scotch Highlander.] (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic Highlanders of Scotland; as, the Gaelic language.
Gaelic \Gael"ic\, n. [Gael. Gaelig, G[`a]ilig.] The language of the Gaels, esp. of the Highlanders of Scotland. It is a branch of the Celtic.
Erse \Erse\ ([~e]rs), n. [A modification of Irish, OE. Irishe.] A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders, {Gaelic}.
Popular groups such as DeDannan, the Tannahill Weavers and Kornog perform ancient songs in Gaelic, Erse and Breton side by side with original folk and rock-tinged compositions, and their taste in instrumentation is omnivorous.
"The newcomers gave the kiss of life to Gaelic games in this country," avows the Rev. Martin Keaveny, who was the first priest sent over by the Irish bishops to work as a chaplain among the illegals at the urging of Cardinal John O'Connor.
Above the bridge rises the ruined tower of Moyry Castle, built by the British in 1601 during the suppression of a Gaelic rebellion led by Hugh O'Neill.
But to get the real flavor of life in the gray labyrinth of centuries-old limestone walls, the bicycle works best for a close-up view of the remnants of an ancient Gaelic culture that has largely vanished on the Irish mainland.
Some Irish newspapers marked the day by editorializing about it in Irish, or Gaelic, which is the country's first official language, although only a minority are fluent in it.
Bourke translated many of the group's ballads from the original Gaelic into English.