Middle Irish

American  

noun

1. the Irish language of the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.

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Middle Irish British  

noun

1. Irish Gaelic from about 1100 to about 1500

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Example Sentences

Its root is Middle Irish toraidhe or outlaw – by implication an Irish Catholic outlaw.

From The Guardian

By the beginning of the Middle Irish period a good part of the cumbrous Old Irish verb-system had become obsolete, and texts which were at all faithfully copied had to be plentifully supplied with glosses.

From Project Gutenberg

The language of some manuscripts of the 14th century contains forms which are really Old Irish, and Middle Irish orthography was partly employed by historians and antiquarians in the middle of the 17th century.

From Project Gutenberg

In Middle Irish the declensions and conjugations are much simplified and the neuter gender is given up in substantives.

From Project Gutenberg

As a supplement to the latter Meyer has been publishing his invaluable contributions to Middle Irish lexicography.

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