Lost Irish words rediscovered, including the word for ‘oozes pus'

Researchers from Cambridge and Queen’s University Belfast have identified and defined 500 Irish words, many of which had been lost, and unlocked the secrets of many other misunderstood terms. Their findings can now be freely accessed in the revised version of the online dictionary of Medieval Irish (www.dil.ie).

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 30, 2019 ~7 min

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