Reconstruction:Middle Irish/galldacht
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This Middle Irish entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Middle Irish
Etymology
From gallda (“foreign (especially Norse or English); having foreign connections or ways”) + -acht.
Noun
*galldacht f
- foreignness, English connection, fashion, ways
- (collectively) the Englishry, the English settlers
- district occupied by the English: in Ireland the Pale, in Scotland the Lowlands
Descendants
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “galldacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language