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Wycherley, Niamh, “Latin and Irish words for ‘graveyard’ in medieval Ireland”, Peritia 29 (2018): 201–218.

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“Latin and Irish words for ‘graveyard’ in medieval Ireland”
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Peritia: Journal of the Medieval Academy of Ireland 29 (2018)
Peritia 29 (2018), Brepols.
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This article considers the primary terms for burial places in the medieval Irish sources. It investigates why the etymology of modern Irish reilig differs from terms for graveyards and cemeteries in other major European languages. It is proposed that both the cult of relics and bilingualism played roles in the evolution of the term.

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