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Eine dieser "Einritzungen" (dry-point glosses), die Nievergelt entdeckt hat, ist sogar in Ogam! Aber nicht in Otfrid, wenn ich mich richtig erinnere.

Ja.

The Celtic formation that belongs here is the Proto-Celtic reduplicated formation *dedmV- < *dʰedʰ₁mo- (exact formation unclear), reflected in OIr. gen. sg. deidmea "law, usage", Welsh deddf "rite, decree, law"; Old Breton domot "rite" is perhaps from a related *dedmāto-.
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...comes from the very prolific Indo-European root *dʰeh₁- "to put", which occurs in countless words for things that are judged, set up, established etc.
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In a Word ... Doom To date, we’ve survived radio, the car, the gramophone, and TV – I have every confidence we will survive AI

The End is Nigh.
Two apocalyptic articles in the @irishtimes.com today. One about rapture theology (www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...)
& one about Doomsday (www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026...). Just to put the latter into perspective, Proto-Germanic *dōma- m. "verdict, judgement, evaluation"...
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My last active exposure to cuneiform was 35 years ago, so I beg to be forgiven.

It is absolutely absurd that in the year 2026, there are emojis for no cycling and no pedestrians 🚳🚷 but no emoji for no cars 🚗.

Never mind how there are emojis for fuel pumps ⛽ but none for solar panels or wind turbines...

Madness.

*New Religion, New Pots: Newgrange, St Brigit and Imported Pottery* Dr Edel Bhreathnach (Discovery Programme) Thursday 23 April at 17:00; Room 2.31 IONTAS, Maynooth University.

Bígí linn le haghaidh sheimineár taighde Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge | Join us for the Department of Early Irish research seminar.

*New Religion, New Pots: Newgrange, St Brigit and Imported Pottery*
Dr Edel Bhreathnach (Discovery Programme)

Thursday 23 April at 17:00; Room 2.31 IONTAS.

The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 10(iii). This 15th century medical manuscript contains a translation of the major part of Book 1 of the Rosa Anglica of John of Gaddesden, with occasional pieces from Bernard of Gordon and Gilbert the Englishman interspersed.

Our annual Noel O’Connell Memorial Lecture, jointly organised with the Irish Literary Society, will be given this year by Nollaig Ó Muraíle on 'James Hardiman and his manuscript collection in the British Library’ at the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith, on Thursday, 28 May 2026 at 7.30 p.m.

Saghas tautological is ea é Ciar "black" + dubh "black" ar "Blackhorse" . 😉

Tá: pleonasm nó tautology (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleonasm).

An-suimiúil. Ní raibh a fhios agam é sin. Cruthú bunaithe ar SG cíar "dorcha, dubh" agus ar an iarmhír bhaininscneach -sech atá ann. Focal eile na SG ar an lon dubh baineann atá fianaithe i dtéacs luath, is ea é lonach* nó luinech* dil.ie/30630.

Eala sa duga tirim.
A swan in the dry dock.

On alternating days, the algorithm/AI behind FB thinks that I'm interested in all kinds of things that in normal life I'd give 💩 about. Just ignore FB. It's a technological aberration based on the misapprehension that human interest can be predicted on seconds spent hovering over random posts.

Patrick Freyne: Here’s why AI is making us dumber and more lonely Writing forces people to resolve internal contradictions and confront their own bullshit. It’s why it’s hard. It’s why it’s beautiful

@patrickfreyne.bsky.social in praise of
reading
writing
and thinking:
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

A critical piece about the "very sophisticated pieces of sentence completion technology" a.k.a. AI.

United Notions: Frank McNally on past attempts to bridge the Anglo-Irish linguistic gulf You wouldn’t want to mistake squish for huff

A mid-16th-century Irish phrasebook in the travel guide of Andrew Boorde: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...

journal cover

Peritia Vol. 36 (2026) www.brepolsonline.net/content/jour... @brepols.net @peritia.bsky.social @arthurwestwell.bsky.social @bernhardbaver.bsky.social @nicolai1505.bsky.social

...a compound of the verbal root of the Old Irish verb do·eipen "to excise, cut out" (< Celtic *to-exs-bī-) + cath "battle" (< Celtic *katu-). If this analysis is correct, the name means something like "he who cuts out the battle" or maybe "he who cuts his way through battle".
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The Silchester ogham stone (E-HAM-001) in @readingmuseum.bsky.social.
More information in the Ogham in 3D database at: ogham.celt.dias.ie/E-HAM-001
The partly damaged inscription reads [T]EBICATO[S] [MAQ]I MUCOI... "of Tebicatus kin-son of...". I have interpreted the name *Tebicatus as...
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2011 International Congress of Celtic Studies In 2011, the Fourteenth International Congress of Celtic Studies was held in Ireland, at Maynooth University under the aegis of DIAS. Est.1959, this quadrennial event has grown to be the largest academic conference focused on Celtic Studies, attracting scholars and researchers from around the world.

✨#30 of #85 Things About DIAS
The 2011 International Congress of Celtic Studies

Held in Ireland, at MU under the aegis of DIAS. This quadrennial event has grown to be the largest academic conference focused on Celtic Studies, attracting scholars from around the world.

@scs-dias.bsky.social
#DIAS

Lecture notice: Ben Guy, How to write a history of Britain in the ninth century, DIAS Dublin, 5 pm 30 April 2026

Léacht - Lecture
Ben Guy @department-asnc.bsky.social
How to write a history of Britain in the ninth century: Historia Brittonum and its sources
DIAS 10 Burlington Road
5pm 30 Aibreán/April
@dias.ie

ERC President explains stricter application measures amid rising demand for funding The text of an open letter sent by ERC President Maria Leptin to ERC panel members, grantees and other stakeholders on 16 April 2026.

The number of grant applications is rising sharply. Our capacity for their evaluation isn’t.

ERC President Maria Leptin explains why stricter resubmission limits are being introduced for 2027 calls and what they mean for applicants.

🔗 link.europa.eu/xF7kjc

doi.org/10.1484/J.PE...

Don't miss our Curator's Talk & Tour on 28 April, which is part of a programme of events to mark our new exhibition Ink & Innovation: the earliest printed books of the Royal Irish Academy. We're sharing a taster here and you can book your free place at the event now: www.ria.ie/events/ink-i...

"Maigh Nuad" ina litriú ceart i moladh ar stampa ag @ciaraioch.bsky.social.
"Maynooth" in its correct Irish form in a stamp proposal by @ciaraioch.bsky.social.
@muahi.bsky.social

Thank you!

Is dóigh gur gá "comparative historical programming linguistics" a fhorbairt le go mbeadh IS in ann cláir ársa a thuiscint...

Go raibh 💯0 maith agat, a Aonghuis! Táim sásta a fheiceáil go bhfuil an chartlann go fóill slán sábháilte ann mar a raibh sí riamh. Ach is dóigh nach bhfuil na hinnill chuardaigh nua ábalta sean-rudaí mar sin a amsiú... IS abú!