One after cmix. On the usage of Roman numerals in the early medieval Irish glosses

Abstract

The present study investigates a specific form of linguistic contact found in the early medieval Irish glosses: the usage of Roman numerals in these texts. A corpus of bilingual (Irish and Latin) and monolingual Irish glosses, established with the Corpus Palaeohibernicuma lexicographic database including Old and Middle Irish textsis examined to see how Roman numerals were treated in an Irish speaking environment. It will be shown that, although the corpus is rather small, valid conclusions may be drawn from it, illuminating another facet of the puzzle of early medieval language contact.

Early medieval vernacular Celtic glosses: originals or translations? A case study on the Vienna Bede

“…121) . 17 For a discussion of the usage of prepositions with dates in the glosses also see Bauer ( 2019a, 45 ; 2022, 172 ) or Stifter (2019) . 18 The “.i.” is written much thinner and might not be part of the gloss at all.…”

“…17 For a discussion of the usage of prepositions with dates in the glosses also see Bauer ( 2019a, 45 ; 2022, 172 ) or Stifter (2019) .…”