Ériu: founded as the journal of the School of Irish Learning devoted to Irish philology and literature 38 (1987)
Royal Irish Academy
pp. 1-3: [Appreciation of] Ernest Gordon Quin (1910-1986), by Proinnsias Mac Cana; pp. 4-8: E.G.Q.: a bibliography, by Rolf Baumgarten. With frontispiece.
Rev. by
Pierre-Yves Lambert, in ÉtC 26 (1989), pp. 286-289.
Preliminary re-evaluation of origins, form and content of romantic tales. Discussion based on story of Serc Duibhe Lacha do Mhongán, known in scribal tradition as Tóruigheacht Duibhe Lacha Láimh-Ghile.
vs. DIL s.v. Seiria ‘Syria’, Seiricda ‘Syrian’. Ir. Seiria, Seiricda, and Serdae derive from L Sēres (nom. pl.), Sēricus (adj.) ‘Chinese’; also on Seir, son of Adam, whose descendants survived the Flood.
A: Anomalous sandhi gemination and the Proto-Celtic accent; B: The absolute and conjunct verbal endings; Appendix: Some objections to earlier explanations.
Rev. by
Pierre-Yves Lambert, in ÉtC 26 (1989), pp. 286-289.