15809.
Harvey
(Anthony): Blood, dust and cucumbers: constructing the world of Hisperic Latinity.
In
Clerics, kings and Vikings [Ó Corráin essays]
(2015), pp. 352–362.
Discusses the various methods used by the Hispericists to coin new, artificial Latin words (incl. discussion of Hisp. Lat.
besus
and
belua
, arguably modelled on OIr.
bés
and
bél
).
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Classifications:
D 1.2.2 Lexical copying (= Lexical borrowing) between Irish and Latin
F 5.2 Literature and learning: Latin literature: Hisperica famina
Indexes:
Words/Proper Names:
bél
belua (Hisp. Lat.)
bés
besus (Hisp. Lat.)
Author/Textual Sources:
Hisperica famina