Words and Proper Names

reilic

15230.
Eska (Charlene M.): On the swearing of oaths in cemeteries.
In CMCS 71 (Summer, 2016), pp. 59–70.
Argues that reilic in the legal commentary found in CIH iii 820.42-821.5 refers not to cemeteries but to the the making of oaths on relics.
20414.
Wycherley (Niamh): Latin and Irish words for ‘graveyard’ in medieval Ireland.
In Peritia 29 (2018), pp. 201–218.
Discusses mainly the origin and use of OIr. reilic; also comments on fert and rúam.