 O'Brien, in his Irish dictionary, describes the keen* as — "a cry for the dead, according to certain loud and mournful notes, and verses, wherein the pedigree, land, property, generosity and good actions of the deceased person, and his ancestors, are...  Focalóir Gaoidhilge-Sax-bhéarla; or, An Irish-English dictionary [by J. O ... - Strana 75autor/autoři: John O'Brien (R.C. bp. of Cloyne.) - 1832Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - 1824 - 442 str.
...according to certain loud and mournful notes, and verses, wherein the pedigree, land, property, generosity and good actions of the deceased person, and his ancestors,...loss in the death of the person whom they lament/' Having a curiosity to hear the Keen more distinctly sung than over a corpse, when it is accompanied... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - 1824 - 448 str.
...according to certain loud and mournful notes, and verses, wherein the pedigree, land, property, generosity and good actions of the deceased person, and his ancestors,...loss in the death of the person whom they lament/' Having a curiosity to hear the Keen more distinctly sung than over a corpse, when it is accompanied... | |
 | Bp. John O'Brien, Robert Daly, Michael McGinty - 1832 - 534 str.
...the plague among men. Cao;n, gentle, mild, sweet-tempered, C<xo;ne, tlic Irish lamentation or cry lor the dead, according to certain loud and mournful notes...Note, this Irish word, written by our late grammarians caojne, but anciently and properly cjne, is almost equal in letters and pronounciation to the Hebrew... | |
 | John Barrow - 1836 - 454 str.
...according to certain loud and mournful notes and verses, wherein the pedigree, land, property, generosity, and good actions of the deceased person and his ancestors...loss in the death of the person whom they lament." These women may be called professional, and are hired for the purpose. I did not, however, hear any... | |
 | 1836 - 282 str.
...pedigree, land, property, generosity and good actions of the deceased person and his ancestors, are harmoniously recounted, in order to excite pity and...loss in the death of the person whom they lament." Having a curiosity to hear the Keen more distinctly sung than over a corpse, when it is accompanied... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - 1844 - 316 str.
...according to certain loud and mournful notes and verses, wherein the pedigree, land, property, generosity, and good actions of the deceased person, and his ancestors,...loss in the death of the person whom they lament." Each versicle (line) of a keen, according to Lloyd, consisted " of only four feet, and each foot most... | |
 | Percy Society - 1844 - 320 str.
...according to certain loud and mournful notes and verses, wherein the pedigree, land, property, generosity, and good actions of the deceased person, and his ancestors,...loss in the death of the person whom they lament." Each versicle (line) of a keen, according to Lloyd, consisted " of only four feet, and each foot most... | |
 | Percy Society - 1844 - 324 str.
...loud and mournful notes and verses, wherein the pedigree, land, property, generosity, and good b / actions of the deceased person, and his ancestors,...loss in the death of the person whom they lament." Each versicle (line) of a keen, according to Lloyd, consisted " of only four feet, and each foot most... | |
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - 1902 - 500 str.
...according to certain loud and mournful notes and verses " wherein the pedigree, land, property, generosity, and good actions of the deceased person and his ancestors...sensible of their great loss in the death of the person they lament." as in many of its class, there is no suggested Christian consolation, no implied reunion... | |
 | Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Charles Welsh, Douglas Hyde, Lady Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche - 1904 - 496 str.
...to certain loud and mournful notes and verses, " wherein the pedigree, land, property, generosity, and good actions of the deceased person and his ancestors...sensible of their great loss in the death of the person they lament." been composed in the commencement of the nineteenth century it is pure paganism. Its... | |
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