Talk:Birlinn

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This article has been modified to enable a technical description of the Birlinn with appropriate references. In both Scottish and Irish sources it is more commonly referred to as a "long" (meaning "ship"). In contrast to the situation with Viking vessels, no archeological finds of any consequence have been made, leaving reconstruction dependent on contemporary texts and images. The latter, however, can be very revealing. It would be interesting to know what differences may have existed between Scottish and Irish forms of this galley.

Colin Ryan (talk) 22:57, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

split
the use of a lymphad in Scottish Heraldry is a completely different topic. Other charges have their own article, and this one could use expanding. Tinynanorobots (talk) 18:23, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Lymphad seems like the right title for the new article.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 07:51, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Hmm. No wait. Maybe it should be something like "galley (heraldry)" or "ship (heraldry)"?--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 07:56, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I think lymphad, it is used the most, and I think the correct blazon term. I mean the article on gules isn't red(heraldry) Tinynanorobots (talk) 05:46, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I think Lymphad is fine. Ben   Mac  Dui  07:58, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Merger
Why are we even discussing this? One is a heraldry symbol, and the terminology for it is correct. The other is an actual ship, from a culture that (it is my understanding) took part in a completely different heraldry tradition during the height of the Birlinn's use. Also, a Birlinn is a galley-type ship, not a long ship. They're completely different varieties of ship. Plant Badges, clan crests, etc. were used in the hebrides, with traditional heraldry being used mostly in the mainland south. These are completely different topics from completely different cultures. Was the person who suggested the merger drinking? Ollie Garkey (talk) 17:57, 26 July 2011 (UTC)


 * the merger was suggested right after I split them, with no reason given, I asked the editor for a reason, and received none. so I will delete it. Tinynanorobots (talk) 05:22, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Ship type clarification
The birlinn (like the Irish "galley") was in fact a ship - a vessel propelled primarily by sail, with oars used when necessary. It belonged therefore to the long-ship tradition.

Colin Ryan (talk) 21:23, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Long fhada? Isn't that a pleonasm?
The article mentions that this ship was called a "long-fhada" and seems to add it means (long ship). However, to the best of my knowledge, "fhada" is a declensed form of Gaelic fada, which means long (as in the epithet of the god Lugh, lamhfhada, meaning "long arm" or "long hands")... which means the "name" just means long in two languages. Can somebody confirm this appellation is correct? --Svartalf (talk) 18:14, 2 February 2012 (UTC)


 * "Long fhada" as used in the article has no hyphen, and conforms to the standard practice in Gaelic and related languages of placing the adjective after the noun. As the noun here is feminine and in the common (or nominative) case, the initial "f" is lenited (aspirated) and becomes "fh". This should be distinguished from genuine compound adjectives such as "lámhfhada". There the first element in the adjective ("lámh-") causes lenition in the second element and the result is a new verbal entity. "Long-fhada" would mean something like "resembling a ship in length".

Colin Ryan (talk) 03:19, 24 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the correction. I already knew that my knowledge of Irish grammar was limited. This grammatical talk does not answer the actual point of the question, which is that a "long fhada" seems to be essentially a repetition of the same word in two languages, and whether this appellation is correct and indeed used as is to designate said object. Also, if the term is not supposed to be hyphenated, I suggest somebody knowledgeable edit it out, as I just checked that my spelling was indeed a copy paste of the term used on the main page--Svartalf (talk) 19:19, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

"Long" means "ship" in Gaelic and "fada" does mean "long," so it literally means "long ship." It does look odd; I took a double take when I first saw it and then remembered my Gaelic. I'll check to see if there are any other hyphenated instances and fix those. Thank you! 70.121.232.221 (talk) 04:24, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

also create a vectorized version of the main photo's birlinn
If you are a graphic designer also create a vectorized version of the main photo's birlinn. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:587:4106:5A00:9CB0:2330:A6F3:3E11 (talk) 08:02, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

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