Pictish


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Pict·ish

 (pĭk′tĭsh)
adj.
Of or relating to the Picts or their language or culture.
n.
The language of the Picts, of uncertain affiliation, known chiefly from place names and extinct by the tenth century.
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Pictish

(ˈpɪktɪʃ)
n
(Languages) the language of the Picts, of which few records survive. Its origins are much disputed and it was extinct by about 900 ad
adj
(Historical Terms) of or relating to the Picts
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Pict•ish

(ˈpɪk tɪʃ)

n.
1. the sparsely attested language or languages of the Picts, elements of which are apparently akin to British Celtic.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to the Picts or their speech.
[1700–10]
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Translations

Pictish

[ˈpɪktɪʃ]
A. ADJ → picto
B. N → picto m
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Pictish

adj → piktisch
n (Ling) → Piktisch nt
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And from there his eager, wandering priests carried the story far and wide, northward to the fortress of the Pictish kings, and southward to the wild Saxons who dwelt amid the hills and uplands of Northumbria.
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Martin Carruthers, archaeology lecturer at Orkney College, said: "What we may be looking at, provisionally at this stage, is evidence of early precolonisation of the Norse." He added: "Was it a violent, bloody, near genocidal wipe out of Pictish society, or may it have been a longer and a more peaceful interaction between one another?"
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