Pihtisc

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Peohtas +‎ -isċ.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpix.tiʃ/, [ˈpiç.tiʃ]

Adjective[edit]

Pihtisċ

  1. Pictish
  2. (substantive) a Pict

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

Pihtisċ n

  1. Pictish (language)
    • unknown author, preface to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      Bretene īeġland is eahta hund mīla lang and twā hund mīla brād, and hēr sind on þām īeġlande fīf ġeþēod: Englisċ, Bretwīelisċ, Sċyttisċ, Pihtisċ, and Bōclǣden.
      The island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred miles wide. Five languages are spoken here: English, British, Gaelic, Pictish, and Latin.

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