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coronach
[ kawr-uh-nuhkh, kor- ]
noun
- (in Scotland and Ireland) a song or lamentation for the dead; dirge.
coronach
/ ˈkɒrənəx; -nək /
noun
- a dirge or lamentation for the dead
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of coronach1
1490–1500; < Scots Gaelic corranach, Irish ³¦´Ç°ùá²Ô²¹³¦³ó dirge
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of coronach1
C16: from Scottish Gaelic corranach; related to Irish °ùÄå²Ô²¹»å³ó a crying
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Come, pipes, sound A crooning coronach round, Till hill and hollow glen and shadowed lake o’erflow With welling music of our woe.
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On one grave a young woman was rocking herself to and fro, wailing with a sound like the Highland coronach, but longer and more despairing.
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Then a pause, and anon the coronach or wail for the dead.
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It were pity to deny my delicate cousin the luxury of a coronach over the swollen corpse of her minion!’
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The open door will invite them into the sanctuary of peace, and they will croon the coronach of their woe in the holy place.
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