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Where does “aisling” come from?

aisling (English) comes from Irish Aisling, from Old Irish aislinge — vision, dream.

aisling (English): A kind of Irish poem, developed during the late...

Definitions

  1. A kind of Irish poem, developed during the late...

Ancestry of “aisling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IrishAislingdream, vision
2Old Irishaislingevision, dream
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