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Sorcha of Uist was a Scottish linguist from the Isle of Skye. She was the first to compose a proper description of the, at the time, nearly extinct [[Scots Norse]] language, she also wrote the first full dictionary of the language. She would never see the dictionary completed, as she was afflicted by some kind of neurodegenerative disease, likely early-onset Alzheimer's, that forced her to be bed-bound. The dictionary would be completed postmortem by her friend, and possible partner, Dorcha of Edinbane.

She is considered possibly the single most important figure to the Scots Norse language, as her dedication to documenting the language can be directly linked to it still living, and to the slow revitalization that has been going on since the mid 1700's.

She is considered possibly the single most important figure to the Scots Norse language, as her dedication to documenting the language can be directly linked to it still living, and to the slow revitalization that has been going on since the mid 1700's. It is from her work she gains the epithet "of Uist", as she spent the most time researching the Uist dialect.

==Life==

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 Sorcha of Uist was a Scottish linguist from the Isle of Skye. She was the first to compose a proper description of the, at the time, nearly extinct [[Scots Norse]] language, she also wrote the first full dictionary of the language. She would never see the dictionary completed, as she was afflicted by some kind of neurodegenerative disease, likely early-onset Alzheimer's, that forced her to be bed-bound. The dictionary would be completed postmortem by her friend, and possible partner, Dorcha of Edinbane.
-She is considered possibly the single most important figure to the Scots Norse language, as her dedication to documenting the language can be directly linked to it still living, and to the slow revitalization that has been going on since the mid 1700's.
+She is considered possibly the single most important figure to the Scots Norse language, as her dedication to documenting the language can be directly linked to it still living, and to the slow revitalization that has been going on since the mid 1700's. It is from her work she gains the epithet "of Uist", as she spent the most time researching the Uist dialect.
 ==Life==