Dictionary Entries

bhain sé lena cnaganna

he knocked on it with his hooves

nuair a tháinic an tarbh ag a' doras

when the bull arrived at the door

agus thiondaill (?) sé ar ais, agus tháinic sé chucu

and he turned back and came towards them

túnaois

thug sé túnaois dó, a small beating, black-eye, perhaps (TmB); cf. Béaloideas, xvii, 257 (six lines from bottom): bhuail siad túnaois mhaith orthú, from Pádraig Mac Meanaman, An Claigeann, in aice le Baile Chruaich.

truisle

baineadh truisle as, he fell, stumbled

snámhán

a' ghaoth a' snámhán thart, the wind going round to another point

sméarthacht

a' sméarthacht a cinn, rubbing her head, fingering her hair

poll

fua' sé síos go poll a dhá ascall, he sank to his oxters; roadstead

gaoiséal

tarnneó mé na gaoiséil asad, I'll pull the wind-pipe out of you

beilt

beilt ar shaighdiúr; also applied to a dog's collar

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