Dictionary Entries

gúiseóg

gosling - bliain d'aois

gorta

tá gorta oram, I am ravenous with hunger (PsC); cf. galfach /galfǝx great hunger

liaití

go dtiocfadh na liaití go luath, that grey hairs would come early in life (this was part of Brian Rua's prophecy) grey hairs, greyness

greyhound

cáir

anc a' cáir atá air = draoch / dri: x/ grimace

brochán lom

gruel

ridire caorach

had so many sheep he did not know how many he had

folt

tá folt mór ar a' mbó sin hair (on animal)

féasóg

for a full flowing beard the term is 'cab'. hair on face as before shaving, e.g. two days' beard;for a full flowing beard the term is 'cab'

toisigh

half-soles (of shoes)

gnaoidhiúil

níl sí beag gnaoidhiúil ná mór gránna, she is neither small and handsome nor big and plain, she has nothing attractive in her favour. Contrast the meaning 'pleasant, hospitable' in Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway. handsome, good-looking:

a' tárlú

happening

dolaidh

said of weather: níl aon dolaidh air, it won't rain much harm, damage

giobach

tá sé giobach. harsh, with biting north wind

cead a'bhealaigh

have nothing to do with him, let him alone, don't heed him

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