J. F. Campbell Collection > Sar-obair nam bard gaelach, or, The beauties of Gaelic poetry

GLOSSARY.
Twtidh, entrails, b
oftheHeb.
n lei, now ccnflm .1 to isle of Skye
Ioinchuinn, conduct, behaviour, de-
pot tment
/c. .111/1, a patriarchal woman, a dam,
lh • mother of a race
hneach, or oitneach, a rirle gun
l,i imhail, .1 fugitive, a coward, a low
feeble fellow
lurghuilcacti, a noisy contentious lei-
Ion-. .1 r inter, a bawler
Iitilmni. i/iimi, irimt, liell, the abode
of demons
Lnngrnc/i, full of chains or fetters
I. ulna n, doom'8-day, the Ian day
Lear, the wide ocean, the main
/.■11,', a small plain or hill, a battle-
Geld, a green goose
Liobtuda, slovenly, untidy, awkward,
clumsy
1.- ih, a contemptuous name for the
mouth-piece of a bag-pipe, a thick lip
IJobliar, polished, burnished
Loistran, pleasure-boats, lodgings,
tents, or booths
I.iin, an elk, a blackbird, an ouzle
Lorgair, one that traces or tracks, a
dog that follows bv scent
J. fib, a roe (now obsolete)
/.'(• h.àrmnn't, a pigmy, a dwarf
Limn, penetrate, .1 heaving-billow, &c.
M
Mac franir, stilnir, the gannet, a vora-
cious fowl or person
MacJàmhaich, cat.mara, griataich,
the fish called a sea-devil
Maidnean, matins, morning prayers
or devotions
Maighdmnn, a maiden, an instru-
ment for beheading with
Maol-ciaran, a child of grief, me-
lancholy
Mìrstt/, màrsmi/t, a march, or march-
ing nf troops
Mtitha/t, a blunt sword, knife, or other
weapon
Meardracft, meter, crambo (Irish id.)
Mealag, belly, protuberance
Msara.casacn, active, nimble, vigorous
Mrtrg/ie, a banner, flag, pennon
M.iili/icag, mrnlliling, a coin-poppy
Mlla*, $&$, downward, from above
M'gitiinn, sounds of musical instru-
ments
Muircardach, female fighter or cham.
pion, an undaunted female
Muirichinn, children, inmates, occu-
pants of one house
Mhinuìim, (Irish id.) darling, or be-
loved
Munadh, a hill or hillock, (u.cd poeti-
cally for muiiuith)
Otnrh, an eunuch, a tumbler, Ac ,.vc
(Undid, hospitality, kindness, bounty
Omul, ail oration, a Speech, an u-sav
Onlii. shining like gold, gilded, ex-
cellent, precious
Peighinn, a measure of land (not now Stairbhanack
in use)
Pigi.l.'i, brit-dhfarg, robin red-breast
I'lintliudi. - I . i \ - ! . . ■
Prabadh, botching, bungling, spi mug
Pràbar, the rabble, the refuse of any
run or seed
Prais, praitcach, a pot or pot-metal, a
athletic well-built
.ill
Priobar/aicfi, parsimony, meanness,
a '.'A, a sudden burning or
sense of heat, a twinkling blase
Pulhar, a wound or hurt, a scar
l'ìi c, bribe, veil, dm tug c pitic dheth,
he made nothing of him
Ranntitnnan, title deeds, deeds of con-
veyance, chattels
R iniuar-btll/l, a confused dance with-
out system
Rati, a ludicrous appellation made to
signify whisky
Riastradh, outbreaking, immorality,
eruption
Rintaich, dlolain, illegitimate
Robam, towering waves, swelling roar-
ing billows, heavy rains
Roiseal, the lowest and basest rabble,
a high swelling wave
Uo-Si-ul, the highest of a ship's sails,
top gallants, full sails
/i'./.nv, pro.-e writing, an eye, eyelids
Ruanacii, firm, tierce, steadfast, stony
Samh, surge, the agitation of waves
on thesca-beach, thecrest of whiten-
ed billows
Saoil, a seal, a mark, an impression
Sàrad/l, a broaching, a distraining, an
arrestment
Seasdar, rest, repose, comfort, pallet,
pillow, a place whereon to rest
.'i'.mv-;:.'w. ; ii«, the eipiinortial line
Si-is, a musical air, the humming of
bees or flies
Seit, one's match or equal, a companion
Seoighn, rare, superior, out of the
common order, eccentric
S ol-c 1. an anchorage, a harbour
Sgalaiche, a man ready to raise the hu-
man civ against his neighbour
SgibidA, tight, active, handsome, neat
S.dtiniidi. a clumsy person, a slattern,
'a female tattler, a young sea gull
Siataig, toini, rheumatism, rheumatic
pains
Siogaidcach, dwarfish, bony, ill-made
S.tli, a span, a squint, determined
position in standing
Siunnachan, bianan, phosphi
SI an, adel'ence.agarii.soii, a protection
Sin oil, lieu, of S//111/, Gleann-tmeoil,
the glen of mist
Si. 1. a, the end of an arrow next the
Staonng, ronnan, saliva, spittles
.: ( Ir. id ), wonder
Suchte, tilled, saturated, tightened
Sumaire, a coat se cudgel, a lethal wea-
pon, a beetle
Siutinailt, a likeness, a comparison, a
resemblance
littering toys, de-
IlK'llts
a blow or thrust,
Speach .1 dart, virus,
SprridA, or tprcigh, velocity, gallant
movi ment, gliding
Sii.iiui, A, a badger, a brock
A' ClliHOCII.
Tarbharnach,fuaimneach, noisy, gar-
rulous
Tafaid, the string ofa bow for throw.
Ilia; arrows
Taisdeal, a journey, a travel, a march,
a division of a pipe time
Targanac/i, a prognostication, a pro-
Ttal/taiiac/i or fallsanach, a philoso-
pher, or astronomer
in season, fit time
:,ndi. medicinal,
h..\ i;:;,' the power to cure
. cowardice, cow irdllriess
Theatd, chaochaU, dh'evg, he died,
theatde
T.i'.i'ui, ba/t,rdp, rope, cable
T11. hi.iiil. a feud, a levying of forces, a
1 ising in arms
Tiriiilis: it. sensible, prudent, frugal
Toi nl. an attack in battle, u. warlike
movement, a Bock Of water f.m s
Toilearltic/i , a thick gigantic man, a
dense column of smoke
7bi 1 "i him, a deep snoring or sleep
'/'.man, on onset, beginning, prelude
Tosgitir, messenger, ha. Linger, am.
Treabhair, tighean, houses, outhouses,
steadings
Tirog/iatd, a stitch in one's side, .\c.
Trndlinn, no trealainn, nonsensical
stuli, doggerel
Troghad, ivsg.troghad, soft rolling
e. e . full orbed
oy, an ancient citv which
1 ..:.! d the united efforts of all Greece
for ten years
1 ...1, in Sutherlandshire a fool
Twiiiiicag, a round knob or .small cup
Turaraich, a tattling or rumbling
noise
Turcadaicb, nodding, a sudden jeik
1 1 1 Hi 1 III.' scn.-atlon of sleep
Tuilnt, Gen of tulm, a hillock, a
mound, a knoll
Tuig, a grudge, an upbraiding, puking
canva . mm storm, a shipped
klings obsoli te), waves
Tuiriieileas, a striking ol heads against
each othei as ranis, contact, Collision
U
Uac/ii/air, farm stock ; ,fo aachdnir,
under stock
Vena, iicn.s. the gadus or coal fish,
stenlock (Sc)
... anecdi tal, jocular,
cheet ful in conversation
Urlairm, the countenance, beauty, the
fore part ofa ship
I'llur, division of a pipe tune
; thOWl, all oar pm, a elate
I 11 •!!>■, ,111, inundations, ovei llown.gs,
■peats (Sc.)