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solar, m., 6367, provision, pur¬
veying ; Ir. soldthar, provision
so and Idthair.
solladh, m., 109, throwing crushed
shell-fish into the sea to attract
fish ; N. soli, swill.
solta, 3324, 3464, pleasant, comely;
5380, lusty, vigorous ; suit, fat,
joy. (In Lewis, docile).
solasta, 4704, radiant, brilliant.
sdmhail, 930, tight, strait, con¬
tracted ; opposed to dbmhail,
sonn, m., primarily a stake, an
upright in the wickerwork of
early houses; sonn catha, a
stake or post of battle, like
ursann chatha ; hence a stal¬
wart man, champion, hero, as
in 6112. In 6669, 6750, 6780,
applied to the stag. Cf. the
British hero Pabo Post Priten,
Pabo the pillar of the Britons.
sbr, to hesitate, grudge; 1384,
4114, 6357.
sbradh, m., hesitation, 3970.
soraidh, f., 1337, 2019, &e., a
blessing, greeting, farewell;
soiridh soir go h-Albain uaim—
R.C. I., 119; E. Ir. so-riad,
good faring.
Spdinneach, Spainteach, f., 2830,
3685, a long fowling-piece of
Spanish make.
spdl, m., 1553, a weaver’s shuttle;
Ir. spdl; Morse spola, a
weaver’s shuttle; M. Eng.
spoils, Eng. spool,
spalpadh, m., 2966, act of trussing
or hitching up.
spalpaire, spealpair, 1098, 4594, an
active, trim fellow ; Ir. spalp¬
aire, a strong, well-formed,
sparradh, m., 5967, fixing, driv¬
ing in ; Ir. sparraim ; Norse
sparri, a spar.
sp£ic, f., 1128, blow, stroke;
esp. a cleaving or rending blow.
sp&iceadh, m., 4522, 5451, smiting
or cleaving asunder; air s.,
riven, e.g., of the fork of a
tree or branch.
sptilearachd, f., 4609, game ; Sc.
spiel, play ; Germ.spielen, play,
spdireadail, 4587, spirited.
spldeil, 534, contemptible ; spid ;
Eng. spite.
spid, t, 1132,1196, speed, activity;
so probably, 6670.
spioladh, m., plucking; piol,
nibble, pluck, with prosthetic s ;
Eng. peel.
spbltadh, m., 703, 4119, hacking,
tearing ; bha iomadh s. salach
ann—T. 31; Eng. spoil; Lat.
spoliare.
spbrsail, (1) 1098, sportive, gay,
(2) foppish; gun bhith s. no-
uaibhreach—T. 232.
spreadhadh, m., 2032, 5437, loud
sound of bursting, report of a
gun; a thunderclap; Ir.
spreidhim, scatter, spread;
burst suddenly; M. Eng.
spraeden, Eng. spread,
spreig, incite, instigate ; 57, 3888,
6372, plob ’g a spreigeadh;
5564, clarsach ’gas.; pipe, harp
being stirred to make music ;
Ir. spreagaim, incite ; play on
a musical instrument.
spreigearra, 542, expressive,
spirited.
spreigeil, 2724, expressive,
spirited; Ir. spreagamhail,
spirited, bold.
spread, 2818, 2924, goad on, in¬
cite ; from spredd, a projecting
spread, m., 1025, a bowsprit; M.
Eng. spread, a sprit.
sprochd, m„ 1318, 2403, 4408,
sadness, dejection; M. Ir.
brocc, sadness, with prosthetic
spuacadh, m., thumping.
I srac, 3071, tear, rend.