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Bardachd Ghaidhlig.
srannraich, f., 669, 2905, snoring;
srann, a snore, buzz ; Ir. srann ;
O. Ir. srennim, I snore.
sreang, f., 3422, a string ; cognate
with Eng. siring, Lat. stringo,
I bind.
srideagach, 233, falling in fine
drops, spirting.
sruth-traghaidh, m., 5444, 5991,
ebbing tide.
sruthladh, m., 1774, a dirty muddy
stream ; sruthladh, rinsing ; Ir.
sruthluighim, I rinse ; srulh.
stadhadh, m., 2920, 2965, erect
position ; Eng. stay,
stagh, m., 6899, a stay, a certain
rope in a ship’s rigging; Norse
stag, a stay.
staghmhor, 4982, abounding in
stays.
staimhnte (stainnte), 210, confined,
narrow; cf. staointe, shallow
(Beauly dist.); ? Eng. stinted,
stairsneach, i., 6419, a threshold;
stepping-stone; fr. tarsuinn,
across, with prosthetic s.
stang, i., 1724, 6563, a pin on
which things are hung ; cabar
stangach, T. 32; Sc. stang, a
sting; Norse stong, a pole;
stanga, to prick, goad.
stang, f., 1788, a ditch, pool; Sc.
stank; O. Er. estang; Lat.
slagnum, a pond.
stiall, f., a streak, a strip ; 1136,
’n an still, at full speed ; cur
a dharaich ’na s.—T. 74.
sieorn, 1096, to direct, guide;
Norse stjdrn, a steering;
stjdrna, to govern.
steud, m., a steed ; 938, dol ’na
steud, to go at full speed.
sliomag, f., 5181, a head-band, or
fillet for the hair; stiom, a
head-band; aig am biodh an
s. air son anairt—T. 205.
stiuirbheirt, f., 5986, steering-
tackle ; stiuir, from Norse styra,
steer.
stoc, m., (1) 1162, 2172, 2252,stock,
kin; cuir an stoc, enrich ; (2)
5010, the deck or gunwale of a
ship ; (1) is from Eng. stock ; (2)
from Norse stokkr, the gunwale
of a ship.
slbldachd, f., 1918, sedateness,
quietness ; stdl, settle, from stdl,
a stool, settle.
storach, storrach, 5547, rugged,
uneven, jagged; often of
broken teeth.
stroiceadh, m., 4121, 5417, 5981,
tearing asunder.
stuadh, f„ (1) 518, 2747, 5821, a
wave (2) 4466 (stuadhaidh, acc.
pi.), 5443, a gable, pinnacle;
thu bhith laighe ’s an uaigh
Ann an eaglais nan s.—T. 11.
stuaim, f., 4442 skill, dexterity,
ingenuity; elegance.
sturtail, 2836, haughty.
suaicheantas, m., 2904, 2455.
3659, 6289, 6733, ensign, badge ;
Ir. suaitheantas, blazonry
badge; su and aithne, know¬
ledge.
suaithneas, m., 1285, an s. ban,
the White Cockade, the Jaco¬
bite badge; another form of
the above. (For th, ch, cf. Ir.
teithim, I flee ; Sc. G. teich.)
suanach, f., 1470, 3036, a cover¬
ing, a fleece ; dh’fhag lorn mi
gun lunnaich gun suanach (sic),
explained as ‘ a coarse cover¬
ing ’—Cl. na C., 203 ; Is maith
a thigeadh an t-s. ghlas uaine
gu feur dhuit (or, Air uachdar
do leine)—G. 299.
suas, 4582, erect, standing up,
above the sod, alive ; lionmhor
an taic na tha suas diubh—
D.M. 310, 51.
subhach, 4939, rich in raspberries ;
Ir. suibh, a straw-berry plant;
hence siiibheag, the stump of a
rainbow, called in E. Boss, a
tooth.