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rianadair, m., 4415, a controller;
a’ sugradh . . ri r. feadan nan
glens (i.e. a piper)—W.R. 49;
rian, order, control; Ir. rian, a
way, path.
riasgach, m., 6683, a morass with
sedge or dirk-grass; riasg; Ir.
riasg, riasgach, a marsh, moor.
riataich, 2219, bastard; Eng. riot,
rifeid, f., 2901, a reed; Ir.
ribheid.
righleadh, m. (1) 64, a reel in
dancing; (2) 53, act of reeling
up; Eng. reel.
rinncholg, 2873, a sharp-pointed
sword.
rinngeur, 3130, sharp-pointed.
riobadh, m., 99, ensnaring; rib, a
snare; Ir. ribe, ruibe, a hair,
bristle.
riobag, f., a ribbon.
■noghail, 3089, on the side of the
king, loyal, royalist.
rioghalaich, 713, the royal troops.
rloghalachd, f., 1938, 3085, loyalty
to the king.
rioghchrann-sithe, 5897, kingly
tree of peace, kingly peace¬
maker.
rochrann, m., 1226, a great tree;
ro and crann; ro, Lat. pro.
rod, m., 6143, r. nan cliar, an
anchorage of poets; a resort
of poets; Eng. road, roads,
rbiceil, 1513, festive, luxurious;
roic, a rough and ready feast.
roigheanach, 1284, of excellent
good humour; ro and gean.
roinn, rinn, f., 440, 727, a sharp
point; Ir. rinn.
rbnanach, 4971, abounding in
seals; rbn, a seal.
rosad, f., 91, 6076, mischief, mis¬
fortune.
ro-sebl, 5123, highest sails of a
ship; top gallants.
rosg, 2694, prose, tha mi an geall
air rann is rosg ann (rhymes
with mbintich)—G. 186; nach
d’rinn rann no grinneas rosg
dhuit (rhymes with fbghlum:
mdrthir)—G. 191; Ir. rosg.
ruadhan, m., 1785, red scum on
water; ruadh.
ruaimh(e), 6738, f., a burial place;
literally, “ a Rome ”; E. Ir.
ruam, ruaim, a burial ground;
from Lat. Roma, Rome; Ruaim
Letha, Rome in Italy; Glen-
daloch is styled ruaim iarthair
betha, the Rome of the Western
ruaimle, 1788, muddied state;
ruaim, a red flush.
riichan, m., the throat, gullet.
ruisg, 5103, strip, lay bare; 3226,
3570, v.n. rusgadh; Ir. ruisgim.
rusg, m., 1760, a fleece; Ir. rusg.
sabhs, m., sauce; 6161, some kind
of preparation of wine; in
Lewis s. means thin fish-soup.
sadadh, m., 5832, thumping.
saithe, f., 4782, a swarm; so Ir.
samh, m., 5312, the ocean; N.
haf, n., the sea, the ocean.
samh, 5840, pleasant, tranquil,
quiet; Gill - Dubhthaich mo
thamh, cha laighe dhomh s.—
Fernaig MS., R.C. II., 114; Ir.
sdmh, pleasant.
samhain, f., 3653, 6913, Hallow¬
mas, Hallowe’en; so Ir.
saodachadh, m., 1264, driving
cattle to pasture; saod, a jour¬
ney.
saoi, m., 857, 1120, 1384, 3583,
5736, 5812, 6357, a worthy man,
a warrior; Ir. saoi, a sage,
scholar, nobleman; opposite of
daoi.
saoir, 2210, reclaim (land).
saothair, f., 1609, pains; g.
saothrach (originally m., but,
like other nouns in -air, it has
followed the analogy of cathair ;
Ir. saothar, m.
saothaireach, 1900, painstaking,
diligent; Ir. saothrach.