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Bdrdachd Ghdidhlig
sar, 1846, surpassing, excellent;
Gaulish sagros; Ir. sdr.
tdradh, m., 5862, harassing, arrest¬
ment, broaching.
sds, m., 3401, a hold, a grasp;
an s., fixed, in grips; Ir. sds,
an engine; trap.
sdsd, 5879, contentment; Ir. sdsta,
contented.
scach, 375, 3033, compared with.
scalbh, m., 4526, possession, in¬
heritance ; 5291, good fortune;
1955 dhol’ nan sealbhaibh, take
to do with, intromit with them;
maciheilbh, the stock secured
on a foster son; “ macalive
cattle,” Dr Johnson’s .Journey
to the Hebrides, 118 (Morrison’s
edn.); so Ir.; sealbh.
sealbhach, 2079, fortunate.
sealbhaich, 1988, win; Ir. sealbh-
uighim, I inherit, own.
sealbhan, m., 1493, a flock of
sheep or small cattle; so Ir.
seannsail, 208, prosperous, lucky;
an tir fhaoilidh sheannsail—
A.M. 89; seanns, luck, T. 56;
Eng. chance, mis-chance, chancy,
seann-todhar, m., 5787, an old
manured field.
seirbhead, 2177, bitterness:
searbh.
siideag, f., 2823, a puff; Ir.
...seideog.
seimhidh, 5904, mild, calm; Ir.
siimhidh.
seirm, {., 5535, music, melody.
seisd, 4533, a siege; Eng. siege,
seisear, 6546, six persons.
seisneil, 4964,
seitreach ,f., 6919, blowing; sSid,
sebl, m., 172, mode, manner; is
mairg a chitheadh air s. calla
Caismeachd chaithriseach nan
curaidh—D.M. 334.
teblaid, f., 5311, a harbour; a
dh’ aisigeas le reidh ghaoith
Gun bheud thu gu s.—W.R. 89;
ach na’n gabhadh iad an t-s.—
M.C. 341; an am dhomh tighinn
do’n t-s.—ib. 188; ib .308; s.
acair—Dain Iain Gobha 2 36;
cf. an t-Seolaid, P.N.R.C. 221.
sebl-mara, m., 5007, a tide.
sgdinteach, f., 516, gnawing pain;
rheumatism; sgdin, rend.
sgalag, f., 2668, farm-labourer;
thug mi boid nach fhiach learn
bhi ann am sgalaig—D.M. 18,
38; (mas. in Diets); Ir. sgoldg,
{., a rustic; M. Ir. scoloc=z
gille, an attendant, farm- ser¬
vant ; a student.
sgalanta, 315, shrill - sounding;
sgal, Ir. sgalaim, howl, yell.
sgallach, 6852, bald; sgall, bald¬
ness ; Norse skalli, a bald head.
sgallaidh, 120, the bare rock;
Norse sgalli, a bald head.
sgaradh, m., 5989, separating,
rending asunder.
sgar, m., 5825, the seam in the
overlap of a boat’s planks; cf.
siidh.
sgarbhnach, m., 4969, cormorant-
haunted ; sgarbh, Norse skarfr,
a cormorant.
sgathadh, m., 2008, lopping off,
pruning.
sgeallag, f., 2337, wild mustard
(E. Ross, sgiollag).
sgeilm, f., 4878, boasting; root of
sgal.
sgeimh-dhealbhach, 547, pictur¬
esque; sgiamh, beauty.
sgeod, f., 1827, a corner, angular
piece; by-form of sgbd.
sgiabail, 1719, a starting, writh¬
ing ; sgiab, a snatch; sgiobag,
a playful slap.
sgiath, f., 6034, a wing; 1718,
5074, 6842, armpit; 5074, a
ridge curving out from a hill;
common in place-names.
sgiathach, 6351, having wings,
winged.
sgibidh, 2836, smart; sgiobalta;
cf. sgioblaich, to adjust the
dress; tidy up.