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BEAX
BRACH
Bean, a she goat.
Beannach-nimhe, a horned
monster.
BeathacHj a beast, a cow,
animal, living creature
(Welsh beich).
Beathachan-feoir, lesser shrew.
Beathadach, beathodaeh, a
beaver.
Beisd, beist, a beast.
Beisd or biasd-na-sgrogaigj the
unicorn (Skye).
Beisd-dubh or donn, an otter.
Beisd-mhaol, a seal, a sea calf.
Beithir, a bear, any wild beast.
Beo, beodail, beothir, live
animals, cattle.
Beo-chrodh, live stock ; beo-
chrod (Ir. W. S.).
Beodhuil, animal, living
creature.
Beothach, a beast, cow, animal,
any living creature.
Beutail, cattle, a cow, herds.
Bias, biasd, biast, a beast.
Binne-bheathach, a horned
beast or animal.
BioRACH, bioraiche, a two-year-
old heifer, a cow, calf, a steer,
a year old horse or colt.
BioRAiDH, a bullock, a steer.
BiREiD, biride, a breeding cow.
BiRicHE, a filly.
BiTH, bitheach, animal, beast,
living creature.
Blad, bladair, blaideire, bleidire,
a wolf.
Bladnait, blatnait, a weasel.
Blaoc, blaoch, a whale.
Blarag, a whitefaced cow.
Blath-mheul, or mhiol, sea
monster.
Bleach, bleachd, kine giving
milk.
Bleanach, a full-faced cow.
Bleid or bleidh-mhiol, a whale.
Bleodhannach, full uddered
milking cow.
Bi.ETH, a whale.
Bliadhnach, a yearling animal.
Bmanach, an animal which had
died of starvation.
Bmochd-laith, a milch cow.
Bloach, a whale.
Bo, a cow ; rarely, a fawn.
Bo-ALLUiDH, a buffalo, buffalo
cow, a furious ox.
Bo-beannach, horned cow.
Bo-BHAiNK, a milch cow.
Bo-ionmharbhta, a cow fit for
killing (Islay charter, 1408).
Boc, a buck, a he goat, a roe
buck, an entire horse.
Boc or bod-da-bhiorain, year old
hart.
Boc-BHEALTuiNN, a wild or
unmanageable entire horse,
said to be wilder about
midsummer.
Boc-EARBA, a roe buck.
Boc-GoiBHRE, a buck or he-
goat.
BoDACH, the lesser seal.
BoDACHAN, year old hart.
BoDAG, bodog, a heifer.
BoD-AGH, a heifer fit for bearing.
Bo-GHAMHNA, a farrow cow.
BoiR, boirr, borr, an elephant.
BoiRCHE, an elk, a buffalo, large
hind.
Bois, boiscal, boiscne, cattle
(wild or of the woods).
BoiscEALL, a hind, a deer.
BoL, a cow.
Bo-LACHT, milch cow.
Bo-LAN, a full-grown cow.
Bo-LAOiGH, a milch cow, or cow
with calf.
BoLLAG, a heifer, a bullock.
BoRR-AGH, large hind.
Boss, a fat cow (Ir.).
Bo-URSAiNN, the best cow, taken
by a proprietor or other (of old)
from a newly-made widow.
Brac, reindeer.
Brach, a bear, a dog.
BRACH
Bean, a she goat.
Beannach-nimhe, a horned
monster.
BeathacHj a beast, a cow,
animal, living creature
(Welsh beich).
Beathachan-feoir, lesser shrew.
Beathadach, beathodaeh, a
beaver.
Beisd, beist, a beast.
Beisd or biasd-na-sgrogaigj the
unicorn (Skye).
Beisd-dubh or donn, an otter.
Beisd-mhaol, a seal, a sea calf.
Beithir, a bear, any wild beast.
Beo, beodail, beothir, live
animals, cattle.
Beo-chrodh, live stock ; beo-
chrod (Ir. W. S.).
Beodhuil, animal, living
creature.
Beothach, a beast, cow, animal,
any living creature.
Beutail, cattle, a cow, herds.
Bias, biasd, biast, a beast.
Binne-bheathach, a horned
beast or animal.
BioRACH, bioraiche, a two-year-
old heifer, a cow, calf, a steer,
a year old horse or colt.
BioRAiDH, a bullock, a steer.
BiREiD, biride, a breeding cow.
BiRicHE, a filly.
BiTH, bitheach, animal, beast,
living creature.
Blad, bladair, blaideire, bleidire,
a wolf.
Bladnait, blatnait, a weasel.
Blaoc, blaoch, a whale.
Blarag, a whitefaced cow.
Blath-mheul, or mhiol, sea
monster.
Bleach, bleachd, kine giving
milk.
Bleanach, a full-faced cow.
Bleid or bleidh-mhiol, a whale.
Bleodhannach, full uddered
milking cow.
Bi.ETH, a whale.
Bliadhnach, a yearling animal.
Bmanach, an animal which had
died of starvation.
Bmochd-laith, a milch cow.
Bloach, a whale.
Bo, a cow ; rarely, a fawn.
Bo-ALLUiDH, a buffalo, buffalo
cow, a furious ox.
Bo-beannach, horned cow.
Bo-BHAiNK, a milch cow.
Bo-ionmharbhta, a cow fit for
killing (Islay charter, 1408).
Boc, a buck, a he goat, a roe
buck, an entire horse.
Boc or bod-da-bhiorain, year old
hart.
Boc-BHEALTuiNN, a wild or
unmanageable entire horse,
said to be wilder about
midsummer.
Boc-EARBA, a roe buck.
Boc-GoiBHRE, a buck or he-
goat.
BoDACH, the lesser seal.
BoDACHAN, year old hart.
BoDAG, bodog, a heifer.
BoD-AGH, a heifer fit for bearing.
Bo-GHAMHNA, a farrow cow.
BoiR, boirr, borr, an elephant.
BoiRCHE, an elk, a buffalo, large
hind.
Bois, boiscal, boiscne, cattle
(wild or of the woods).
BoiscEALL, a hind, a deer.
BoL, a cow.
Bo-LACHT, milch cow.
Bo-LAN, a full-grown cow.
Bo-LAOiGH, a milch cow, or cow
with calf.
BoLLAG, a heifer, a bullock.
BoRR-AGH, large hind.
Boss, a fat cow (Ir.).
Bo-URSAiNN, the best cow, taken
by a proprietor or other (of old)
from a newly-made widow.
Brac, reindeer.
Brach, a bear, a dog.
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Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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