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GLOSyAHY. 619
barbarra, barbarous, Lat. harUarua [D. It is borrowed from Lat.]
bare, a boat, Norse harki, Eng. bark, Fr. barque, Late Lat. barca
[D. Gaelic and Early Irisb bare seem borrowed ; but see
Murray's Dict.'l
bargan, bargain = [from] Eng. barydin [D.]
barnaig, warnings [from] P]ng. warnimi [D.]
barr, top, 0. Ir. barr, Lat. /a stir/ium, ior fardigium.
barra, bar, court of justice = [from] Eng. bar [D.]
barra, spike ; identical witb tbe above etymology.
bas, deatb, belongs to the root of liean, strike [D. The root is ba,
bit, die, whence Late Lat. b<itiu'r<', liit, Eng. bat, hatter, battle,
etc.]
bath, sea, ancient hath, Norse hadh, Eng. b<(th.
bathar, wares = [from] Eng. tuare [D.]
beabliar, a beaver, Eng. heaver, (Jer. bUx'r, Lat. fiber.
beach, a bee, Gr. sphex, Lat. vespa, wasp, (iaelic has dropped the
*•, if it be organic [D. Kluge and others connect beach witb
Egg. bee, Ger. hiene.^
beag, little, W. hach; cf. Lat. vix [D. Keferred by Tlinrneyscn
to root of Lat. vescus ; stem gvei«jo .]
bealaidh, broom = Fr. halal [D.J
bean, touch, cut, anc. henim, strike, Gr. pheno, slay, Eng. bane.
bearbhail, vervain = [from] Eng. vervain, from Lat. verbena.
beart, beairt, engine, bundle, ancient hert, from root her, Lat.
fero, Eng. hear.
beartas, riches ; from root ber ; see heart,
beatha, life, 0. Jr. hethu, gen. betiiad, *hivatdta><, Gr. blotelox (gen.
case), bios, Lat. vita, etc. [The stem is Avrongly given by
most scholars ; it is ìritòt, the same as bith as far as hit : there
is no -vo- added to the simple root hi or r//.]
beathach, animal ; from above root.
beic, curtsey = [from] Scotcli beeh, curtsey [D. Eng. berk and
beckon are allied.]
beinc, a bench, from Sc. hink, Eng. bench.
beirm, barm, Swed. harma [D. Gaelic is from Eng. harm.']
beist, Eng. beast, both from Lat. hentia.
beoir, beer, connected with [from] Norse bjòrr, Eng. beer [D.]
beum, stroke, 0. L\ heim [*ben-s-men ?] is from the root ben, which
see in bean,
beurla, speech, English, O. Ir. beire, speech, frcm hcl, mouth
[which comes from gvctio-, root gvet, Eng. quoth, hcqiwath.]
biadh, food, anc. bia-l, *l)ivoto-, (ir. biotos (for hivoto>^), life, means
of life. Same root as beatha above.
biail, axe, 0. Ir. hidil, AV. hwyell, 0. H. G. inlml, Ger. I>eil.
biast, a beast = [from] Lat. hestia. See beist, which is another
form.