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GLOSSARY.
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g'rainnseach, a grange, ancient grainsi'uch, from Fr. and Eng.
(iraniie, barn, etc. [D.]
grimeach, grim, from grim = [from] Norse grimmr, Eng. grim [D].
grith, cry, W. gryd, root gar ; see agair.
gruaidh, cheek, W. grrikd, *gi-oudns, [allied possibly to P^nglish
proud, " cheeky."]
grunnd, bottom, bottom of the sea = [from] Norse grmmr, sea
bottom, Eng. ground. Hence G. grunndail.
guin, wound, pain ; see gon, above.
gun, a gown, is from the Eng.
gunna, a gun, from Eng. gun.
gur, that = co-ro; two prep, particles ; but usually the verb bio is
understood after gur; cf. Ir. gurab. See above p. 613.
gus, to ; prep, co, for cot, and s of relative san. See a, relative,
guth, voice, *gutu-s, root gv, Gr. goos, groan, boe, shout.
iargall, skirmish; O. Ir. irga/ ; a/'r + ga/; see above, p, 585.
iarla, earl = [from] Norse Jar/, Eng. earl [D. It is from Eng.
rather than Norse.]
ibh, drink, 0. Ir. ibim ; Skr. pibami, Lat. bibo, for pibo. Gaelic
has, as usual, lost Aryan p
im, butter, 0. Ir. imh ; mb is for ngv ; Lat. tmgo, imguen, Eng.
ointment.
inid, Shrove-tide, ancient init, from Lat. initium, beginning (of
Lent).
iodhal, idol, 0. Ir. idol, from Lat. idolum.
iomadh, many, 0. Ir. imbed, a derivative from prep, ivib, Lat.
ambi-, Gr. amphi. From this prep, is the prefix iom-.
iomchuidh, fit, iom-mbhaidh : see cubhaidh.
iomlan, full ; from iom and Ian, q.v.
ionnsuidh, attempt, onset; M.G. indsaige{d) ; ind, unto, and saigim,
go, seek [allied to Eng. seek, Lat. sagio.]
lachd, milk, 0. Ir. (act, lacht = [h-om] Lat. /ac, lactis.
lad, a load, lod = [from] Eng. load.
lad, water course = [from] English lade, lead.
lag, feeble, 0. Ir. lac ; cognate with Lat. languidus, languid of
Eng. ; Eng. slacJc.
lairig, hill slope, Ir. learg, E. Ir. lerg ; common in Irish and Gaelic
place-names, as Largy, etc. [The words lairig and learg
appear to be different ; cf. 0. Ir. loarcc, furca, gen. Idirge.
Hence Finlarig ; see our Vol. I., p. clvii.]