FLEAFC |
-EISCE, and -A, {dative} SLEISC, {plural} -A, FLEAFC, a wand, a rod; the spine; a line, a stroke for an Ogham letter; a hoop, a ring or circle, a brace, a fillet; a garland, a wreath, a sheaf; a clasp; a sieve, a plate; the wooden band or tyre of a spinning-wheel; DAIR AN T-ADHMADISFEÁRRI GCÓMHAIRNASLEASCA, oak is the best wood for making tyres for spinning-wheels; {confer} FLEAFC DEN PHLIÚN TAS (fols-song); FLEAFC DRAOIDHEACHTA, a magicwand; FLEAFC MAOISE, therairaculous wand of Moses; BÉIM FLEISCE, a stroke of a wand; FLEAFC ÓIR, a rod of gold; FLEAFC RÍOGHDHA, a SCEPTRE; THUIT FÉ AR FLEAFC A DHROMA, he fell on the fiat of his back (AR FAOIL-FHLEAFC A DHROMA, {idem}); FLEAFC FHIONN-BHUIDHE, FHÍOR-ÓRDHA AR UACHTAR A AIGHTHE AGUS A ÉADAIN AIR, wearing a bright gold fillet above his brow ({genitive} {dative}); FLEAFC i MBHÉAL BÓ, cowslip; the river flesk, flowing into Loch Lein; COIS FLEASCA, by the margin of the flesk; GLEANN SLEISCE, glenfiesk; sometimes {masculine} ({genitive} FLEISC). -SLEASC, in {compounds} a flex, a brace, a rod; as in CÓIR-FHLEAFC, FOIRFH, BLÁITH-FHLEAFC, EACH-FHLEAFC (-CHLASC), GRUITH-SFLEASCA, {masculine} a CLASP; {also, alias} SLEASC. | |
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