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... ( xxvi 2 ) [ NED s.v. again B * ] . VARIOUS IDIOMATIC USAGES §213 . As might be expected , there are in our texts a number of idioms literally translated from the Irish . The possibility of coin- cidence of idiom must not be ignored : the ...
... ( xxvi 2 ) [ NED s.v. again B * ] . VARIOUS IDIOMATIC USAGES §213 . As might be expected , there are in our texts a number of idioms literally translated from the Irish . The possibility of coin- cidence of idiom must not be ignored : the ...
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... xxvi 3. Cf. Ir . bodhar ' deaf ' . [ 168 ] bodeaugh ' lout ' i 18 ; buddogh xxvi 25. Ir . bodach . [ 137 ] bodeaugh breene ' rotten lout ' i 9 ; boddah breen v 46 ; vodee brane xxiv 53. Ir . bodach bréan , ( a ) bhodaigh bhréin . [ 137 ] ...
... xxvi 3. Cf. Ir . bodhar ' deaf ' . [ 168 ] bodeaugh ' lout ' i 18 ; buddogh xxvi 25. Ir . bodach . [ 137 ] bodeaugh breene ' rotten lout ' i 9 ; boddah breen v 46 ; vodee brane xxiv 53. Ir . bodach bréan , ( a ) bhodaigh bhréin . [ 137 ] ...
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... xxvi 21. Ir . súghán . [ 153 ] sirreverence lump of excrement ' spaake ' speech ' xx 14 & c .; spake xiv 72. [ 168 ] skeal ' story , news ' xvi 24. Ir . scéal . [ 160 ] See also brauler a skeal . skeene ' knife ' vii 133 ; skean xii 74 ...
... xxvi 21. Ir . súghán . [ 153 ] sirreverence lump of excrement ' spaake ' speech ' xx 14 & c .; spake xiv 72. [ 168 ] skeal ' story , news ' xvi 24. Ir . scéal . [ 160 ] See also brauler a skeal . skeene ' knife ' vii 133 ; skean xii 74 ...
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TEXTS | 76 |
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