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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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speur, the heaven, firmament, Ir. speur, spéir; from the L. Lat. spera, a hemisphere, circle (of each planet), celestial region, Lat. sphaera, a sphere (whence the Eng.), from Gr. σφαῖπρα, globe. Cf. Sc. spere, sphere, circle, "the speir of the moon".
spìd, spite, Ir. spíd; from the Eng. Hence spìdeig or spideag, a taunt.
spìd, speed, haste; from Eng. speed.
spideag, nightingale (spìdeag, M.F.), Ir. spideóg, robin:
spideag, a delicate or slender creature (Arms. spìdeag); from Sc. spit, a little, hot-tempered person, spitten, a puny, mischievous person, Eng. spit.
spideal, a spital, hospital, Ir. spideul, M. Ir. spidél; from M. Eng. spitel, from O. Fr. ospital, from Lat. hospitale.
spidean, pinnacle; "spidean an tempuill":
spiligean, a seedling, dwarfish person:
spìoc, meanness, dastardliness, spìocach, mean:
spiocaid, a spigot, Ir. spiocaid (O'R.); from Eng. sources - M. Eng. spigot, Eng. spike.
spìochan, wheezing, Ir. spiochan; see pìochan.
spiol, nibble, peel, pluck, Ir. spiolaim, spialaim, snatch, pluck. See piol.
spiolg, unhusk, shell; from the Sc. spilk, pilk, shell pease, etc., spilkins, split pease. Cf. spealg.
spìon, pluck up, pull, tear, Ir. spíonaim, teaze, probe, pluck, examine; cf. M. Ir. spín, a thorn, from Lat. spîna, thorn.
spionnadh, strength, Ir. spionnadh, spionnamhail, strong (Keat.): *sphen or *sven; see faod.
spiontag, a currant, a particle in the throat, a maggot, a drop of rain or flake of snow, Ir. spionán, a gooseberry, M. Ir. spínan; from Lat. spîna.
spiorad, a spirit, so Ir., O. Ir. spiurt, spirut; from Lat. spiritus, Eng. spirit. W. has ysbryd, Corn. speris, Br. speret.
spiosradh, spice, Ir. spiosra; from Eng. spicery, O. Fr. espicerie, spices, from Lat. species.
spiris, a hen-roost, hammock; from Norse sperra, a spar, rafter, with a leaning on G. iris, roost.
spisniche, pillar, support (Carm.):
spitheag, a chip, spelk, small bit of wood, bite, Ir. spiothóg, a finger stone for throwing at an object (Con., Sh.), spitheóg, a flake of snow; a borrowed word belonging to the Eng. group spike, spigot, but likely taken from Norse spík, sprig, spike.
splang, a sparkle, flash, Ir. splanc:
splangaid, a snot, mucus, Ir. spleangaid (O'R.); a side-form of sglongaid?
