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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
spùidsear, baling ladle (N. H.): cf. Eng. spudge.
spùill, spoil, plunder; from Sc. spulye, lay waste, plunder, Eng. spoil, Fr. spolier, Lat. spoliare. W. has ysbail, a spoil.
spùinn, spoil, plunder, Ir. spúinim; another form of spùill, borrowed directly from Lat. spoliare?
spuirse, spurge, milkweed, Ir. spuirse; from the Eng. spurge, M. Eng. sporge.
spùll, nail of a cat, a clutch, spùllach, nailed, greedy (M'A.):
spursan, a gizzard, Ir. spursán; cf. sparsan, dewlap.
spùt, a spout; from the Sc. spoot, Eng. spout.
sràbh, a straw; from the Eng.:
sràbh, falling water (Carm.):
srabhard, strife (Suth. R.D.):
srac, tear, rend, rob, Ir. sracaim; G. has also racadh: *srakko-, for rap-ko-, root rap of Lat. rapio?
srad, a spark of fire, Ir. srad: *sraddâ, from strad or stṛ-d, root ster, as in Eng. star, Gr. ἀστήρ. M. Ir. has srab-tine, lightning, from the same root.
sràid, a street, Ir. sráid, E. Ir. sráit; from Lat. strâtā (via), whence Eng. street. K.Meyer derives it from Norse straeti, which itself comes from Lat.
sraidean, the plant shepherd's purse, Ir. sraidín (sráidín, O'B.); cf srad.
sraigh, the cartilage of the nose, sneeze (M'A.); cf. root of sròn.
sramh, a jet of milk from the cow's udder, Ir. sramh (srámh, O'R.); root ster, stṛ, strew.
srann, a snore, buzz, Ir. srann, E. Ir. srand, O. Ir. srennim, sterto: *stre-s-no-, root ster, pster of Lat. sterto, snore, sternno, sneeze (see sreothart further). Stokes makes the Gadelic to be *strenvô, like Lat. sternuo.
sraon, stumble, make a false step, rush forward violently; cf. Ir. sraoinim, defeat, overthrow, scatter, M. Ir. sráined, dragging down, defeat, E. Ir. sroenim, hurl, drag, defeat: *sroino-, root ster, strew, scatter (Eng. strew, etc.).
sraonais, a huff, snuffiness; M'A. has sròin, a huff: from sròn, nose?
srath, a valey, strath, Ir., M. Ir. srath, meadow land or holm along banks of a river or loch, often swampy (Joyce), O. Ir. israth, in gramine, W. ystrad, strath, E.W. strat, istrat, planities: *stratu-, root ster, spread, scatter; Lat. strâtus, from sterno, I strew; Gr. στρωτός, spread, στορέννυμι, scatter; Eng. strew, strand (?).
srathair, a pack-saddle, Ir., O. Ir. srathar, W. ystrodyr; from Med.Lat. stratura, from stratum, sterno, spread.
