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faiyr (=Ir. féar, Sc.G. feur,fiar) (m., f.) grass, scurvy grass: Son dy vel shiu er n'aase roauyr myr yn cholbagh ec faiyr Bible; herbage [O.Ir. fér]
faiyr ghuoiee (f.) goosegrass
grass (v.) cur lhieen er y thoar, cur thalloo fo faiyr; (n.) faiyr: The grass is growing - Ta'n faiyr g'aase. JJK idiom; glassyragh [L. foenum]
goosegrass (n.) faiyr ghuoiee
sweet meadowgrass (n.) faiyr sonnys
grass rent (n.) faiyr-vaaylys
faiyr-vaaylys (f.) grass rent
grasshopper (n.) folleyder; lhiemmeyder faiyr, lheimyder-faiyr, lheimydyr-faiyr; lhiemmeyder glass; kellagh-rennee
shining gial; goulragh; sollys: as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain - myr y faiyr ta gaase ass y thalloo liorish bree sollys y ghrian lurg frassyn Bible
chymsit collected: Son mannagh vel y traagh cheet-rish, as y faiyr meein cheet er-ash, as glassyraght ny sleityn chymsit Bible
eayney (=Ir. uaine) green, verdure: va ee roie corp rooisht eajee lhome as quaagh, screbbagh meayl jiarg, ayns shilley feer neu-waagh, agh nish e eddin ooilley choodee'n faiyr eayney gloyroil PC
fioghit blighted, decadent, decayed, faded, withered, wizened: Ta my chree er vailleil as fioghit gollrish faiyr Bible
fluigh COMPARE fliugh :1 wet: ren eh gyndyr er faiyr myr ny dew, as va e chorp fluigh lesh druight yn aer; derrey hooar eh toiggal, dy vel y Jee smoo syrjey reill ayns reeriaght deiney Bible
fynneraght 1 breeze; 2 (of day) cool a: myr ny lheimeyderyn mooarey faiyr ta campal fo ny cleiyee ayns fynneraght y laa Bible
fynneraght y laa cool of the day: Ta dty gheiney reeoil myr ny locustyn, as dty chaptanyn myr ny lheimeyderyn mooarey faiyr ta campal fo ny cleiyee ayns fynneraght y laa Bible
irree ny greiney sunrise: As bee eh myr soilshey'n voghrey, ec irree ny greiney, eer myr moghrey gyn bodjallyn; myr y faiyr ta gaase ass y thalloo liorish bree sollys y ghrian lurg frassyn. Bible
lheimmeyder caperer, fencer, jumper, leaper, spark, tumbler: bee'n lheimmeyder-faiyr ny errey Bible; horse mackerel
rass pl. rassyn, rassinyn seed, unknit, unravel, unstitch: Lhig da’n thalloo gymmyrkey faiyr, yn losserey ceau rass, as y billey gymmyrkey mess Bible [O.Ir. ros]
shuinyn rushes: hig y thalloo sponkit dy ve ny loghan, as y reeastane farraneyn ushtey: ayns oayll ny dragonyn, bee faiyr, lesh cuirtleeyn as shuinyn Bible
shutternee (f.) See shytternee bray, horse-laugh, neigh, whinny: Vel yn assyl feïe shutternee tra ta faiyr echey? Bible
speiy (f.) bill, billhook, hoe, mattock, pick; (v.) hack, hew: Agh ta shen cur cooinaghtyn orrym nagh vel mee er chur jerrey er rourey, ny er giarrey yn faiyr, ny er speiy ny sarkyllyn as ymmodee reddyn elley. Dhoor
ceau (=Ir. caith, caitheamh) carry, consume, dart, fall, hang, last, loose, pass, rake, run out, upbraid, waste; weather, shower, rain; aim, launch, shy, shoot; cast, throw: Dy chooilley lhiannoo-mac hig son y theihll nee shiu ceau 'syn awin Bible; bear, wear: nee Aaron ceau yn breast-plate dy vriwnys erskyn e chree Bible; hurl: Agh my t’eh tuittym er trooid goanlys, ny ceau red erbee er, liorish lhie cooyl-chlea Bible; yield: Lhig da’n thalloo gymmyrkey faiyr, yn losserey ceau rass Bible; lay out, spend, spending; (on road) corner; raining: Agh te dorraghey nish, as te ceau trome foast. Coraa
glass (=Ir. glas) pl. glassey (adj.) pale, verdant: ta'n vee-chrauee glass myr y faiyr Bible; unfledged, raw; (of youth) callow; pasty, sappy, soft; (colour) ashen; (of nature) green; (of animal) grey; (f.) stream; (n.) pl. glish pl. glassyn bond, iron, lock, trigger: Hug my ghraih e laue stiagh er glass y dorrys Bible; grisled [O.Ir. glas]
lheimyderyn hoppers: Nee ad yn cheyll eck y yiarey sheese, ta'n Chiarn dy ghra, ga t'ad erskyn coontey, er-y-fa dy vel ad ny smoo na ny lheimyderyn-faiyr, as erskyn-earroo. Bible
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