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goaill foyr sharpen: My ta'n yiarn moandagh, as cha vel yn obbree goaill foyr, eisht shegin da niart smoo y chur huggey agh ta schleï ymmyrchagh dy yannoo aghtal. Bible
cliwe dy ghaa-foyr two-edged sword: Agh ta’n jerrey eck sharroo myr yn ullymar, gyere myr cliwe dy ghaa-foyr. Bible
knife-edge (n.) foyr skynney
sharpen (v.) birraghey, brackey, breckey, cur foyr er, foyraghey, geyraghey, geyrey, goaill foyr, shleeu; cur baare er: Sharpen the pencil - Cur baare er y phennleoie. DF idiom; shlieu, slhieu
oikanyn children: woaill eh Nob ard-valley ny saggyrtyn lesh foyr y chliwe, chammah deiney as mraane cloan as oikanyn, dew, as assylyn as kirree, lesh foyr y chliwe Bible
edge1 (v.) cur beeal er; cur oirr er; geyraghey; giarrey ny h-oiryn jeh; (n.) cor; dreeym; chemmal; foyr: with the edge of the sword - lesh foyr yn chliwe Bible; oirr: in the edge of the wilderness - rish oirr yn aasagh Bible; scain; slyst: in the edge of the land of Edom - er slyst cheer Edom Bible
blunt1 angheyre; broillit; moal-foyragh; moandagh: He has a blunt scythe - Ta yiarn moandagh echey. DF idiom; neuvirragh; (v.) broilley, goaill yn foyr jeh, moalaghey
edgeways (adv.) er beeal, er foyr; er oirr: Place a board edgeways - Boayrd y chur er e oirr. DF idiom; lesh foyryn ry-cheilley
grind beihll, bleih, broo; cur foyr er, blieh, ceau carr ass; jeesternee; scranshal; shleeu; jibbag; (to); (dy) vlieh
ard-valley acropolis, capital, city: skeayl ad trooid yn ard-valley, as stroie ad eh lesh foyr y chliwe Bible
geyrey sharpen: Geyrey gyn eaishtagh rish. DF; sharper: Son ta goo Yee bioal, as breeoil, as ny s'geyrey na cliwe erbee dy ghaa foyr Bible
goaill greme (f.) 1 engaged, engagement a: Ren yn obbyr echey goaill greme er. DF; 2 take hold a: My ver-ym foyr er my chliwe sollys, as my nee my laue goaill greme er briwnys Bible
moandagh hesitant, jaded, lisping, stammering: ta mee moandagh ayns glare Bible; (as edge) dull: My ta'n yiarn moandagh, as cha vel yn obbree goaill foyr Bible; (of hearing) dull
s’geyrey more earnest: Shen-y-fa lhisagh shin tastey s’geyrey ’choyrt da ny reddyn ta shin er chlashtyn Bible; more keen, more sharp: Son ta goo Yee bioal, as breeoil, as ny s’geyrey na cliwe erbee dy ghaa foyr Bible
stroie dy bollagh destroy utterly: stroie oo eh dy bollagh, as ooilley ny t’ayn, as y maase echey, lesh foyr y chliwe Bible
breeoil brisk, cogent, dynamic, energetic, essential, fizzy, forceful, go ahead, impulsive, purposeful, red-blooded, strenuous, valid, vibrant, vigorous; (as person) active; (of market) buoyant; weighty: Son ta ny screeunyn echey (jir adsyn) breeoil as niartal Bible; effectual: te son y gerjagh as y saualtys euish, ta breeoil ayns gymmyrkey ny surranseyn cheddin mârin Bible; sound: Glare breeoil nagh vod ve loayrit n'oï Bible; powerful: Son ta goo Yee bioal, as breeoil, as ny s'geyrey na cliwe erbee dy ghaa foyr Bible; forcible: Cre cha breeoil as ta goan ynrick! agh cre ta'n argane euish prowal orrym? Bible; cardiac
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