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old age1 (n.) eash, sheeloghe, shenndiaght, shenneraght; shenn eash: Respect is due to old age - Ta arrym cair da shenn-eash. JJK idiom
old age2 (n.) (female) caillaghys
old chestnut (n.) (story) shenn-skeeal
old man (n.) shenn dooinney: We will call in at the old man's - Vermayd stiagh er y chenn dooinney. DF idiom; boddagh
old men (npl.) shenn gheiney: And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men - As ghow ree Rehoboam coyrle jeh ny shenn gheiney Bible
old saying (n.) shennockle
Old Testament1 (n.) ass yn chenn Chonaant; Shenn Chonaantagh: the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament - ta’n coodagh cheddin er-mayrn orroo, ayns lhaih yn chenn chonaant Bible
old times (npl.) shenn laghyn: For old times' sake - Ayns cooinaghtyn jeh ny shenn laghyn. DF idiom; shenn traaghyn
old woman (n.) caillagh; shenn ven: They were waking the old woman - V'ad farrarey yn chenn ven. DF idiom
old women (npl.) cailleeyn; shenn vraane: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem - Nee shenn gheiney, as shenn vraane foast cummal ayns straïdyn Yerusalem Bible
too old ro henn: Your father is too old for so great an undertaking - Ta'n ayr eu ro henn dy ghoaill er lheid y ventyr mooar. JJK idiom
good old age (n.) shenn eash vie: thou shalt be buried in a good old age - bee oo er dty oanluckey ayns shenn eash vie Bible; shenn eash lowal: and died in a good old age - as hooar eh baase ayns shenn eash lowal Bible; shenn dy mie: And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age - hooar Gideon mac Yoash baase tra v’eh shenn dy mie Bible; shenn eash vie: And he died in a good old age - As hooar eh baase ayns shenn eash vie Bible
caillagh (=Ir. cailleach) (f.) pl. cailleeyn crone, old woman, single woman, witch; glaucous gull; old wife
caillaghys (f.) (female) old age
shenn-chaillin (f.) old maid
shenn laghyn lang syne; old days, old times: As cur-my-ner, dty ven-vooinjerey Elizabeth, t'eeish myrgeddin er ghiennaght yn mac ayns ny shenn laghyn eck Bible
shenn sidoor old trooper, old warhorse, veteran: Ta shenn sidoor Manninagh kiarail jannoo jesh-chliaghtey jeh Laa yn Varriaght sy Chapaan. BS
shenn sleih old folks, old people: V'ee er choayl yn sleih aeg as er chur yn olk er shenn sleih. Carn
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