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sour1 gear: Sweet and sour - Gear as millish. DF idiom; geayr; geayraghey: The heat has turned the milk sour - Ta'n chiass er n'ghearaghey y bainney. DF idiom; geyre: It smells sour - Ta soar geyre jeh. DF idiom; gyere; sharroo: Sour-lime - Theiley sharroo. DF idiom; soor: Sour milk - Bainney soor. DF idiom; sooraghey
sour See souyr affluent: Ta paart dy vuill nish raad oddys oo gynsaghey Albinish ayns thie-aaght ta sour as taitnyssagh dy-liooar. Carn
sour ale (n.) spooyteraght
sour grapes (n.) shillishyn sharroo
shillishyn sharroo (f.) sour grapes
eddin harroo (f.) sour-faced
gear (=Ir. geur) sour, stale: Ta Eleanor er jeet thie dy gheddyn meddyr dy vainney gear as bonnag dy arran corkey dy chur lhee gys ny fir va giarrey yn arroo Dhoor; sharp; spicy; laugh: Ny gear urree. JJK
geayr See gyere acid, acidific, keen, sharp, sour: y berrish-feeyney geayr er n'appaghey ayns y vlaa Bible
geyre abrupt, acrid, acute, austere, bitter, cutting, discerning, edged, hard, high-pitched, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, piercing, poignant, pointed, pungent, sharp, sour, stiff, twinging; strict, stringent: hug eh currym geyre er Bible; (promontory) bold; (of sight) quick [O.Ir. gér]
sharroo (=Ir. searbh) acid, acidific, acrid, acrimonious, bitter, cutting, embittered, sardonic, sour, tart, unpalatable, vitriolic: nee eh dolley ad ass lesh yn ushtey sharroo Bible
soor 1 leavened a: rish shiaght laa nee oo gee arran gyn soorit lesh Bible; 2 sour: Ta ny ayraghyn er n'ee berrishyn-feeyney soor Bible; 3 verjuice
thie aaght boarding house, lodging house: Ta paart dy vuill nish raad oddys oo gynsaghey Albinish ayns thie-aaght ta sour as taitnyssagh dy-liooar. Carn
well1 (n.) chibbyr, chibbyrt, doagh eeast; dy mie: Well done, if you please - Jeant dy-mie, my sailliu. JJK idiom; slane: When you're well, you little know the value of health - Tra ta fer slane; s'beg shione da feeuid slaynt. JJK idiom; dy sour
gort acid, bitter, brackish, rank, vinegarish, vinegary: Trooid gort as genney v'ad nyn gercheenyn Bible; (as game) high; stale: Bainney gort. DF; (of land) sour; dearth, want: Trooid gort as genney v'ad nyn gercheenyn; chea gys yn aasagh foddey-feayn as fadaneagh Bible; hurt; poignant; acrid; acrimony
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