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swing (v.) cassey, croghey, dooney, lunjeaney; leaystey: To swing to and fro - Dy leaystey noon as noal. DF idiom; (n.) leayst-chiaull; leaystane, lunjean, builley geaylin
leaystey 1 bank, boggle, brandish, dangle, fluctuate, heel, hesitate, loll, oscillate, rock, roll, see-saw, sway, swerve, swing, swing back, vacillate, waddle a: Caid ta shiu leaystey eddyr daa chredjue? Bible; 2 balancing, fluctuating, hesitating, lolling, reeling, rocking, swinging, swaying, vacillating, waddling, wavering; 3 (of hand) wave; 4 (of fixture) waver; 5 fluctuation, hesitation, oscillation, vacillation; 6 decline: cha jean oo leaystey veih’n vriwnys oc, gys y laue yesh ny gys y laue chiare Bible; 7 reel, stagger: t’eh cur orroo dy leaystey myr dooinney meshtal. Bible; 8 tossed: fardalys leaystey noon as noal mâroosyn ta geiyrt er toyrt-mow Bible; 9 stumble: t’ad mollit ayns ashlish, t’ad leaystey ayns briwnys Bible; 10 jumping: sheean freaney ny queeylyn, as lheimyraght ny cabbil, as leaystey ny fainee. Bible; 11 unstable
croghey1 (=Ir. crochadh) 1 climb, cling, fly, hang, hoist, sheer, suspension, swing, uplift, loft a: dagh unnane ta croghey er billey Bible; 2 taken up a: v’eh croghey eddyr yn aer as y thalloo Bible; 3 (as story) hinge; 4 pendant; 5 hanging
dooney (=Ir. dúnadh) barricade, block, button up, cadence, clench, close, closure, filling, imprisonment, lay siege, occlude, occlusion, secure, shut, shut down, stop up, swing: haink eh gy-kione mysh traa dooney ny giattey Bible; shutting; closing
lunjean swing, wobble: Ta'n rollagyn trooid yn aer lunjean, Fee'n eggey lhean, neuyerrinagh, jeh'n oie Coraa
lunjeaney sway, swaying, swing, swinging, wobble, wobbling: Veih'n thie stiuree dys y funnyl lunjeaney choud's v'eh goll, as feddan sheeaney lesh gagh lunjean. Dhoor
cassey change, curl, distort, flick, flounce, involvement, meander, meandering, screw, spin, squirm, swing, swirl, tangle, turn, twist, warp, whip-round, wind, wrench; whirl: t’ee kinjagh cassey mygeayrt as chyndaa reesht rere e combaaseyn Bible; wring: ver y saggyrt lesh eh gys yn altar, as nee eh cassey yn kione jeh Bible; pervert: gioot dolley sooillyn y vooinjer creeney, as cassey cooishyn y sleih cairagh Bible; twisting
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