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1. abthane, n. View full entry a1525
...A senior thane (thane4)....
2. acushla, n. View full entry 1825
...As a form of address: (my) dear; darling. Cf. macushla...
3. afanc, n. View full entry 1573
...In Welsh mythology: an aquatic monster. Also: an otter or beaver identified as such a monster....
4. agra, n. View full entry 1757
...As a term of endearment: ‘my love’; ‘dear’....
5. airt, n. View full entry a1400
...A quarter of the heavens; a point of the compass; a direction. Hence more generally: a quarter, a locality....
6. aisling, n. View full entry 1906
...A type of allegorical poem in the Irish language, often serving as a vehicle for political or social comment, which depicts the poet's conversation with a spirit woman who is usually a...
7. alanna, n. View full entry 1825
...As a familiar form of address or term of endearment: my child....
8. alleleu, n. and int. View full entry 1689
...A wail; wailing. Obs....
9. alpeen, n. View full entry 1811
...A stout stick or cudgel, esp. one with a knob at the end. Also more fully alpeen stick. Cf. shillelagh...
10. † alterage, n. View full entry ?c1450
...In Ireland: the nursing and raising of another's child; such a system of fostering. Cf. fosterage2....
11. aˈmober | aˈmobr | aˈmobyr, n. View full entry 1728
...Technical term in the Welsh Laws for the ‘maiden-fee’ formerly payable to a lord on the marriage of a maid of his manor....
12. ap-, prefix3 View full entry 1647
13. Ardri, n. View full entry 1881
...A head king....
14. arrah, int. View full entry 1703
...An expletive expressing emotion or excitement, common in Anglo-Irish speech....
15. asthore, n. View full entry 1894
...My treasure; (my) darling....
16. † baban, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A baby, an infant; (also) a doll....
17. bach, n.3 View full entry 1889
...A term of endearment common in Wales and the border counties, freq. following a personal name: dear, little one, friend....
18. bal, n. View full entry c1600
...A mine. attrib., as in bal-girl, bal-work....
19. † ball, n.3 View full entry ?1523
...A white streak or spot, perh. a bald spot....
20. ballan, n. View full entry 1662
...In full ballan wrasse. A marine fish, Labrus bergylta (family Labridae), found among rocks and seaweeds in the north-eastern Atlantic, and highly variable in colour though...
