braon

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m. (collect.) drops, rain 1 23, 4 9, 80 5; braon- verdant, moist 4 13, TD 1 17 n; -eang 35 2; -gheal 99 8; -mhagh 49 4; -tiugh 92 12.

Aithdioghluim Dána: A Miscellany of Irish Bardic Poetry, Historical and Religious, including the Historical Poems of the Duanaire in the Yellow Book of Lecan. Vol II, Translations, Notes, Vocabulary. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

m. drop, moisture; npl. braoin 1556, 2586; braoindergfa will redden (with drops of blood) 847.

Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.

a drop, rain, shower, moisture. fíonbhraon fola na bhFíonn, 559; braondumhchach, abounding in moist sand-heaps, 1427; braon donn, a bright shower, 3504; ceatha braoin, showers of rain, 3631

Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.

d. dé chor rain falling 4052 n; -lios 1535; (of hair) -te 3285; (of face) -uaine 4446.

The Book of O'Hara: Leabhar Í Eadhra. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.