gloine

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(1) cleanness, purity, ‘ limpieza,’ 2951, 3126, -37, -39, -79 ; ‘ pureza,’ 5964. g. chroidhe, ‘ pureza,’ 2522, 2626, 3121, 5746; ‘ pureza de coraçon,’ 5931, 6968 ; ‘ limpieza de coraçon,’ 5709. (2) glass 6303 (gs.), -07 (as.), but ds. gloin, 6304. [In the sense of ‘ glass, crystal ’ IGT have gloin, p. 99, and exx. 1252, -3 ; and cf. mar an ngloin, Measgra Dánta, p. 21. IGT have also gloine, masc., p. 39, presumably in the same sense. Gloine, ‘ glass,’ is fem. in ZCP, 11, 30, 8 ; gluine, id., is both masc. and fem. in current Munster Irish. As an abstract noun gloine is naturally fem., e.g., in the present text, 2626, 2951, 3126.]

Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Author: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.