gleó

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vb., do battle, Perf. 3rd plur, do ghleósad, 3057.

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strife, battle, 660, etc. ; gs. gleó, 672, 743, gliadh, 654, 687, 769, 891; gpl. gliadh, 1485. bearna gliadh, a gap of contest, 654; gort gliadh, a battle-field, 687; ceardcha gliadh, forge of strife (=battle), 769; tonn gliadh na mbruach, the wave that contends with the bank, 891.

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