lionn, linn

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a humour of the body (according to the old belief) ; npl. -leannta, 3367 ; gpl. -leannta, 4531. lionn ruadh na feirge, ‘ la colera de la yra,’ 3368. lionn fionn na leisge, ‘ la flegma de la pereza y tibieza,’ 3369. [Cf. lionn dubh, melancholy.]

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

lionn (96), linn (191), 3906; -mhagh 1700, clár -mhaighreach 1376.

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

m., ale; gen. leanna, 4655; pl. dat. leanntaibh, ‘humours’ in a medical sense, 7937; lionn lúith (?), 2318. See lúth

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.