teine chreasa

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instruments for striking fire. t.-ch. cloch 7 spongc, steel, flint, and tinder, ' eslavon y pedernal ’ (i.e. steel and flint), 268. [Lit., ‘ fire of girdle,’ so called because in former times these materials were carried in the girdle.]

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