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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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sgùlan, a large wicker basket; from Scandinavian - Norse skjóla, a bucket, Sc. skeil, tub, skull, shallow basket of oval form. In Sutherland, sgulag means "a basket for holding the linen".
sgulanach, flippant, evil tongued (Carm.):
sgùm, scum, foam; from Norse skúm, foam, M. Eng. scūm, now scum, Ger. schaum, foam.
sgùman, a skirt, tawdry head-dress, corn rick; from sgùm, "skimmer"? sguman (Arran).
sgumrag, a fire-shovel, a Cinderella:
sgùr, scour, Ir. sgúraim; from the English.
sgùrr, sharp hill; Heb. for sgorr.
sì, she, Ir., O. Ir. sí; see i.
sia, six, Ir. sé; see sè.
siab, wipe, sweep along, puff away, Ir. sìobadh, blowing into drifts; *sveibbo-, root wveib, Eng. sweep; Norse sveipr, sweep, Eng. sweep. Also siabh, Hence siaban, sand drift, sea-spray.
siabh, a dish of stewed periwinkles (Heb.):
siabhas, idle ceremony:
siabhrach, a fairy, sìobhrag (Arran), siobhrag (Shaw), sìbhreach (M'A.), Ir. siabhra, E. Ir. siabrae, siabur, fairy, ghost, W. hwyfar in Gwenhwyfar, Guinevere (?): *seibro-:
siabunn, sìopunn, soap, Ir. siabhainn (fol.), W. sebon; from Lat. sapo(n), from Teut. saipô, whence Eng. soap, Ger. seife, Norse sápa.
siach, sprain, strain a joint:
siachair, a pithless wretch; another form of sìochair.
siad, a stink: *seiddo-, blow; see séid. Cf. Eng. shite.
siad, sloth, Ir. siadhail, sloth:
sian, a scream, soft music (Carm.), Ir. sian, voice, shout, sound, E. Ir. sian: *svêno-, which Stokes (Zeit.28 59) explains as *sesveno-, root sven, sound (see seinn).
sian, a pile of grass, beard of barley, Ir., E. Ir. sion, foxglove, W. ffion, digitalis, ffuon, foxglove, O. W. fionou, roses, Br. foeonnenn, privet. Stokes gives the Celtic as *(p)êâno-. Gadelic might be allied to Lat. spîna, thorn.
sian, a charm; see seun.
sian, storm, rain, Ir. síon, weather, season, storm, O. Ir. sín, tempestas, W. hin, weather, M. Br. hynon, fair weather: *sênâ; root sê (sêi) as in sìn, sìor; Norse seinn, slow, late, M.H.G. seine, slowly, Eng. sith, since.
sianan, breac-shianain, freckles; from sian, foxglove? See seunan.
