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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
luid, luideag, a rag, a slut, Ir. luid: *luddi, root lu, cut, lose, as under lot.
luidhear, a vent, chimney, louvre, W. llwfer; from M. Eng. louere, lover, smoke-hole, O. Fr. lover. The Norse ljóri, a louvre or roof-opening is from ljós, light.
luidse, a clumsy fellow; from the Sc. lotch, lout, louching, louting.
lùigean, a weak person; see lúgach.
luigh, lie; see laigh.
luighean, an ankle; cf. E. Ir. lua, foot, kick, O. Ir. lue, heel:
luighe-siùbhladh (laighe-siùbhladh), child-bed, Ir. luidhsiúbhail (Fol.), M. Ir. ben siuil, parturient woman, luige seola, child-bed. Stokes refers siuil to M. Ir. siul, bed, and compares the Eng. phrase to be brought a-bed. The G. and Ir. seem against this, for the idea of luighe-siùbhladh would then be "bed-lying"; still worse is it when leabaidh-shiùladh is used. Consider siubhal, bearing.
luigheachd, requital, reward: *lugi-, root lug, loug, as in luach.
luim, a shift, contrivance:
luimneach, active (Smith's S.D.); cf. luaineach.
luinneag, a ditty, Ir. luinnioc, chorus, glee, M. Ir. luindiuc, luindig, music-making; *lundo-, root lud, as in laoidh, Eng. lay?
luinneanach, tossing, floundering, paddling about; see lunn, a heaving billow.
luinnse, luinnsear, a sluggard, lazy vagrant, Ir. lunnsaire, idler, watcher; from Eng. lungis (obsolete), lounger.
lùir, torture, drub (M'A.); see laoir.
lùireach, a coat of mail, Ir. lúireach, E. Ir. lúirech, w. llurig; from Lat. lôrîca, from lôrum, a thong. Hence lùireach, a patched garment, an untidy female.
luirist, an untidy person, tall and pithless:
lum, part of the oar between the handle and blade; from N. hlumr, handle of an oar.
luma-làn, choke-full, also lom-làn and lumha-lan (Hend.); from lom+làn.
luman, a covering, great-coat, Ir. lumain, E. Ir. lumman (g. lumne, M'Con.). In some dialects it also means a "beating", that is a "dressing".
lùnasd, lùnasdal, lùnasdainn, Lammas, first August, Ir. lughnas, August, E. Ir. lúgnasad, Lammas-day: "festival of Lug"; from Lug, the sun-god of the Gael, whose name Stokes connects with Ger. locken, allure, Norse lokka (do.), and also Loki(?). E. Ir. nassad, festival (?), is referred by Rhys to the same origin as Lat. nexus, and he translates lúgnasad as "Lug's wedding" (Hib.Lect, 416).
