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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
sonn, a staff, cudgel, beam, Ir., E. Ir. sonn, W. ffon, O. W. fonn: *spondo-, Gr. σφενδόνη, a sling, σφεδανός, vehement; Skr. spand, draw, move; Lat. pendo, hang (Rhys). Stokes gives the stem *spundo, allied to Norse spjót, a lance, O. H. G. spioz, spit, spear. Cf. M.Lat. spnda, trabecula, repagulum.
sònraich, appoint, ordain, Ir. sonraighim, sonrach, special, E. Ir. sunnraid, O. Ir. sainriud, especially, sainred, proprietas, sain, singularis, proprius, O. W. han, alium: *sani-, especially; Got. sundrô, privately, Eng. sunder; Lat. sine, without; Skr. sanutár, without.
sop, a wisp, Ir. sop, E. Ir. sopp, W. sob, sopen; from Eng. sop, Norse soppa. Zimmer takes the Ir. from Norse svöppr, sponge, ball; Stokes derives it from Norse sópr, besom. the W. sob, sopen favours and Eng. source.
sòr, hesitate, grudge, shun:
soraidh, a farewell, blessing, Ir. soraidh, happy, successful, M. Ir. soraid, E. Ir. soreid; from so- and réidh.
†sorcha, light, bright, Ir., E. Ir. sorcha; opposite of dorch, q.v
sorchan, rest or support, foot-stool, light stand, peer-man; from sorcha.
sòrn, a flue, vent, Ir. sórn, E. Ir. sornn, W. ffwrn, Corn. forn; from Lat. furnus, oven, whence Eng. furnace.
sos, a coarse mess or mixture; from Sc. soss.
spad, kill, fell, Ir. spaidim, benumb, spaid, spad, a clod (cf. spairt), a sluggard, eunuch; cf. W. ysbaddu, exhaust, geld, from Lat. spado, eunuch. Hence spadanta, benumbed.
spad-, flat, Ir. spad-; from *spad of spaid, spade?
spadag, a quarter or limb of an animal cut off; from L. Lat. spatula, a shoulder blade, spatula prcina, leg of pork, also spadula, a shoulder, spadlaris, a quarter of a beast. Cf. W. yspaud, shoulder.
spadair, fop, braggart; cf. Norse spjátra, behave as a fop. See spaideil.
spadal, a paddle, plough-staff, so Ir.; from M. Eng. spaddle, paddle, dim. of spade.
spadhadh, a strong and quick pull, the utmost extent of the outstretched arms, the grass cut by one scythe-stroke, spadh, a scyth's stroke (Bad.); from Lat. spatium. Meyer objects. If Stokes' theory were right spadh could be from root spa, pull, span. Cf. Eng. swath.
spàg, a claw or paw, limb of an animal, club-foot, spàgach, club-footed or awkward in the legs, Ir. spág, claw, club-foot, clumsy leg, W. ysbach, a claw; spàga-da-ghlid, a buffoon, tomfool (Wh.):
