abras
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Searchable Lemmata: abras (Ir), abhras (SG), abairse (Ir).
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1(n.)
Manufacture;
spinning of yarn.. The term is also used to refer to yarn, thread or cloth, often specifically materials made by hand.(circa 900 still in current use)
2. aras, abra .i. inailt, feis .i. lamtorad. abras didiu .i. lamtorad inailte.
Gloss.
[eDIL Corm. Y (90)]
5. Catafolo fia rofetar
findben fos Cain claenchend.
impi in eóit luchair in lennán.
ba duthain pennan na pell. [v.l.: ba suthain pellan na pell]
bí Noeua don bili barrglass.
ro fig in n-abras cen fell.
Poetic.
[eDIL LL (16465-16470 (RC xlvii 290.1)) 1147]
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