PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
3. ~t ó lann, ó scian, to grind a blade, a knife.
Lann a bhearnú, to notch a blade.
~ siosúir, blade of scissors.
~ camáin, ‘boss’, blade of hurling-stick.
~ slinneáin, shoulder-blade.
~ féir, tuí, blade of grass, of straw.
Lann a chorcrú, to stain a blade with blood.
Lann, léine, slat, chruach, steel blade, vest, rod.
~ a chur, a thabhairt, ar lann, to temper a blade.
Coirce ina gheamhar, oats in the blade.
~ lainne, the sharpening of a blade.
Ní buanaí go faobhar, a reaper must (be able to) sharpen his blade.
~ scine, spáide, blade of knife, of spade.
~ liáin, sáibh, blade of propeller, of saw.
~ claímh, scine, blade of sword, of knife.
Lann ~, polished, sharp, blade.
Lann ~, bare, unsheathed, blade.
Lann mhantach, chipped blade.
Lann a mhaolú, to blunt a blade.
~ lainne, grinding, sharpening, of blade.
~ sé an lann ann, he stuck the blade in him.
Níl ~ fodair againn don eallach, we haven’t a blade of fodder for the cattle.
Lann a shlíobadh, to burnish a blade.
Chomh caol le ~, as thin as a blade of grass.