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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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dril, a spark, sparkle, Ir. dril, drithle, pl. drithleanna, M. Ir. drithle, dat. drithlinn, also drithre, *drith-renn- (for -renn-, see reannag), *drith. Hence drillsean, sparkles, from drithlis, a spark. drìllsean, rushlight, rush used as wick.
driodar, dregs, lees, Ir. dríodar, gore, dregs: *driddo-, *dṛd-do-, root der, Eng. tear. Cf. Sc. driddle.
driog, a drop, Ir. driog (dríog, Con.), driogaire, a distiller; seemingly borrowed from Norse dregg, M. Eng. dreg, dregs.
driongan, slowness, Ir. driongán, a plaything, worthless pastime:
drip, hurry, confusion, Ir. drip, bustle, snare: *drippi-, *dhribh, Eng. drive? N. drepa, hit.
dris, a bramble, brier, Ir. dris, O. Ir. driss, O. W. drissi, W. dryssien, Cor. dreis, Br. drezen, *dressi-. Bezzenberger suggests a stem *drepso, M.H.G. trefs, Ger. trespe, darnel, M. Eng. drauk (= dravick of Du.), zizanium. It must be kept separate from droighionn, O. Ir. draigen, Celtic root dṛg, thought G. dris might be for *dṛg-si-, for the W. would be in ch, not s. See droighionn.
drithlean, a rivet:
drithleann, a sparkle, Ir. drithlinn; oblique form of dril.
driubhlach, a cowl, so Ir. (O'R.); Sh. has dribhlach.
driùcan, a beak, Ir. driuch. M'A. gives also the meaning, "an incision under one of the toes". See draoch.
driuchactivity (M'A.):
driuchan, a stripe, as in cloth (M'A.):
driug, a meteor, portent; see dreag.
dròbh, a drove; from the Eng.
drobhlas, profusion, so Ir.:
droch, evil, bad, Ir. droch, O. Ir. droch, drog, W. drwg, Cor. drog, malum, M. Br. drouc, *druko-. Usually compared to Skr. druh, injure, Ger. trug, deception. Stokes has suggested dhruk, whence Eng. dry, and Bezzenberger compares Norse trega, grieve, tregr, unwilling (see dragh).
drochaid, a bridge, Ir. droichiod, O. Ir. drochet:
drog, a sea-swell at its impact on a rock (Arg.):
drogaid, drugget, Ir. drogáid (O'R.); from the Eng.
drogha, a nad fishing line; also dorgh, dorbh, Ir. dorubha, drubha; Norse dorg, an angler's tackle.
droich, a dwarf, Ir. droich, *drogi-, allied to Teut. dwergo-, Ger. zwerg, Norse dvergr, Eng. dwarf.
droigheann, bramble, thorn, Ir. droigheann, O. Ir. draigen, W. draen, Cor. drain, drein, Br. drean, *dragino-: cf. Gr. τραχúς, rough, θράσσω, confuse, Eng. dregs. Bezzenberger compares Lit. drìgnės, black henbane, Gr. δράβη. Ebel referred
