RANEY or RAWNEY

rawny a (31) RANEY or RAWNEY. Devine, 39: thin, emaciated, gaunt. cf. RANAIDHE, Dinneen 877 b: as adj, thin or lank (Connacht, Ulster) as s., a thin lank person or animal. Devine (Ibid.) confuses ranaidh with rannaidh, Irish for "a singer, a songster, a story-teller, a versifier". The conc...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69440
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Summary:rawny a (31) RANEY or RAWNEY. Devine, 39: thin, emaciated, gaunt. cf. RANAIDHE, Dinneen 877 b: as adj, thin or lank (Connacht, Ulster) as s., a thin lank person or animal. Devine (Ibid.) confuses ranaidh with rannaidh, Irish for "a singer, a songster, a story-teller, a versifier". The conclusion has its irony. PRINTED ITEM Used I Not used Not used Neither listed Word Form is used

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