òglachas

Gaelic (Scots)

noun
Definitions
  • farm service
  • servitude, slavery, vassalage
  • the fourth stage of human life, from 34 to 54 years of age
  • (prosody) a kind of Gaelic verse

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish óclachas (the age of manhood, valour, service, name of a late kind of verse, vassalage, manly vigour, quality functions of a warrior).

Origin

Old Irish

óclachas

Gloss

the age of manhood, valour, service, name of a late kind of verse, vassalage, manly vigour, quality functions of a warrior

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