reabh

reabh
wile, trick, reabhair, subtle fellow, reabhradh, disporting, as boys (Badenoch), Irish reabh (O'Cl.), reabhach, mountebank, the devil, reabhradh, Early Irish rebrad, boys playing, sporting; root reb, play. Bez. compares Middle High German reben, move, stir, Swiss räbeln, to brawl, be noisy, to which add English rabble. Cf. Zim. Stud.$$+1 83,84.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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