- dreòlan
- I
a wren, Irish dreólán: *drivolo-; See dreathan.IIa silly person, Irish dreólán, Welsh drel, a clown; from English droll? Thurneysen prefers to consider these words borrowed from English thrall, Norse þ;r$$oel. The word appears as dreòlan, dreallaire, drollaire. In the sense of "loiterer", these words are from the Norse drolla, loiter, English droil.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.