gaorr

gaorr
fæces, ordure in the intestines, gore, Irish garr, probably from English gore, Anglo-Saxon gor, dirt. Hence gaorran, big belly, a glutton. In Arg. pronounced with Northern ao sound; in North, pronounced with ao broad as in Arg. Consider skar in sharn (Scottish); cf gaoirnean or gaoirnean.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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