gleadhair

gleadhraich, gleadhair

noise, rattling, clang of arms, Irish gleaghrach, shout, noise; cf. Norse gleðir, Christmas games, gleðr, merriment, English glad. Irish gliadrach, loquacious. If Early Irish glechrach means "noisy", the stem is glegar, which also appears (Mart. Gorman, edited by Stokes).