- langaid
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a fetter, fetters (especially for horses), langar, Irish langfethir ( O'Br.; Lh. has ++langphetir), Early Irish langfiter (Corm. Greek, "English word this"), Welsh llyfethar, Middle Welsh lawhethyr; from English lang (long) and fetter. The Scottish has langet, langelt, which is the origin of Gaelic langaid.IIthe guillemote (Heb.); from Scottish (Shetland) longie, Danish langivie (Edmonston).
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.