loinn

loinn
I
good condition, charm, comeliness, joy, Irish loinn, joy, Middle Irish lainn, bright; from plend, Latin splendeo, English splendid. Hence loinnear, bright. So Stokes.
II
glade, area; oblique form of lann, the locative case in place names.
III
a badge; a corruption of sloinn?

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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