priobaid

priobaid
a trifle, priobair, a worthless fellow; from Scottish bribour, low beggarly fellow, Middle English bribour, rascal, thief; from Old French bribeur, beggar, vagabond, briber, to beg, bribe, morsel of bread, English bribe. Hence priobaid is from an early Northern form of English bribe. See breaban further.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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