spideag

spideag
I
nightingale (spìdeag, Middle F.), Irish spideóg, robin:
II
a delicate or slender creature (Arms. spìdeag); from Scottish spit, a little, hot-tempered person, spitten, a puny, mischievous person, English spit.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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