- spideag
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nightingale (spìdeag, Middle F.), Irish spideóg, robin:IIa 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. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.