- spruidhleach
- spruileach, spruidhleachcrumbs, fragments, Irish spruille(ach), crumb, fragment, sprudhaille (Lh.), Middle Irish sbruileach. Cf. spruan. Middle Irish has also spuirech, fragmentum, Welsh ysbwrial, sweepings, ysborion, refuse of fodder.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.