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1 bàirneach

a limpet, Irish báirneach (Fol.), Welsh brenig, Cornish brennic: from Middle English bernekke, now barnacle, from Medieval Latin bernaca. Stokes takes bàirnech from barenn, rock, as Greek lepás, limpet, is allied to lépas, rock.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language > bàirneach

barnacle — noun Etymology: Middle English barnakille, alteration of bernake, bernekke Date: 15th century 1. barnacle goose 2. [from a popular belief that the goose grew from the crustacean] any of numerous marine crustaceans (subclass Cirripedia) with… … New Collegiate Dictionary
barnacle goose — a wild goose, Branta leucopsis, of northern Europe and Greenland. [1760 70; earlier barnacle, ME bernacle; cf. MF bernacle, NL bernacula, all deriv. of earlier ME bernak, bernekke, AL bernaca, OF bernaque, of uncert. orig.] * * * Species (Branta… … Universalium
Boček von Jaroslavice und Zbraslav — (auch Boček von Obřany und Pernegg; tschechisch Boček z Jaroslavic a ze Zbraslavi; † 1255 war ein mährischer Adliger. Ab 1238 bekleidete er das Amt des Burggrafen von Znaim, ab 1252 titulierte er als Graf von Pernegg. Besondere Verdienste erwarb… … Deutsch Wikipedia
barnacle goose — bar′nacle goose′ n. orn a wild goose of Arctic regions, Branta leucopsis, that winters in N Europe • Etymology: 1760–70; earlierbarnacle, ME bernacle; cf. MF bernacle, earlier ME bernak, bernekke, OF bernaque … From formal English to slang