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fuil

gen sing fala, dat. fuil, voc. 'fhuil! sf Blood. 2 Family, tribe, kindred. 3* Bloodshed. 4‡‡ Wound. 5(DC) Breeding. 6(DMC) Temper, nature. A' dòrtadh fala, shedding blood; rinn iad fuil, they made bloodshed; bhon fhuil rìoghail gun smal, from the royal extraction uncontaminated; fuil bhrùite, extravasated blood; gu fuil is gu bàs, to bloodshed and death; feadh fala is àir, amid blood and slaughter; fàth airson fala, opportunity for bloodshed; is milis fuil nàmhaid ach is milse fuil caraid, sweet is the blood of an enemy but sweeter still the blood of a friend — friendship is stronger than enmity — in the olden times, it was no uncommon thing for the Gael of wild passions to drink the blood of a dear friend who had died a violent death, in token of undying love; nach ann a tha an droch fhuil! what an evil temper he has!

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