Difference between revisions of "Findrinny Fair"
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* '''findruine:''' (''Irish'') silver-bronze; a precious metal of uncertain nature | * '''findruine:''' (''Irish'') silver-bronze; a precious metal of uncertain nature | ||
| − | * '''findrinny:''' William Butler Yeats uses this word in | + | * '''findrinny:''' William Butler Yeats uses this word in ''The Wanderings of Oisin''. |
Latest revision as of 09:04, 26 October 2020
- findrinny: (Anglo-Irish) silver-bronze, white bronze
- (from Irish fionndruine; Joyce’s Letters, I.348: 16/10/34 to Giorgio and Helen Joyce: 'A 30-year wedding should be called a 'findrinny' one. Findrinny is a kind of white gold mixed with silver')
- findruine: (Irish) silver-bronze; a precious metal of uncertain nature
- findrinny: William Butler Yeats uses this word in The Wanderings of Oisin.
