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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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cuinneog
verb
to stir the emotions.
Noun
the power to stir the emotions:
The old songs have the cuinneog
[Gaelic for ‘churn’…]
they make you weep inside.
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etymology:
originally from Gaelic
cuinneag
‘to churn’; attested by
BS in TDITA