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Where does “goltraige” come from?

goltraige (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish gol — weeping, wailing; baying.

goltraige (Old Irish): sorrowful strain of music

Definitions

  1. sorrowful strain of music

Ancestry of “goltraige”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishgolweeping, wailing; baying
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