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meidh

-e, -ean, sf Balance, beam for weighing, scale. 2 Weight, measure. 3 Stem, stock, trunk. 4 The sign Libra (♎) in the zodiac. Is fheàrr guth na meidh, a word is better than a balance — a dubh-fhacal. The meaning probably is that the voice of a powerful friend is of more value than strict impartiality. In his first edition, Macintosh gives the word meithe and his translation is better speak than lose right — NGP; anns na meidhidh, in the balances.

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