birling

== English == === Verb === birling present participle and gerund of birl === Noun === birling (plural birlings) Alternative form of birlinn. == Irish == === Alternative forms === beirling (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle Irish beirling, borrowed from Old Norse byrðingr (compare Scottish Gaelic bìrlinn). === Noun === birling f (genitive singular birlinge, nominative plural birlingí) barge (commander's) galley ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “birling”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “beirling”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “birling”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm