Note 1039 — Chapter X · LEARNING AND LANGUAGE. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Shamrock-flowery. Scoth-semrach. Scoth signifies a flower; and semrach is an adj. derived from semar, trefoil. The word ‘shamrock’ seems a dimin. of semar or semmor, as it is written in the Book of Leinster, 112 b. i. (old pagination).