(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:43:37

Cor"a*nach (?), n. [Gael. coranach, or corranach, a crying, the Irish funeral cry (the keen), a dirge; comh with + ranaich a roaring, ran to roar, shriek.]

A lamentation for the dead; a dirge.

[Written also coranich, corrinoch, coronach, cronach, etc.] [Scot.]

 

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