ollav

ollav
noun /ˈɒlæv/
In Irish history, a man of science or learning, equivalent to a university professor

Glittereyed, his rufous skull close to his greencapped desklamp sought the face, bearded amid darkgreener shadow, an ollav, holyeyed.


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