gan on

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish on (“blemish, disfigurement”), a term that is otherwise obsolete.

Prepositional phrase

gan on

faultless, unblemished

Further reading

"on" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 on”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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