Definition of "ollav" [ollav]

• In Irish history, a man of science or learning, equivalent to a university professor (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Glittereyed his rufous skull close to his greencapped desklamp sought the face bearded amid darkgreener shadow, an ollav, holyeyed."
• "The lament was made by MacLiag, whom Brian had made ord-ollav or chief litterateur of Ireland."
• "The ollamh (ollav), or arch-poet, who was the highest dignitary among the poets, and whose training lasted for some twelve years, was obliged to learn two hundred and fifty of these prime sagas and one hundred secondary ones."