Dictionary Entries

dul

ní féidir a dhul dóf ', it is impossible to be up to them, to get the better of them.

draid

draid mhaith fhiacla aige, a good set of teeth

dóghín

an dóghín, the little miserable two (of diamonds), dó + ín.

deachmhaidh

airigead deachmhaidh, tithes money

comh-aois

comh-aois Mháire í, she is the same age as Máire

ceann

i gceann cúnamh Dé is na Maighdine, with the help of God and the Virgin

broim

is fiúntáí broim ná brúcht (sean-ocal)

antráthach

uair antráthach, a very late hour, well after midnight

anróiteach

bhí an grá Dia ionntú, bhí siad bocht nocht anróiteach .i. na seandaoine fadó

angar

.i. droch-seileadh bróch (MCd); seileadh agus angar .i. diachair (MMt)

anachain

d'ordaigh Dia an anachainn a sheachaint (sean-ocal); used to warn a person to avoid a house in which people were down with 'flu.

ríllín cochain fúithe

.i. faoi'n mbró (Sb); seems to mean a roll or plug of straw.

camóg

.i. maide cam (AL), a "crooky" stick such as a walking stick.

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