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laoi steering oar, rudder 30.
láthar vigour, influence 70.
leathgha lit. half -spear 76, but
rf. liathga Tain, ed. Windisch
5930.
legairecht for ledairecht (?)
rending 41.
léige go 1. in the meantime ;
O. 1. colléice, colléic 15 16.
léimnech act of jumping 65.
\Qn2i.iah.n2íC\í persevering, stubborn.
obstinate 23, from lenamhain
to pursue.
lennán a lover 25.
leptach g. pi. of lepaid bed 12.
lesrach the thighs 66.
linnghlas grey [shining) water
55.
linnuaine green-watered 55.
liosda importunate, irksome 2.3.
ion a blackbird, g.s. luin 35, 40.
lonn strong, fierce 64.
los herds, produce generally ? see
Gl. to Laws, n. pi. lois 35.
los a 1. owing to, by dint of 64,
76.
luamgheilt leading madman ?
54 ; )úam a pilot.
luirgnechóg little long-legged one ?
37.
lus bian ? 12, 62 ; P. O'C,
citing the Buile Suibhne, has
herbage, herb viands.
lúthmhairecht 80, from lúthmar
active, vigorous.
ma 57, for mad good in composi-
tion with following verb ; see
Stories from the Tain s.v. mad.
mac tire a wolf 41.
máelderg bare and red, n. pi.
maoilderga 65.
máethainder a tender maiden 26.
máethéttrocht tender and bright
26.
máethnatoin 62 some kind of
plant '! cf. maothán a twig,
an osier, a bud O'R.
mairgnech sorrowful 53.
mál la málla gentle. 28.
malloghadh cursing 69.
mana a presage, an omen 33.
mas (mass) beautiful, elegant 11.
meabhail treachery, g. s. meabhla
5(».
meanmarán 39 little floury one ?,
men meal, flour, but cf. men-
mar each cáinte. Instructions
of Cormac, ed. Meyer, p. 22.
meathach a weakling 76.
méide neck, trunk, n. pi. méidh-
edha 65.
meigeallaigh bleating {of a goat)
81.
méiligh bleating (of a sheep) 81.
meirbhnéll from meirb weak and '
néll a swoon 49. ' . ^/.
melle (melde) atriplex, golden «*'****
herb 12, 62. t.ffK^'i
mennchrot a lute, a lyre 32. '"■*"
mether clothes 58.
minchomairt a broken mass 44,
comairt pounding, a mash.
mínén 1 35 ; the name of some
plant, m. muire occurs in the
Med. Gl. (Archiv fiir C. P., I)
and in Hogan's Luibhleabhrán
as parsley piert, meadow saxi-
frage.
miodhbhun 12 a plant-name ?,
SCO Dinneen s.v. miodhbhán. ,
miodlaochda effeminate, tirnid
76.
mionbhrúar little bits 44.
mochlongadh early eating 73.
mochthráth dawn, early hour 73.
móirédrocht very bright 62.
mónann a whortleberry, cranberry
62.
mónarán a bogberry, O'R. 50.
mórmhonorach greatly toiling 1,
monar work.
mothar a woody swamp 8.
mothar-mhuine a dense thicket
12.
muaidh noble, glorious 24.
mulch sadness 63, 64.
múichneachus gloominess, misery
62.
múichnidhe gloomy 19.
muincinn a strait, a pass 24.
muirn clamour 11.