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cundscle, ««., C 28, 'conflict'; cuinscles, 'a conflict,' O'Don. Sup.; Tothoetsat 

 tri nonbur ina chet-cumseli Ms, LU., 93, line 1. Cf. ainnscle .i. gleo is 

 innsa no is annsa, O'Dav. 55. Dorochair isin ceteJminnscliu — ^sin 

 gleothanaise, SnaR. 6584-5. 



cunged, B 17, ' let him seek, demand ' ; imperative 3 s. of condaigim. 



des, gs. (?), C 43, 'land,' O'E. ; .i. fearann, O'Cl. = 'fee-simple land,' Mann. 

 & Oust., iii. 493, = 'free land,' ib. 28. Cf. aire desa, 'a noble of a 

 certain rank.' 



detin, ds., B 23, = dethitin, ' care' ; deide, 'care, diligence,' O'E. 



detla, nsm., B 7, ' bold,' .i. dana, Fel. Prol., p. 232 ; deadla, ' bold, confident,' O'E. 



dir, A 9, 'lawful.' niptar dir na oiss immd duina. 



dlaind, ms., B 4, 'a piece or plate of metal' (?). Cf. dhcim, gl. massam, Wb. 22», 



or = la)in, ' lamina.' 

 dlom, C 27, 'a fit (of anger)' (?). Cf. dluim, gl. massam. [m = mh). 

 doi, ns,, as., B 25, 'hand'; for doi dessel, 'on right hand,' SnaE, 8197. 

 doma, ns., A 2, = duma, 'a mound.' 

 domim, C 33, seemingly ds. of a neuter W2e?j-stem. ; perhaps read dromim, = drom- 



maimni. 

 draeth, A 34, 'foolish' (r). Cf. druth, 'foolish' ; draos, 'trash,' O'E. 

 driamail, B 24, ' fretful, mournful ' (?). Ci. dreamh, ' surly, sullen ' ; dreamhnach, 



' perverse ' ; dream/maim, ' I rage, fret ' ; driuch, ' fretfulness, anger,' 



O'E. 

 dric, ds., B 11, 'wrathful, fierce.' 

 dron, ds., B 11, 'strong, straight,' .i. direch no daingen, O'Dav. 



duad, as., C 19, 'hardship,' Three Shafts, means in modem (Munster) Irish 

 ' diflaculty.' 



dub, C 43, in dub des 7 dub tuinne has a proverbial or technical meaning, ' black of 

 land and black of wave,' implying certain commodities, &c., exacted as 

 tribute. Perhaps ' doubtful or disputed portion,' Cf . dubf.ne, ' doubt- 

 ful relationship.' 



duis, C 25, ' love, esteem,' O'E. (?). The case is also doubtful, as the adj. tualaing, 

 tualnge seems (see W.) to take three constructions — (1) it stands as pre- 

 dicate to the noun following, or (2) takes a genitive, or (3) an accusa- 

 tive, duis .i. uasal, O'Dav., .i. sead, O'Cl. 



duthras, B 8, pret. pass. (P) of duthracur, ' I desire.' Perhaps read duthracht. 



eill, as., A 21, gebas eill mo naim, ' who will take an advantage of my saint ' ; el 

 for Fhionn .1. greim no baoghal^ ar Fhionn, O'CL; eill, i.e. faill, 'an 

 advantage, opportunity,' O'E. ; do fuair se faill air, ' he took an 

 advantage of him/ Eev. E. Hogan, 'Irish Phrase Book,' p. 78 ; ar a 

 aoi ni bhi friothaise ar nachffaghtar faill fa dheoidh, 'however, there is 

 no watch of which advantage may not be taken at last, ' ' Life of Hugh 

 Eoe O'Donnell,' p. 12. Faill is still similarly used. 



1 baoghal, ' an advantage by which danger may be brought on an enemy.' lar 

 bhfagbhail baogailfair, ' Four Mast.,' 1440 ; O'Don. ' Sup.' 



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