amaid

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a fool. a. ógmhaighdine, ‘ una moça loca,’ 899. voc. a amaid, ‘ ven aca loca,’ 1672. npl. in na hamaideadho ógbhan, ‘ las moças locas,’ 1463.

Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Author: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.

f., spectre; only in the alliterative amaid arrachta, 6621; pl. –e arrachta, 6679 [Mid. Ir. ammait, ‘witch’]

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.