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in phrases ní do chur a g[c]eann na neithi do geibhthear go núa ‘add to …’ 4.16; do thionól a gceann a chéle “assemble” 22.8; ’na cheann sin “moreover”, “also” 42.19, 46.2, 49.10; dat. sg. in phrase ós c(h)ionn ‘above’ [1].15, 8.6, etc.

Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.

[65], c. (end) craoibhe 1 23; c. caol 84 14 n; c. feadhna 17 38; c. bráthar 75 34; c. síodha, féile, etc. 67 3 n; c. combhágha 39 6; c. a roireachta 46 19 n; ar c. 33 20 n; do ch. on account of, etc. 10 39, 21 16, 29 9, 78 29, 84 4; cuirim dá ch. I add to it 21 14: lá dár gc. next day 75 18; fa ch. in regard to 60 28, 75 40; fa ch. for sake of 92 18; i gc. 1 9 n; ceann i gceann, cionn i gcionn successively 23 34, 79 12, 94 13; ós ch. 1 28 n, 18 21, 71 6; ós ch. trágha 60 4; -ghlan 49 25; -lasaim 16 28; -litear 37 5; -phort 26 10.

Aithdioghluim Dána: A Miscellany of Irish Bardic Poetry, Historical and Religious, including the Historical Poems of the Duanaire in the Yellow Book of Lecan. Vol II, Translations, Notes, Vocabulary. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

head ; end. gu c. (c. gen.), until, 4108. tar a ch. sin, nevertheless, 3220, 5447. do chionn, in return for, as a reward for, 4578, 4600, -01, -07. go bhfoil guais ad chionn, that danger threatens you, 5649. nách fuil slánughadh 'na ccionn (in store for them), 4374. a ccionn trí lá, after three days, 6245. a ccionn gacha seachdmhuine, once a week, 4558.  ccionn deich mbliaghan bhfichiod, etc., in A.D. 430, 4118.  ccionn treimhsi, 4646, = a cceann ttreimhsi, 229. ós c(h)ionn, os chionn, as cionn, over, above (see p. xxxv). [With 4118 cf. i gcionn 839 mbliadhan iar ngein Chriost, in A.D. 839, FF, 11, 6181.]

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

[N. 65] head, leader; c. slóigh 647, c. Gaoidhel 2987; cindbheg 2086; ceinnbhile 641; ceannghad(?) 2380. a gc. in addition 156, 231, 571; téid a gc. attempts 2882; ar c. in front of 811; um ch. in respect of 590, 2985; c. a gc. one by one 1747.

Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.

a head. ceann cuarta, journey’s end, 1674, cf. ceann uidhe, 19, 567, 2017; ceann slóigh, leader of a troop, 17. Adverbial phrases: ceann i gceann, cionn i gcionn, one after another, 639, 1481; ó cheann go ceann, from end to end, 1709. nír thóg an guth ceann dó riamh, reproach never appeared to him, 1896; cf. Meyer. Contribb., p. 338, ll. 2-3

Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.

(65), c. sleighe 1004; do thogaibh c. da chártaigh he revived the charter 520; mo ch. uidhe my objectivebourne 1241, 2854; c. comairghe do chief guardian of 1768; ar cheann gcabhlaigh 4118 n; ar cheann gcumuinn to get agreement 2081; ar cionn 4013 n; i gceann againstin rivalry with&c. 2930, 4107; fa cheann for sake of 1202; um (fa) cheann n- 146 n; tar c. 4001 n.; dul ós chionn vid. ós; -bhraich 4076; -bheart 1502; -adhart 1501.

The Book of O'Hara: Leabhar Í Eadhra. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

m., head, 56; c. feadhna, ‘captain,’ 1068; c. cinnte aimsire, ‘definite limit of time,’ 5177; c. sgríbe, ‘goal,’ 10628, 10882; um cheann, ‘in reference to,’ 7446; gen. cinn, 7934; dat. cionn, in phr. 1. ar chionn, ‘before, awaiting,’ 1967; ollamh ar a chionn, ‘prepared for it,’ 1543. 2. do chionn, ‘for the reason (that),’ ‘quia,’ 4629; dá chionn, ‘on that account,’ 1942, 2765, 5952, 8266. 3. i gcionn, ‘in front of, awaiting,’ of good or evil destined to befall one, 99, 601, 804, 972, 2628, 3981, 5096, 9234; ‘at the end of (a time),’ 4470, 5215, 5225 (i gceann, 10194), cf. the acc. in ph. cruinniughadh i gceann a chéile, ‘gather together,’ 2373; cuir an grádh ’na gceann, ‘add thereto love,’ 9401. 4. ós cionn, ‘over, above’ (physically or morally), 1878, 5655, 5821, 8467. As conj., tar ceann go, ‘notwithstanding,’ 541, 6300, etc. tar a cheann gurab, 4553;--pl. cinn, 73, 4227; dat. ceannaibh, 425

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