congbháil

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f., act of keeping, maintaining (restraining, do ch. ‘te tenere,’ 6847); an biadh do ch. fána chlí, ‘to keep food on the stomach,’ 1575; a gheanmnaidheacht do ch., 2014; ar c., ‘kept,’ 2783; ag c. a ndéirce aca féin, ‘keeping it to themselves,’ 4669

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