deacair, deacar, do-
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ní d. do dhíol 84 20; is d. nach it certainly is 63 30; comp, deacra, do- 88 35.
[161], difficulty, hardship 21 3, 52 6, 78 18; i nd. 52 23, 95 31.
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.
adj. difficult, hard to please; deacar 2188; compar. docra 1217.
Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.