langa

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pl., langach (collect)., amhail bhid langach lobhair 7 cuasa san ghainimh, ré slogadh chos...bíd cuasa ceilge 7 langa lobhair locht san leisge, 10534; i langach lobhair na leisge, 7 i gcairrgibh cuasamhla an chraois, 10661; the context suggests the meaning ‘quicksands’; [cf. the mod. bata (i) lang, ‘misfortune, catastrophe,’ orig. ‘staff into quicksand’?]

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