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compar. of mór; in copula constructions, athair is mó trócuire “most merciful Father” 21.16, 22.17; go madh mó ghébhas tú “rather to accept” 31.21; ní is mó dh’ughdarrās “more authoritie” 47.4; sé chéd bhliadhan ⁊ ní is mó “six hundreth yeares ... and more” 50.18-19; sec. compar. móide, in copula phrases, ‘the more’, “so much the rather” 32.9, 34.5, 36.22

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

(is) as trom é it is heavier 60 13; ní hé as mhó an easbhaidh it is not the greatest loss 21 17; ní mó as cogadh oirne hé, it is no longer a war on us (?) 66 17; ní mó as nor is it ... 10 13, 28 18; gach ní as mhó as a muinighim in which I have most confidence 20 19.

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.

compar. of mór, more; gur mhó do shochar, 241; ní sa mhó, 4544; used advbly., is mó éistfeas, 4531; nach mó mholtar, 1773; and to form compar. of adjj., is mó is iontaobha, 8968; nach mó bhíos...abaigh, ‘not riper,’ 6731; often in phr., is mó sa chách, ‘still more,’ 4753, 7082, 7314, etc.; sec. compar. móide, ‘eo plus,’ ‘the more,’ 1546, 5134-36

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