uaigneach, -ng-

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(1) lonely, unfrequented, 208, 2767.  (2) uncommon, rare, distinguished (?), 12, 2508. [Cf. sgéal beag uaigneach, ‘ a curious littlc story,’ TD, 81 ; sgeul uaigneach, ‘ cxceptional,’ O’Gr. Cat. 627 ; sgél arsaidh uaigneach, ‘ merkwürdig ’, ZCP, ii, 343.] So uaigneas, solitariness. ar uaigneas, alone, unaccompanied, 1113, 5879, 6790, -99; al. ar uaingheas, 5967. a n-úaigneas, 2617. [úaignes and úainghes are both recognized in IGT, p. 87. For the latter cf. ZCP, vi, 335.]

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