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um’ prep. followed by acc. about, around; um 580, am 702, im 911. Conjugated; 3 sm. uime 1524; 3 sf. impe 236; 3 pl. iompoibh 1791 n.

Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.

preposition, about. millim um see millim.

Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.

prep. (asp.), about, around; with pronn. umam, 4219; uime, 4; umaibh, 6949; umpa, 2280 (iompa, 6958);--of having, putting clothes on, 1334, 2280, 6949, 6952-8;--of place: um an dteagh, 2502; of time: um thráth nóna, 3800;--of cause; often in phr. uime (sin), ‘therefore,’ 4;--cúram...um Dhia do ghuidhe, 4529; faillítheach um fhóirithin, 5021; of pity for: déana truaighe umam, 4219

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