luighe, loighe, lighe

Definitions (by source)

Show all

  1. luighe [N. 2] swearing, oath; luidhe 1270.
  2. luighe, lighe [N. 2, 3] lying; luidhe 353, 885, lighe 2972, l. fa submitting to 112, l. le lying with Vn. of luighidh.

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

v.n. of luighim, etc., I lie. bean loighe, a concubine, spouse, 2203; léim luighe, 3600 n.; fleadh luighe, meaning obscure, 4091.

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

m., act of lying down, 2269, 7659; laying, a lámh throm do luighe ort, 3474, 9510

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