cruaidh, cruadh

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  1. [41, 42], -adh [39], steel, etc. 5 1, 46 11, 23, 50 12, 63 32, 65 19; stubbornness 73 4.
  2. each c. 91 1; aisgidh ch. 43 1.

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.

hard, severe, 1582 ; stubborn, ‘ duro,’ 2177 ; difficult, 897. atá cruaidh ortsa, which you find difficult to understand, 3635 ; sim. 4754.

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

adj. hard, difficult 1073, cruadh-fhuighill 938. As subst. cruaidh [N. 41, 42], cruadh [N. 39] hardness, steel; ds. cruaidh 252; gs. cruaidh 2011 n.

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

steel, 2484, 2487

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

cruaidh (41, 42), cruadh (39), mír chruadha 2926.

The Book of O'Hara: Leabhar Í Eadhra. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

hard, firm, go c., ‘attentively, keenly,’ 2357; as subst. dia do chr., ‘enough of hardship’ = ’how hard,’ 5993

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