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bear, carry. do bhéaradh an rogha so, who would make this choice, 4800. b. do roghain, choose ; see rogha. b. breath air, judge, 3439, 3836. b. buaidh ar, conquer, 1293, 2160, -63, 3527, etc. (cf. similar phrase with barr, q.v.). tré eólas do bhreith dhó ar, through his coming to know, 3229. ag breith eólais di, guiding her, 2710. ag breith ar láimh ar Dhes., taking D. by the hand, 638. nách béaram ar an n-oidhche, that we shall not live until night, 4469. lán d’fhonn an lae-sin do bhreith orainn, (we) longing for that day to arrive, 6650. ní bheirid beó ar, their impatience does not allow them to, 6463. fá bhreith nó fá chailleamhain na maithiosa saoghaltha, ' de la ganancia o perdida de los bienes,’ 2762. [With 6650 cf. go bhfanfaidis re sgéala do bhreith ortha, that they would wait for news to arrive, Celt. Rev., x, 142, 14. With 6463 cf. dá mbeire tusa beó ar dhul ar th’ais [sic leg.], if you succeed in returning, ib. 143, 1.].

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