ceannsuidh

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meek, gentle, mild, 6329; spd. ceannsaighthe, 936, ceandsuighthe, 94. [ceannsa, B. Col. C., Keating, P. Haicéad. ceannsaighthe (trisyll.), BH, 227 ; na ceannsaighthe, the meek, Gearnon, 230. TC employs the Mid. Ir. form cennuis, 18, 226.] Hence ceannsacht, ' mansedumbre,’ 5361 ; al. ceannsoigheacht, id., 5363. [ceannsacht, B. Col. C., Pilip Bocht, 114, § 3, Gearnon, 234. ceannsaigheacht, BH, 167. Mid. Ir. cennsa.] ceannsuigh, vb., tame, 1106; vn. -ughadh, 3075.

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