contracht, -nn-

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an imprecation. cuir c. ar, dismiss summarily, send to perdition, 3862, 4749. [Cf. cuir conntracht ar gach nuaichreideamh a tá contrárdha dhó, SSA, pref. p. x ; sim. p. 548. Ort do chol agas do chonntracht, ‘ woe betide thee,’ Begly’s Dict., 67a.]

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