iarr

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(vn. iarraidh), (1) seek, 4492, -97, etc. (2) ask, request, 1727, etc. ná hiarr éinní, ‘ no pidas nada,’ 5600, -77. iarraim d’athchuinghidh ort, I beg of you, 3050, 4566, etc. ní fhuil ar iarruigh agamsa acht, I desire nothing but, 1686. an tí do bhí ar iarroigh ag Des., he whom D. sought, 5210 ; sim. 6248. ar a bhfuil an oiread sin d'iarraidh agad, ‘ el qual vos tanto desseays,’ 606 ; sim. 1059. d’iarroigh ar an saoghol through desire for worldly things (?), 4481. [Compare, perhaps, d’iarracht. . . ar lomradh óir, in quest of the Golden Fleece, P. Haicéad, 63 ; dul d'iarracht oruibh, PCT, 840.]

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