lochartha

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destitute, poverty-stricken, wretched, 5778. [Cf. lom lochardha, TBg; lochartha tréith, Diarmaid mac Seáin Bhuidhe, 56; an Coitireach nách lochartha (niggardly) do dhíoladh dámh, É. do Vál; scraiste lochartha dealbh, ITS, iii, 2 ed., 244 : leamh ná lochartha ní gnáith iad, Conchr. Ó Briain, 24 B 26, 185; Búrdúin Bheaga, 164. Further : ra lochrad in chraeb, was lopped off, Todd Lect., 111, 184 ; fut. pass lochērthair, TBC Wind., 3346, -56. Wrongly locardha in Dinneen.]

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