mian

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[95], thing desired 1 12, 11 18, 31 35; m.+ gen., m. re, m. i n- desire of, 49 31, LCAB xxxix 59, xlii 144, DiD; do mh. in desire of 21 4, 31 15; cóirm. (love) dó 75 21.

Aithdioghluim Dána: A Miscellany of Irish Bardic Poetry, Historical and Religious, including the Historical Poems of the Duanaire in the Yellow Book of Lecan. Vol II, Translations, Notes, Vocabulary. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

desire, 2085, 2786, 6573 ; ds. 671, 5819; gs. -a, 6638 ; napl. -a, 176, 802 (‘desseos’), 5380; dpl. -aibh, 2126, 2480, 3016, 6578. as mian leam, I desire, I wish, 428 ; sim. 419, 756, 1280, 1359, 2755. ó mhian 7 ó thoil, ' con buena voluntad y alegria,’ 1460. Cf. ainmhian, q.v. ; and droichmhian : npl. -a, 2355 ; dpl. -uibh, 6421.

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

(95), ó mh. 209; i m. ceasa 3265; fa mh. a mheanma 1527.

The Book of O'Hara: Leabhar Í Eadhra. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

m., and f., desire; good-will (constrasted with ainmhian, ‘evil desire,’ 1670); ‘desiderium,’ 551; 3588; an mian...ré bás d’fhagháil, 6056; m. ré triall, 4425 (but without ré, mian...triall, 6016); gen. –a, 10147; dat. mian, 4426; méin, 877; --pl. –a, 1660; gen. mian, 1663

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.