moimint

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a moment; ds. 1160, 3826, 4465, 6077. [ns. moimint, SSA, 36, 53, 75 ; Gearnon, 448. Cf. ēnmoimint, B. Col. C., 122 ; gs. énmhoimindte, Carswcll, 85. Later the -o- is long in most dialects, e.g. móiméad, nóimeant (cf. gs. nóiminte, DBr, iii, 86), etc., but short in Ulster, c.g. Donegal bomaite.]

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