sainnt, saint

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desire, covetousness ; ' avaricia,’ 2545 ; ' codicia,’ 2635. an tshaint, ‘ el dessear,’ 5680. saint na súl, ‘ concupiscentia oculorum,’ 889, 1195, etc. grádh sainnte, ‘ amor interessal,’ 5467. ní bhí sainnt air do chum neith ar an ndomhan, ‘ no dessea cosa deste mundo,’ 6565. Hence sanntuigh, vb., desire, 1660, 2272, 2353, -57, 2548, -54, 2728 (‘ desseo’), 5690, etc. ná sanntuigh éinní, ‘ no dessees nada,’ 5601, -73, -75.

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