Old Irish

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Etymology

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DIL derives this from crécht (wound).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʲr͈ʲeːxd.nə.ɣʲəðʲ/

Verb

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créchtnaigid (verbal noun créchtnugud)

  1. to wound, injure
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 181a5
      Is samlid ata·daimet cia chrechtnaigthi nathir mani eple de.
      Thus, they recognize them if a snake wounds him, and if he does not die of that.

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