Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *dingeti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ-.

Verb edit

dingid (conjunct ·ding)

  1. to press
  2. to thrust
    • Niníne's Prayer, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, p. 322, line 4
      Dedaig diumsachu la f[or]tacht ar Fíadat findnime.
      He thrust down the proud with the help of our Lord in fair Heaven.

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  • Irish: ding

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