v
g.
I Intrans. loses self-control, becomes excited or
perturbed:
meraigim, gl. prurio (= I wanton?),
Thes. ii 42.6
(reading uncertain, merbigim acc. to Nigra,
RC xxiv 306
-
9
).
ro mesc, ro meraig 'masech `he grew drunk and mad by turns',
Metr. Dinds. iii 412.
Of sea:
gur mhuidh ┐ gur mhearuigh an
sáile,
ITS x 168.12
.
II Trans. bewilders, leads astray: led húaisli ná meraigh mé
`dazzle me not',
Ériu ix 8.87
. is tús mire ros-mheraigh `the
beginnings of madness have set him wandering',
Content. xxv 4.
do mhearaighestar uabhar a n-aigeanta,
ML 75.5
.
See meraigthe and merugad.