v (* ess-com-gar-, Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 534 ) proclaims, gives notice. Indic. pres. 3 s. ascongair side don tuaith, Laws i 128.23 Comm. Pass. sg. ascongarar gl. indicitur, Ml. 14c20 . nech cuilles aini ascongarar ind eclais anyone who breaks a fast that is proclaimed in church, Ériu vii 146 § 5 . Fut. 1 s. ascongér gl. edicam, Ml. 126c8 . Pret. pass. sg. asrochongrad gl. indicta est, Ml. 121d19 . asrochongrad iarom o Loegaire formna flathi fer n-Erend do thudecht, LU 9741 . rohescongradh la F. . . . comhṡáeire feraind C. fri ferand P., Anecd. ii 13.5 . ro hescongrad uad co tístais it was ordered by him that they should come, PH 1112 .

Vn. esgaire, whence esgairid, q.v.

Part. esngairthe.