v (*di-can-)
(a)
chants, recites (esp. a spell, incantation or magic formula):
dichan brichtu din forsan crand sin,
Corm. 32
=
dicain,
Corm. Y 975
.
dochain for a di bois, dobert . . . a
orduin ina beolau ┐ dochain tria teinm laodae,
1018
. dichain
[in file] dichetal fair (i.e. over piece of flesh used in divination),
756
.
gebid sop . . . ┐ doscan fair,
Ériu v 34.10
. dicain forsin
slig he chants a spell on the spear,
Fianaig. 38.10
. dichain
tothlacht chants a petition,
Leb. Gab.(i) 266.5
.
dicanar (sic leg.)
díchetlui móra derbha,
RC xiii 11
.
gabais C. lán duirnd dind
féor ┐ dichac[h]ain (.i. bricht) fair,
TBC-I¹ 1644
.
docachnotar
brechtau for sluagaib na Fomore,
RC xii 84 § 86
.
docechnatar
drāi[d] Erenn for Galeonu,
xv 300
(
Dinds. 9
).
dochechnad for
a fedaib conántibertaís torad,
Imr. Brain 46.9
.
atbert-si
docachnopadh [brichtu] forrai,
RC xii 86 n. 4
. in biait . . .
cēinmair anmain dīa n-dichet for which it has been recited,
KMMisc. 212 § 5
.
drumcli ... dican o deichbréitir ... co cuilinn,
CIH vi 2101.7
.
(b) (Perh. belongs to 2 do-cain
Sages, Saints and Storytellers 30
)
sings
(cf. canaid):
docain coglerdaith cen greis | ind
enlaid,
SR 1021
.
mad uathad dochanat form | ní airfitiud
nach n-oenchorm,
TBC-LL¹ 2341
.
Vn. díchetal.