n
u, m., also merachad o, m. (vn. of meraigid)
wandering; going astray
.
(a) in lit. sense: Merugud Uilix (title of a
story).
merugad cleirech Coluim Chille,
KMMisc. 320.10
,
cf.
RC ix 14.
for merogod issind ócian,
LU 1643
(
RC ix 452.2
).
for merugud o cach ailen . . . da chele,
RC xxvi 160 § 47.
doluid for merugud o Loch A. co Tech N.,
BColm. 70.28
.
ro
ḟas ceo . . . co ndechamar ar merugud,
Ériu v 146.25
.
imatt
na sliged ana mbeith duine ar merugud,
Maund. § 17.
nis
téig a merachad do not go astray,
MacCongl. 83.16
.
gapsat
fordal ┐ merugad sechnoin na hoidche,
Fl. Earls 62.18
. a
chlaidib . . . na saíl bith for merugod `do not fear to be astray'
(i.e. ownerless),
RC xx 12 § 19.
With obj. gen.: for merogod
tige oíged wandering in search of a guest-house,
BDD 27.
tré mhearughadh mara
sea-roaming
,
Keat. ii 833.
(b)
fig. erring; confusion, error:
ar derchaíne ar mirath
ar merugud,
LL 360
marg. sin.
as mór an buaidredh ┐ an
merughadh do cuir an diabul fúd,
BCC § 223.
peacach as
mhór mearachadh a sinner far astray,
A. Ó Dálaigh xxxvii 3.
g
s. cor ṡuidigset na filid muin a medón for imgabail
meraigthe
put the letter m in the middle of it to avoid confusion (i.e. juxtaposition of a vowel and a diphthong),
Corm. p. 17
(emuin).
for
bailegud meraigthi,
LL 167a26
=
for bailiudh a mesca,
RC xv
475
(
Dinds. 75
). fíon an mhearuighthe the wine of astonishment,
Psalms lx 3.
ciall mearachaidh,
A. Ó Dálaigh xlvii 2.
pl.
is
mór na mesgaithi ┐ na meraighthi doberid na sluaigh ort,
Comp. CC 93.27
(
Med. and Mod. Ir. Ser. iii
).
Mearughudh randaigechta bicce ┐ randaigechta moire
(name of a mixed metre),
IT iii 85.1
.