n o, n. (but g s. díserta, MacCongl. 75.27 , 85.25 ), (Lat. dēsertus) solitary place, hence retreat, asylum, hermitage: disiurt .i. disertus locus .i. roboth and riam cia roderacht nunc it was formerly inhabited though now deserted, Corm. Y 433 . ro gabus . . . a ndisert sa, LU 1221 ( Imr. Brain ii 286 ). d.¤ mbec aigi hermitage, MR 10 . atá and beos d.¤ for leic Patraic hermitage (?), place of pilgrimage (?), Trip.² 858 . doc[h]umm in díserta ó tudchad-sa, .i. dísert ind F[h]áthlegai 'retreat in the wilds', MacCongl.² 894 . ba hamra in disiurt i mbadus ann, 87 . co ndarda nach nd.¤ dún sund corrabam i n-ar n-ailithre and some retreat (said by clerics of a nobleman who entertains them on their way to Rome), LL 281a46 . is ē doroindi, a betha do chindead don Choimdid na ndūla, ┐ tuc Bran dissert beac do andsin, YBL 208b16 . taít limsa dom disiurt, LU 1216 ( Imr. Brain ii 285 ). ic Disiurt Tola, AU 1056 . isind disirt i mbiatt in the retreat where they live (of nuns), Mon. Tall. 151 . cu feotar ina dísirt la Mochtae, ZCP viii 106 . g s. abbas disirt Teornoc, AU 818 . Dub dissirt, Rawl. 155a39 . Colum in disirt, 92c39 . Tír an Dísirt, BColm. 56 . i firdorus disirt ind Faithlegai, MacCongl. 119 . for dorus diserta ind Fhathlega, 85 . doc[h]umm in diserta, 75 . ord disirti the Cistercians, ALC i 518.14 . Common in place-names, see Hog. Onom.