n
f. (derg ?)
flea:
d.¤ .i. derga iat nō derg a ned nō a dēd,
Corm. Y 452
.
lan duirn do deargnadaib,
Laws v 276.5 Comm.
d'iarruigh dearnaide (sic),
1 Sam. xxvi 20
. pl.
dergnaide,
O'Gr. Cat. 228.4
. nirbat d.¤ chormthighi (i.e. a nuisance in
good company ?),
LL 124
marg. sup.
ni bat d.¤ colla coirme hi
tig rurech,
LU 3470
(
SCC 25
). dlighidh gach flaith urerge . . .
ní dlighidh in flaith acht fo thri roimhi aurergi isin aen
láithi . . . rob écóir don ri deargnait airechta do deunum don
céile the prince is entitled to [have the vassal] rise before him
only three times in one day . . . it would be wrong for the chief to
make an assembly-flea of the vassal (by causing him to jump
up constantly),
O'D. 514
(
H 3.17 418
) (from which it seems
likely that the expression d.¤ airechta, coirmthige, etc., came
to be applied to a restless, obsequious, or forward person).