n
affliction, sorrow, disease: easadh .i. galar,
O'Cl.
a Leith Macha, mór n-essad, mór n-dirsan! (Emer
foretelling Cú Chulainn's death)
LL 123a20
. mór n-esad
artai much sorrow is in store for thee (?)
Ériu i 118.9
. Cf.
essad ebraice esda [i.e. in beth-esda] enim miser[i]cordiae.
is esad is cride dia airchisecht,
O'Mulc. 430
. Cf.
essad .i.
eisid .i. ised is sith and in tslaine tsuthain,
Corm. Y 522
.