v
ā,
inflicts punishment or torture, punishes, executes
:
noco ba rí ná ríagfa (i.e. a king must inflict punishment),
ZCP
iv 469.3
. rom-riagthar hi nglaccaib na ndrong ṅdemnach (i.e.
in hell),
PH 8261
.
coro riagad la Simón,
LL 128a35
=
MacCarthy 172 § 3
(of Sétna k. of Irel., cf.
Keat. ii 2205
: do
riadhadh a bhaill ó chéile lé Simeon Breacc).
do crochad a
colla ┐ do riagad iad,
CCellaig 846
.
coro riagta co mór
eat,
LB 159b27
. coro riagtha secht fichit diibh `were hanged',
AU 985
.
cota-riagfaider amail ribar .i. coro tolltar amail
criathar,
O'Dav. 1381
. ro riaghadh .i. do crochadh, O'Cl. In
weakened sense: ?
rincne . . . is eisside cat mac .i. iarsinni
riachas na macaime becca no rigait [riaghait v.l., sic leg.] na
macaim eissimh,
O'Dav. 1365
`because it comes to the little
children; or the little children reach to it', Stokes;
it torments
(
scratches
) . . .
torment (tease) it
?