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 ?