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D ( day ) ............................................ v dair.

dáimh - kindred affection, affinity.

dair - "robur"- Oak (only), fiodh for the letter D, associated with, among other things, hospitality, inheritance, habitation, fertility.

dalta (-í) - 1) foster-child; 2) student; 3) ex-student; 4) pet.

dámh - retinue (esp. of poets, druids, brehons, 7rl).

damh - stag (the modern word also means "ox").

damhna - 1) substance, material; 2) cause of; 3) promising novice.

dán - poetry, gift-talent-vocation, fate-destiny ("a man can't drown whose dán's to be hanged", 7rl) as a unitary concept.

dásacht - 1) fit of raging madness; 2) possession by spirit; 3) sudden panic.

dáthabha - monkshood, wolfbane.

dealg - 1) thorn; 2) brooch.

dearg - red, associated with warriors and kingship.

deas - southward, right (hand), near-by.

deasghnáth (-a) - lit. "right-hand custom", ritual.

deilín - sing-song chant.

deiseal - clockwise, to open, harvest, welcome, release, spread, invoke outward (cf tuathal).

déithe - "gods" (actually a superior elder race, which while far more wise and powerful than mortals are likewise bound by the basic laws of the universe; it is never used in the singular for an individual).

déithe is dual dom, na - the gods who are rightfully mine (v dual).

deoch dearmaid - drink of forgetfulness.

deochnair[eacht - divination by dregs or swirling patterns in liquids.

diach - unpleasant aspect of dán, "punishment" for violating geis.

diamhair - thing or place (not person) with magical qualities, esp. difficult to grasp, hidden, potentially threatening, 7rl.

Diarmaid mac Cearbhaill - 6th century king who attempted to re-introduce druidism to Teamhair, which resulted the great curse of desolation upon the site (Pádraig curse on only the "druidry" of Teamhair was apparently over-thrown by Diarmaid's druids, but the great curse was upon the site itself, bound by Ruadán leading a christian-hermetic conclave of 13 saints (not mere priests)).

díbearg - 1) outlawry, state of renouncing dominant society's values, used loosely for roving bands of revellers; 2) slang: (irresponsible) sexual promiscuity.

díbirt - exorcism.

díchaell - best endeavour, one's utmost best, neglect (ironic).

dícheadal - incantation.

dícheadal di cheannaibh - mantra-like incantation using munda-like repetitive motion, which is unusual in allowably containing rudach.

díchealtair - magical disguise, esp. concealment.

díleas (dílis) - special personal attributes (of person, fiodh, 7rl.).

dílmain drong - lit. "restraint of crowds"; conformity to common social mind-set.

dinnsheanchas (-ais) - seanchas of place.

díonghabháil - "thatch-yoke", tag at end of bríocht asking it please the gods.

díth - 1) loss, destruction, derivation, lack, requirement; 2) missing element of bríocht.

díthreabh - wilderness, hermitage, isolated place of safety away from other humans.

díthreabhach - hermit who lives, or wanders in, wilderness (cf aonarán).

dlaoi fulla - lit. "wisp of delusion", originally a twisted wisp of grass or twig magically empowered and thrown at a person to induce madness, but generally any "bad luck" charm targeted at a specific individual which must be in their possession to work.

dleacht - legal due, lawful right, duty (cf dualgas).

dlí (-the) - binding principle, (cosmic) law.

dlínse - jurisdiction.

dluma dirche - nuclei of darkness.

dlús - 1) compactness; 2) fullness, abundance.

dlúth - 1) warp; 2) nearness; 3) intensity; 4) inner essential.

Do cheann im chrios - "Your head in my belt", fach.

doilbh - v dolb.

doiléire - indistinct image, obscure affair, imprecise formhothú, 7rl.

doilfeacht - stage "magic", slight-of-hand.

doineann - wild cold weather.

doire - (esp. oak but also other type of) grove.

dolb - bit of (usually, not always, transforming) magic, often but not always mealladh (may be actual shape-shift).

Domhan-so, an - 1) the mundane common world; 2) the daily born-to world (as opposed to an Saol Eile and Tír na Marbh).

dord - 1) hum, buzz, murmur; 2) (esp. deep bass) chant.

dos - 3rd (from bottom up) rank poet.

draighean - common name of áirne.

draíocht - druidism (modern word used loosely for magic).

draíodóir - fake druid.

draoi (draoithe) - druid.

draoi (draoithe) allta - "wild" druid, fíordhraoi (true-druid), druid not associated with court (the adjective refers to wilderness and not "crazy, violent" and connotates amazement).

draoi (draoithe) ríogaí - court druids, toadies, (pun on "royalist" and "most spasmodic").

dréacht (-aí) - 1) portion, part; 2) draft composition; 3) verse to entertain or at social functions (i.e. not filíocht as bríocht), or a scéal that is not a seanchas.

dreanaireacht - divination by the flight of birds.

dreoilín - wren.

drinnrosc - 1) a request, boon (not necessarily by a poet/druid, cf áilgeis); 2) an incitement to quarrel.

druí - older spelling of, but pronounced identically to draoi.

drúide - buffoonery (v drúth).

druídheacht - v draíocht.

drúth - jester, buffoon.

duais - 1) gift, bounty, reward; 2) gloom, distress, sorrow.

dual - 1) spiral, wisp, lock (of hair, 7rl), twist, interlace; 2) native, natural, proper.

dualaíocht - knotwork (in art, 7rl).

dualgas - inherent rights, duty, obligation, reward as a single idea (cf dleacht).

duan - song, poem.

Duan Amhairghine - Amhairghin's (qv) challenge to the Tuatha Dé Danann by proclamation of superior poet-hood, the first mortal poem actually on the soil of Ireland (i.e. Amhairghin's Summoning of Ireland from beyond the magic mists was proclaimed from his ship).

dúchas - hereditary claim, ancestral estate.

dúil - desire, will, expectation (cf aigne, 7rl).

duille - leaf, foliage, eye-lid, glory, wealth (v duilleog, duilliúr).

duilleog - leaf.

duilliúr - foliage.

dúlra - nature (the elements, 7rl).

dumha - (esp. small burial) mound.

dún - fort, esp. of stone.

Dún Aillinne - capital of pagan Leinster in s.e. Co. Kildare (cf Almu); note: not the "Hill of Allen" in english; an alternative site is Dinn Ríg in Co.Carlow.

dúnchur (-a) - a closing of the entrance to a power site.

dúshlán - challenge.

E ( ay ) ............................................. v eabhadh.

eabhadh - aspen, fiodh for the letter E, associated with, among other things, indecision, change.

each - horse, steed.

eachtra - adventure, saga, unexpected event, wonderful surprise.

eagna - wisdom, understanding (cf eolas).

eala - swan.

éalang - flaw, weak spot, debilitating trait (cf fabht, locht).

éalúdach - absconder from justice, used loosely for someone attempting to escape his/her dán (which is impossible).

éan (éin) - bird.

eangaill - cliff notch, a small narrow ledge beneath the lip of a high (usually sea-) cliff which is the point of highest brí and which (dangerously) allows one to stand ON the wall at, not AT the top of the cliff itself.

éaraid - magical interference or hindrance.

eas - 1) waterfall; 2) weasel.

easáin - (unlawful) refusal of hospitality.

éasca - 1) moon; 2) fluent, nimble, free, swift.

easca - quicksand, used generally for any area of potential danger.

eascaine - curse (general not necessarilybríocht).

éicse - poetic "nuts and bolts" knowledge (cf iomas).

éifeacht - depersonalized power (general theoretical abstract).

éigse - v éicse.

éigsín - 1) poetry student; 2) fake file.

eineach - honour (as a formal rank, cf clú).

eineaclann - honour price paid for offence.

Éire - v Ériu.

éireannachas - Irish characteristics.

éiric - fine or penalty, esp. for violation of eineach.

éirim - intellect, aptitude.

eisinreach - excommunication from social group.

éislinn - blemish caused by aoir.

eiteach - refusal, denial (of aíocht, 7rl).

Emhain Macha - capital of pagan Ulster.

eo - 1) salmon; 2) prince; 3) yew.

eo fis - Salmon of Knowledge.

eolas - knowledge, information (cf eagna).

éraic - v éiric.

erbe - v airbe.

Ériu - Ireland.