gabháil

má mbeitheá a' goil de bhata ar a' ngaoith, ní thóigfeá é, if you were beating the wind with a stick, i. to do your very utmost, gabhail éadain, roof-couple (?) an tan a ghabhfas a' bocht go hIorras, gabhfa sé go gabhail éadain .i. fear siúil a chuirfeadh an fear saidhbhir as a theach.