geasa

Evil sorcerer Jamieson Drake has hunted geasa mage Amanda Chariss since she was a little girl; his intention is to possess her.

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She begged Naoise to let them go to some place of safety and there wait until Fergus had fulfilled his _geasa_ and could rejoin them and go with them to Emain Macha.

A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang

Fergus had as one of his _geasa_ that he would never refuse an invitation to a feast.

A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang

But yet he dared not break his _geasa_, even although by holding to it the honour he had pledged to the three brothers for their safe-conduct and that of Deirdrê was dragged through the mire.

A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang

"Good, my hosts," he remonstrated, "it is geasa (taboo) for me to eat alone."

Irish Fairy Tales James Stephens 1916

FERGUS -- It is geasa with me not to refuse a feast offered by one of the Red Branch.

Imaginations and Reveries George William Russell 1901

It is geasa for him always to play with silver pieces.

Imaginations and Reveries George William Russell 1901

Now I'm under geasa to meet and to fight the Black Bull of the Brown Wood.

Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know Various 1896

Then he took the feather and the bottle of iocshlainte, buckled on his sword, and started away before him to fulfil his geasa.

Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know Various 1896

Amadan under geasa to meet and to fight the White Wether of the Hill of the Waterfalls.

Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know Various 1896