n
ā, f. See O'Rahilly,
Ériu xiii 168
. ? d
s.
crich,
Ériu
iii 137.48
(if not for crích).
plunder, booty: plundering
expedition
:
crecha maílduín / berttair iceín,
IT iii 84 § 72
.
cen chreich, cen gait,
Airne F. 339
.
aisic a chreiche ┐ a
einich,
Anecd. ii 73.2
. ? coirm c.¤ cruit (`cup'),
Cóir Anm. 121
.
mili dam . . . / nír íc creach `they were never the reward of
raiders',
Leb. Cert.² 175
. tusa an chreach . . . ┐ as misi an toir (Cú
Chulainn to Fer Díad),
ZCP x 285.32
. lucht na c.¤
plunderers
,
PH 7559
. Bert crechi (nickname) `Load-of-Plunder',
RC
xvii 381.25
(Tig.). macsamla na crichi se (sic),
ZCP iii 23.29
.
dogebhair admáil it creich you will gain recognition for your
forced gift (i.e. to a church),
BNnÉ 146.36
. crīch B. i n-a
comar creach a mêlée of raids,
ML² 1132
. ro la creich . . .
uadh hí S. nA. threw out a skirmishing party,
AFM ii 1126.4
.
ro chuaid . . . ar creich innuib Findgenti,
Cog. 102.10
.
creacha an tíre do theichemh rempo `spoils',
AFM v 1266.2
.
c.¤ lá hUa Néill,
ii 840.2
. leómhan ar a mbiadh inneall
creiche = paratus ad praedam,
TSh. 4157
. As vn.:
níor
bh'uamhan liom aon dom chreich,
Ériu i 95.19
.
With follg. qual. wd.: géill na Cásg ní creacha ar shíodh
`have not been captured without a fight',
Aithd. D. 58.18
.
ní do chreic[h] bó ná búailead (of hosting of death),
Bard. P. 53. 12
. ? eneach in righ ni creach cluig / da dhil neach
in gach Nodhlaigh (sic),
IGT Metr. Faults§ 151
. c.¤ choblach
lá hU.
sea-raid
,
AFM ii 1182.14
.
creach dhíghla,
ALC i
250.21
.
c.¤ folama,
AU i 494.13
(see ? folama ). ar creich
loingsi `on a plundering voyage',
Stair Erc. 646
. c.¤ mhórmheabhla `treacherous depredation',
ALC i 510.z
. a c.¤ rig do
denam do ar Uib Falgi `king's raid',
Ann. Conn. 1265.8
.
crecha urradhais .i. in creach i n-aigidh creichi,
O'D. 2412
(
Rawl. B 506, 53a
). Of harrowing of Hell, see s.v. Cásc .
Predatory party
:
c.¤ marcach rempu,
AU i 506.19
.
omna
.i. ria creich, no re coibdin,
Laws iv 94.5 Comm.
?
da
fagbaidh . . . in c.¤ no in galar ní aige,
Laws iii 368.15 Comm.
gur lecadár creach mor imach,
O'Gr. Cat. 7.21
.
ár a creiche
íme,
AU ii 112.11
.
creach .i. sluagh,
O'Cl.
In vaguer sense
ruin, calamity, desolation
:
mór an c.¤
,
BColm. 100.17
. c.¤ ṅgúr (cheville),
SR 7899
.
cion an
fhormaid / . . . is creach dhóibh,
Dán Dé xxxi 39
. is
creach . . . dá cháirdibh (of death of nobleman),
Keat. Poems 133
. mo chreach chráite . . . alas!
Celtica i 93.167
.
mo chreach don bhuídhin (imprecation ?),
Párl. na mB.
2378
.
Compds. With nouns:
crodh ┐ creachairgthe na criche,
Hugh Roe² 192.y
.
Tír Mac C. na ccrechár,
Top. Poems²
491
.
ar an ccreachgoid,
IGT Introd. § 103
.
fri crechbhrath,
Gorm. 6
. crechdighail mor `retaliatory depredation',
AU i 520.7
.
creach ghabháil la C. dar Sh. nA.,
AFM ii 922.z
.
ar dháigh chreachlomtha pillaging,
v 1566.5
.
crechloscad
na Cundai,
Ann. Conn. 1405.4
. ? tenn in chrechmuirn
(of a horse),
RC xxxvi 263 § 23
. ar cuairt crechól `a foray of
plunder and drinking',
BCC 290.27
.
D. mac C. na ccreac[h]ród,
Caithr. CC 45
.
dol doib . . . for crechruathur,
Ann. Conn.
1386.6
.
eng ┐ foillecht an chreach-shloigh,
Hugh Roe²
82.23
. crechsluaghadh `a foray hosting',
AU ii 114.10
.
With adjj.:
i n-Óe Cúalann crech-adbail,
Metr. Dinds.
iii 114.64
. inghean Cathail chreacharnaidh `
bold-raiding
',
Magauran 4168
.
rí . . . creach-beodha,
Hy Maine 133.y
.
With adjj. derived from nouns:
ri croda creachdimsach,
BB 411b40
.
la Ingcél Cáech crechdulig by Ingcél Cáech [who was] unyielding in plundering,
Three Historical Poems 152 q. 122d
.
itt . . . .é cendbeca . . .
crechfobdi,
LU 6911
=
crechḟoibdidi,
BDD² 465
`swift
to raid(?)', Gloss.
ri . . . creach-indsaightheach,
Hy Maine
138.9
.
mac C. creachlaemdha,
BB 61a45
.
fer . . . crechlinmair,
ALC ii 188.2
. ind ḟir chairdig crechloṅgaig of the
plundering ships,
LL 17683
. mac tairsigh . . . chrechnoisigh plunder-famous,
O'Curry 1468
(
H 3.18, 652
). sladaighe
creach-reilgeach = un voleur sacrilege,
Trompa na bhF.
584
.
in righ croda creachuathmur,
BB 418b22
.
With vbs.:
creachloisscid crīoch C. co léir,
ZCP xiv 221.2
.
ro creachoirgeadh . . . a n-ermhor,
AFM iv 764.10
.