dún
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Forms:
Dún, ndún, dúin, dúne, dune, dúne, duine, dúni, duini, dúin, dúine, dúna, dún, dúini, dún, dhúin, dúine, dunu, dúine, dune, primdún, ndun, dúine, duinib, dúinte, -dúine, dúinte, dúintibh, dhúintedh
n
o, later s, n. (see
GOI 178
) n
s.
Dún nGalion,
LL 311a27
. a
s.
a ndún
,
LU 1524
,
8381
. g
s. As o-stem:
dúin,
LL 311a27
;
Laws i 122.19
;
AU 680
,
685
,
697
,
844
,
864
,
872
.
Fél. Jan. 3
. As s-stem:
dúne,
FB § 44
,
dune,
Laws iv 220.8
.
dúne,
Trip.² 2166
.
duine,
FB § 89
;
AU 866
,
964
,
1174
.
dúni,
TBC-LL¹ 1816
,
duini,
Laws iv 154.21
. Both forms current in later
lang.:
dúin,
TSh. 909
;
Oss. vi 198.6
.
dúine,
AFM i 26
,
iii 4
,
vi 2014
(
dúini,
ii 1114
);
Oss. iv 294
. Note also:
dúna,
Laws v
302.33
;
SG 269.12
;
Oss. vi 198.27
. dún occurs with follg.
n.pr. in gen.,
Fél. Jan. 3
v.l.;
MacCarthy 416.19
(
BB 50a
),
BS 98.13
. d
s.
tri coiri bíte in cach dúini
,
Triads 127
(prob. due to confusion with constr. tri coiri cech(a) dúine).
v
s.
dún,
AFM i 308
(poem).
a dhúin
,
TSh. 10990
. n
p.
dúine,
LU 10713
;
Fél. Prol. 68
. a
p.
dunu (: múru),
Lec. 45b1
.
dúine,
LU 1889
.
dune,
TBC-I¹ 622
=
TBC-LL¹ 1213
,
AU 836
. g
p.
na
primdún
,
SR 7342
.
Cermna na ndun
,
Lec. 51a40
.
dúine,
LB
208a23
(
Alex. 382
);
Corm. s.v. aurduine
. d
p.
duinib,
LU
10714
; SR. Later as dental stem in pl.:
rig-dúinte
,
Corm.
s.v. Mogheime
= -dúine, YBL;
dúinte,
ML 78
,
Keat. iii 4119
;
dúintibh,
BB 30a40
,
AFM v 1666
. g
p.
dhúintedh,
Marco P.
123
. m.,
IGT Decl. § 46
.
Fort
(see
ZCP xiii 164
-
5
,
KZ l 155
-
6
); in O.Ir. usually
applied to
residence of a chief or dignitary, consisting of an
earthen (more rarely stone) rampart, inside which the house
(`tech') or houses were erected; oft. of considerable extent and
in case of a royal residence having two (or even three) circumvallations with a moat between (hence
O'Dav. 695
; d.¤ .i. dá
cladh im uisci, ut est du-en .i. dá usque im cladh); such fort
being generally called after the builder or owner, e.g. Dún
Cermna, D.¤ Sobairche, etc. Cf. Aodh Ó Domhnaill dhúin na
bhfionn (= Dún na nGall?),
3 C 12, 245.15
. Freq. used as Ir.
equivalent for fortress or city; in Norman period of any
strongly enclosed or fortified place
(whether a single residence
or a burgh or town
).
Gl. castrum,
Sg. 57a10
; arx,
60b21
. i ndorus in dúine = ad
portam civitatis,
Lat. Lives 81
. a dhúin Dé (= civitas Dei,
Psalms lxxxvi 3
),
TSh. 10990
.
isin digas .i. isin dun daingen,
Ml.
32a16
.
dorala B. do dun ríg Breg,
Hy. v 73 Comm.
claide
cluid dune Alinne .i. in tres primdun rig Lagen,
68 Comm.
dun tigerna . . . d.¤ breitheaman na tuaiti,
Laws iv 106 Comm.
trí dúine hÉrenn: Dún Sobairche, D.¤ Cermna, Cathair Conrai,
Triads 36
.
déntar dúine . . . lib damsa ┐ tigi móra,
RC xxvi
132
. corbo leór do d.¤ . . feib dollotar rotha in charpait hi
talmain (i.e. the wheels displaced enough earth to build a
`d.¤'),
TBC-I¹ 1986
.
Artt Imlech las-roclassa | a cōic dūine
domgnassa,
Lec. 51a32
.
lar duna no treibe cach airech,
Laws
v 302
.
nochotulsat flathi fiann, fās a ndūine,
ZCP xi 110
.
etir cealla ┐ dune ┐ treba,
AU 836
.
for faidchi primdúni,
TBC-LL¹ 1816
.
sonnach dergdharach a timchioll a dhúine,
SG 66
.
berthar a fir maithi ina dun co hEogan ┐ biathtar a ndaescursluag a nduntib feachtair,
Lec. 409a25
. suidigud na mūr
im-maig | immon dun, immon cathraig (of Celestial City),
SR 426
. ic togail na primd.¤
(of cities of Canaan),
7342
.
aitcidh ardnaom órduinte,
SG 21
.
mor dúine ndaingen
roscroithset,
Alex. 382
.
co nac raibhe . . . d.¤ no daingen no
dingna . . . gan loingeas,
Cog. 40
.
do cumhduigheadh dúinte
┐ daingne leis,
Keat. iii 4119
.
do daingne a dhúintedh ┐ a
cathrach,
Marco P. 123
. i ndúintibh ┐ i ndaghbhailtibh fher
Mumhan fortresses,
AFM v 1666
.
Encampment
(= 1 dúnad),
TBC-LL¹ 1765
;
1829
(= longport, St.,
dunadh,
H 2.17
).
Dwelling,
residence
in general: tréigean dúin deagh-athar (i.e. heaven),
Keat. Poems 372
. bunaidh, dún, a habitation
,
Eg. Gl. 81
.
Compds., see dúnárus, -chaire, -chlad, -lis, -phort.
Common in place-names, see
Hog. Onom.