an intens. particle, usually as pref.; also
found alone in Ml, but probably not to be considered as
an independent word (
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii § 361
Anm.).
very
, used in
Ml to render Lat. tam, per-: iarsind escumlúd ǽrfotu (gl.
post tam longum degressum)
Ml. 126b1
. induine n-ǽradblam (tam pronum)
53a23
. ol ata n-ǽrdru[a]ilidi (gl. quod
tam corrupti sint)
76a4
. ǽrchomthaircidib (gl. tam
conrogatis)
66d10
. With compar. : ni feil ní bed ærdasachtchu (gl. nihil tam insanum est)
60b2
. With adv. :
ærtheste (gl. tam effuse)
58d10
. inn aéradblaim (gl. tam
pronam)
53a22
. Before pref.: ǽrdegmainech (gl. tam
beneficus)
71b15
. Cf. n-ærsu[a]c[u]buir (gl. quam...accep-
tissimam)
67c8
.
ní ǽrmall roscribad,
Thes., xxi
(marg. note on
Sg. 195b
).
ér-ellam .i. adbul-ellam (gl. on:
érlam,
Hy i 46
),
Thes. ii
305.45
. Cf. assa érchain corann `whose crown is very
fair'
Fél. Nov. 25
.
erchian ó ṡuidiu,
Prol. 122
(gl. .i.
adbulchian LB.
Stowe Gl. 360
).
dícheltir inna láim nadbu érbec 'a spear-shaft in his hand that was not very small',
Compert Mongáin 74 § 9
.
in t-ǽr éradbul,
LB
205a17
=
Alex. 15
.
Alone (see above): gl. tam:
ǽr,
Ml. 55d12
.
58c8
.
101a14
.
124a4
,
d16
.
áer,
88d11
. ind ǽr
(gl. tam [solide])
115c5
. ǽr (per[pauci])
117c1
. Cf. 1 ér.