n But see
Sages, Saints and Storytellers 3
. Orig. o, later ā, f. Pl. also airlannacha. Perh. same
word as 2 a.
correspondence, analogy, parallel: cid asa fordailtea grád túa[i]the? a [a]urlunn grád n-ecalsa; ar na(ch)
grád bís i n-eclais is coir cia beith a [a]urlann i túaith there
should be a corresponding rank among lay people,
Críth G.
6
(see note). In follg. late exx. seems to refer to a gloss or
explanation or different version of a passage in a legal text.
Sometimes replaced by `ceist' or `in bec sin': rosia co fichit sed
sair cumail .i. forgu cumaile cumal airgit. ise tuicsin na
hurlainde sin that gloss is to be understood as follows,
O'Curry
578
(
H 3.18, 287
). cindus do cuirfi an urlann sin re cheile?
issedh is cur le ceile don nurlaind sin .i. in moghifit adubairt
is inann rena rad ard ┐ is inann ard ┐ urdraic how is that
explanation to be construed?
579
(ib.).
is roinn ar do adeir in
urrland sin do denam ar in fogail,
612
(ib. 298).
cinnus
tuicter in urlainn sin. issedh is tuicsin disin,
282
(ib. 151).
cad is tuicsin don urlainn sin no cad is machnugud di. issedh
is etergnugad don ceist sin,
283
(ib.). Cf.
cad is etergnu don
bec sin, ib. tuiceadh an ti leathfas an urlainn,
962
(ib.
415
)
(closing words of an explanation). tuic in bec sin, ib. mar
adeir an urlainn bec maith (citing an explanation),
1443
(ib.
644b) (perh. name of a tract, Plummer MS. notes).
cuir le
cheile an urlann coitcenn sin ┐ cad é fuba ┐ forrubaiter re
radha,
1966
(H. 4.22, 13) =
623
(
H 3.18, 301
) `? the common
element in the things compared i.e. the syllable ba', Plummer
MS. notes). Cf. the gramm. meaning of 2 airlann. antechta so ┐
cuir fein urlannacha arin corp madh bhinn gnoithe agad ris
┐ iarr tuilledh ┐ dogebhair (marg. note),
O'D. 749
(
H 3.17,
c. 542
).
atá Cain Adamnain agam . . . ┐ a muinigin go
ffaicfeinn Flann mac Cairpri . . . da fechain an ccuirfed
urlannacha ar na neithib cruaide benus le breithemnus filet
innte,
Brussels 4190 f. 46 v
(scribal note, cited from
Plummer MS. notes). edir chorpaibh ┐ urlannaibh `texts and
accompaniments (i.e. preface, glosses and epilogue)',
Gorm. 2.4
.