n (garg), iā, f.
roughness, bluntness (of a warrior), boldness, fierceness
. Seems to be used in a more favourable sense
than gairbe, and, unlike the latter, is not used of purely
physical qualities.
co ṅgairgi gossa,
Metr. Dinds. iii 108.2
.
ar a n-gaircce ... agus ar a febas a n-ersclaighi,
TBC-LL¹ 5654
St. nāmthī garga fri slūagh nArda,
ACL iii 297 § 55
.
gretha
grainne congairgge,
SR 8138
.
buirbe ... gart, gairgi is cruas,
MR 150.11
.
Anecd. ii 49.6
. gnim cen gairge (a cheville)
i
54.1
.
co lin sciath co ngairgi nglond,
BB 52b14
.
gūaire .i.
ūasal nō gairci,
Corm. Y 729
(second part of definition evidently applies to guaire bristle).