n
o, m. (? Lat. lupercus, see
CMCS lxiv 47-84
)
supernatural, diminutive creature, later anglicised as leprechaun
: See
Wortk.
130 (100)
, Binchy,
Ériu xvi 41 n. 2
,
Laws i 71 n. 5
: abac nō
lucharbān gl. nanus,
O'Mulc. 828
. dolotar . . . luchorpain
cusin rig `sprites',
Ériu xvi 36.16
.
lucorpain,
37.x
. Origin
variously explained in Sex Aetates Mundi:
tarmideochatar
. . . clanna Seth . . . ro geinset torothuir in domuin .i. fomoraig ┐ luchorpain ┐ cech n-ecosc,
Rawl. 70a5
. As result
of Noah's curse on Cham in section headed: de senchas na
torothor .i. na luprucan (`over p is written c, and over c, p',
note),
LU 112
=
Rawl. 71b36
. huad (i.e. Cam) rogenatar . . . /
líne luchorpan lerda / is cach duine dodelbda (o above an
originale),
76a44
=
LL 17480.
Note further: o táid líne luprucan (of daughter of Cham, who conceived of a fish),
O'Curry 266
(
H 3.18, 151
).
in ag feraib Bolg na mbad / ainm do líne lupracan,
BB 349b12
.
i ndelbhaibh abhac, ┐ luchurpán,
BNnÉ 65.13
.
túatha atat a n-deiscert na hIndía .i. na lupracain ┐ is íad
is lugha do síl Adaim,
RC xxiv 380.16
.
trénfer tuaithe luchra ┐ lupracán,
SG 238.17
. daine ┐ adharca orro ┐ lupracain ┐ fomorigh = pigmei,
Celtica ii 121.27
.
i ndealbhuibh abhac, ┐ luchrapan,
Lism. L. 3776
. See also lupracánach, luchrapánach and luchorp.