adj
o,ā. (< ro-rethech?)
adj. of uncertain meaning,
perh. `running swiftly', hence swift, rapid, impetuous:
romechtar cleith curi rith rurt[h]ech aga catha,
Corm. Y 1018
p. 88
(orc trēith) =
rom-echutar clethi cuire rith rurthig
ágae catha,
Corm. p. 35
= riuth ruirthech, Bodl.
ruirthech
rian,
RC xx 258
(
ACC 63 Comm.
) =
ruthach,
LU 857
. tracht
ruirthech `strand overrun',
RC xxvi 32 § 151
(glossed .i. ro-ḟirthach do longaib, LL).
da ndroch . . . ruirthecha,
TBC-I¹
3392
. Of persons
swift, prompt
(in action or resolve)?
fochen
Labraid . . . urlam do rath, rurtech do chách,
SCC 18
, `munificent', O'Curry,
Atlantis i 383.28
.
rētglu ruirthech,
Bruchst.
i § 106
(of an abbot) =
rédlu ruirtech,
LB 101b
=
ruireach,
AFM i 512
(`ein Stern mächtigen Laufes', Meyer). batar ruirthig
bar ríg `Eure Könige waren freigebig',
Alex. 193
, cf.
572
.
ros
fallnatar rigi ruirthechai,
199
(leg. ríga ruirthecha?).
intlec[h]t
ruirthech,
Anecd. v 26.5
(glossed roertach).
As n.l. Ruirthech, older name of the r. Liffey,
Metr. Dinds.
iii 104.6
.