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(a) Gramm. ending, termination . mad hinonn tarmorcenn ṅdóib, Sg. 111a3 . hi cach tarmorcenn, 31a7 . inderbus ... tairmmorcinn `uncertainty of ... termination,' 62a3 . sé tarmmorcenn `six terminations,' 166a1 . i tairmoircniu ailiu, 63b3 . ní hilaigedar tairmmoircniu anísiv `this (kind of preterite) ... does not multiply the terminations,' 166a2 . ar chuit tarmorcenn `as regards terminations,' 33a9 . ó cach tharmmorcnib, 43a5 . cia haenfocul gebes ... cen deifir tomuis no tarmfortcind no feda ..., Auraic. 1261 . a tarmartchenn do techt a ní having its termination in `í', H 3.18. p. 654 ( O'Curry 1480 - 1 ).

(b) Metr. end of a line . See IT iii 130 . ní fafrecrat a cetri tarmortcind (of the metre casbairdne), IT iii 11.18 . srethbairdne dā, is fri toebcasad doberar í tomus ┐ tarmarcind, 13.21 . gu robe in fidh cetna bes isind imrecru na tarmthortcheand, Auraic. 920.

? anair ... i n-āentarmfortcend a forcend ... ┐ i tarmfortchenduib ┐ ēitsechtaib deochraiges fria nath dēbrechta, Corm. Y 41 . ? tarmfortchenn .i. fóbairt no dorchadas, H 4.22, p. 67 ( O'Curry 2068 ).