n A word occurring chiefly in glossaries, and found only rarely in literary texts, where its use seems in most cases artificial. The meanings assigned by glossators are as follows.

(a) king: t.¤ .i. rī, Corm. Y 1223 = taurgein, Corm. 42 . t.¤ (.i. rī) amail asberar ... nī tulach fri t.¤ tuigethar tuile mār muirne, Corm. Y 1224 = tuirgin ... turigen, Corm. 42 . `tuirighin' rí ruamna gal, Metr. Gl. 9 § 3 . tuirighin .i. rí, O'Cl. In B. na f.: caoga fó do tuiri[d]nibh (sic leg., Meyer p. 537 n. 2 ) fuada maille fri himper an anma, ZCP viii 102.6 = coeca righ do riguibh Eirenn, Ériu ii 186.5 . do thuridin Chorca[r]tri, ZCP viii 103.7 . = do righ Corca Tri, Ériu ii 186.x . Cf. ic Ros na Turigin, RC xiii 221.8 = ag Ros na Righ, MS. Mat. 472.y . do ghrásaibh foirfe an toirghin trócairigh (of God), Ó Bruad. i 180.24 . ón dtuirigean dtreabhair, iii 176.7 . i ndóid an tuirigin treoraighsi (James II), 86.12 .

(b) judge, brehon: `tuirighin' bretheamh bláthmar, Metr. Gl. 9 § 3 . tuirighin .i. breitheamh, O'Cl. Perh. based on: t.¤ quasi gein a tuir .i. amail bīs tuir már oc fulang tige ┐ illāma esti, sic is ed in teg in domun centurach, isī immorro in tuir fīrinde rechta aicnid. It ē na illāma asin tuirid .i. ilchīallae ┐ ilchonaire in brethemnuis, Corm. Y 1224 = tur[gein], Corm. 42 . Note also t.¤ .i. tuili-gen .i. gein tolin .i. tolin a fīr asind aicniud co n-ōenaigedar fri fīr na screptra, Corm. Y 1224 = tuilgein .i. tulighein .i. gein tolin. tolin fhir quasi aicned conaenaiger fri fír na screptra, Corm. 42 = tuirgin .i. tuile gin .i. gin do lin a fír as a naicne co naonaighter fri firinne na sgreptra, O'Curry 2276 ( Eg. 88, 20 (21)c ) = sruithe fior fior naicned ni naill concerta tuirigin tuir .i tuile gin etc., O'Curry 1610 ( 23 Q 6, 5b ) = concerta tuiregin tuaithi etc., O'D. 537 ( H 3.17, col. 433 ). sruith fíor fiornaicned ninaill concertad tuiridgein do berur do cosmailius emuin breithe brigtar do bunadh beirtius treas teisdemuin, O'Curry 2191 ( Nero A vii 133ab )

(c) illegitimate birth; bastard (?): tuiridgein .i. gach gein iaram berar naire .i. gein nare .i. re na geineamna, ┐ ni coir tuiregein [do rád] re aite and .i. ní toirithin do ni acht traethad do nit a geine, amail adubairt Mac Saman .i. in brethem, O'Curry 216 ( H 3.18, 112 ). in fer nach fes cland ná cenél acht a bheith tuirigein cen athair, SG 255.2 . ? Cf. tuiregin .i. toaeraegein [.i. gein narae] .i. gein ngenethar ┐ a dā chois riam a chend fadeōid, Corm. Y 1224 = turgen .i. toaeraghen .i. gein [naera .i. gein] geiness ┐ a dí choiss roime, Corm. 42 . ? t.¤ .i. torracht-gein .i. gein torracht torroich as gach aigniud i n-alaill .i. gein in fīraicnid, Corm. Y 1224 = turagein .i. torachtghen .i. gein doracht .i. doraid aiccned in araill .i. gein in fíraicned, Corm. 42.

(d) pillar: `tuirighin' tuir fhuilnges tech, Metr. Gl. 9 § 3 . tuirighin .i. tuir, no gabhal cheangbhas teach, O'Cl. a druim frisin tuiridein, SR 4520 = tuirid, LB 122a2 . ? adubhairt morGholl go mboirbe | do chur na tuirgne (altered from tarigne) air creatha, 23 I 1, 40.2 .

(e) tongue: t.¤ .i. tuir in gena, is ē do t[h]enga, Corm. Y 1224 = tuirgin .i. tur gina .i. tenga, Corm. 42 . `tuir[i]ghin' teangadh tuirmeach, Metr. Gl. 9 § 3 . tuirighin .i. teanga, O'Cl. den-fuc for a tuiridin, confuair plais na trethno for a ti `put it on her tongue, and found the taste of salt on her cloak', RC xi 131.60 .