n (turchur ? Or part. formation from *to-air-(fo ?)-cuir- ?). turchuirthe torchorthe, m.
IGT Decl. § 2
.
Cf. murchuirthe.
(a)
valuables cast up by the sea, wrack, hence wealth,
goods: a tráchta, a turcharthi (Tara),
Ériu iv 148.3
.
trian
cach th.¤ dia cuirend tond hi tir nEirenn,
Irish Texts i 20 § 9
.
iasg i n-inbhear ón aithbhe | is i dtrághaibh torchairthe,
Content. vi 67
. na torchoirthi ag serg i srib `(finny) wealth
,'
O'Gr. Cat. 374.27.
dál tuinne fa thorchuirthibh (Christ's
victory over the world),
Studies 1933, 307 § 2
. a thonn i
dtráigh thorchairthe (Mary),
A. Ó Dálaigh xi 6.
turc[h]airthi mara ┐ tíre,
ML² 1022
. More generally: lingid longa
... le torchurthaibh troma taidhbhseacha éigin a tíorthaibh
imchiana `
commodities
,'
Ó Bruad. i 112.3
.
do chruthaidh
... talamh gona thorrthaibh ┐ gona thurchurthuibh,
Carswell
26.11
.
rogha sín, mórthoirthe mes | tochairthe, síth is
suaimhnes,
GJ i 353.92
.
(b) Of persons chance or unexpected arrival; waif foundling:
is maith in turcharthi fil ocut ... .i. mac rig nime,
Todd Lect. vi 68.9
. mo bith im thurcaire thuilighi can
fis m' athar no mo mathar `a bastard waif,'
TTebe 120
.
is tucmaid é linn a lé | do ba caem ár turchairthé (i.e. Cnú
Deróil the dwarf),
SG 108.23
. mar thorchuire tugadh dhí |
nuachar na ríghe ... | an té rug é ... | is é thug an torchairthe
(of a dead son),
DDána 76.7
. ag so ... turcurtha fuarusa
`here is a waif I found,'
ITS v 158.19
. Note also: ba
granna in turcairthi atconncas annsin, in ammait aingidh
Ericto
witch
,
CCath. 4020
. ní mochen cuma tic in turcharthe
atá and sin (of the arrival of an enemy),
Comp. CC
119.8
.
ní tharla chugam-sa ariamh ... tarchartha badh
toicemhla liom ... nó iad,
129.26
.
ingnad t.¤ fuair Fionn |
... | in triar fer ... | ocus aenchú etorrú,
SG 206.29
. ? rí
in talman do th.¤ | is adbal ind ainbtine (death of Aed
Ainmirech),
372.34
(
LL 48a3
). t.¤ troch (contemptuous
descr. of a lean pig),
Irish Texts i 26.2
.
(c)
windfall, find, good luck, success, prosperity: as maith
in turcairthe tarla cuccut `
godsend
,'
CCath. 3340
. is maith
in turchurtha so (of a mountain of gold),
Mer. Uil. 29
.
In phr. t.¤ flatha of the special good fortune or prosperity
enjoyed by a particular ruler:
cisi turcurta flatha ind fir
sin ?,
BDD 66
v.l.
t.¤ flatha fuair Conn ... .i. abhocc,
Acall.
7982
. turchartha flatha ag fior Chliach (of a drinking-cup),
Studies 1927, 287 § 6
(=
t.¤ fleacha,
Aithd. D. 9.6
). t.¤ catha
opportunity of giving battle,
CCath. 1692
. turchairthi ┐
toicthi na n-gliad the success and fortune of the conflicts,
MR
240.z
.
t.¤ selga fuair Find ... .i. dam cacha deissi d'Fhiannaib
Eirenn,
Acall. 6611
. turchuirthe grás mar thuile i dtír
(Mary),
Aithd. D. 82.6
. olc an turcurtha an cual tuccais
leat (to a boy gathering firewood),
MR 276.6
. o nach mair
an milidh sin, | do fuair tu do turcairte whose lucky portion
thou wert (?),
Celt. Rev. iv 108.31
.
Note also in pejorative sense; ba dubach ... D. don
turchairthi sin
unfortunate event (?),
YBL 208b14
. adubhairt nach ttainig a tthúaith no a n-egluis torchurtha bu
mesa na iad `never either in lay household or clerical had
there been worse doings,'
RC xxix 220.8
.