n
f. (2 úr)
freshness, newness
:
P. O'C.
(a)
newness ; youth,
somet. beauty : tairg nighe m'uilc is a úire | a shlighe
phuirt dúine Dé `strive to cleanse my sin while fresh,'
PBocht 9.24
. In the phr. : cuirid i n-úire
recalls (?) :
[bual]adh a bhuille báire | don chruinne is sluaghadh sídhe
| ag cora ar gcean i n-úire | núidhe bhfola an cneadh chíghe,
PBocht 3.4
.
áitt ón irrabe úiri fer ṅHerenn,
LL 290b37
(`the rawest' Stokes,
RC xiii 455
; `the pick'
SG ii 355
).
uathadh bean i mbia t'úire `few the women of thy beauty,'
Ir. Monthly 1919, 226 § 26
(
DDána p. 333
). malairt do
dligheadh dínne | úire ar chríne 's ar chaise `fresh vigour,'
A. Ó Dálaigh xxiii 3
.
(b)
generosity : fer go n-úire neinigh
do cliaraibh `a man of lavish hospitality towards the literati,'
AFM iv 728.2
. a oigri mic Duinn Shleibi | dana du feili is
úire `inheritor of generosity and noblesse,"
L. Chl. S. § 5
.
Cf.
táinig a húire le fear bhfial | bean rúine an ríogh,
PBocht 2.11
.