n = bréife: bretnas argit co mbrephnib óir inna brut
with
loops (clasps ?) of gold,
LU 1809
(ICM).
As n. loc. f. of a district approx. corr. to mod. Cos. Cavan
and Leitrim:
a Breithfne,
Ériu iv 146 § 24.
B. (: ḟéithle),
TD 14.20
.
B. (: dtéighfe),
Aithd. D. 30.8
.
in dā Bhréithni,
O'R. Poems 527
`Cos. Cavan and Leitrim',
p. 302
.
tú
buachail na B.-si,
129
.
an Bhreifne do thabhairt . . . go
loisgfeadh an Bh., Carney, Gen. History of the O'Reillys
39.16
,
28
. See
Hog. Onom. s. Brebne
,
Breibne
,
Breifne
and
TD 16.13 n.