adj
o, ā
brittle, fragile, easily broken:
b.¤ .i. ab eo quod est
priscus ar is b.¤ [cach crin ┐] cach ṅarsaid,
Corm. 7.
carnae . . .
is b.¤ ūair is bruithi, ar is rigin intan is feōil,
Corm. Y 261.
arán briscc,
Misc. Hag. Hib. 161.8
.
bá b.¤ fidbad i llámaib
láech,
LL 32794
(
TTr. 2006
). Of land, soil: ós Bairind b.¤
`crumbling B.',
Metr. Dinds. iii 366.15
.
With more abstract meanings: buidhne . . . briscci . . .
Bretan `
brisk
',
CCath. 5367.
is b.¤ . . . in gloir saegalta,
YBL
168a30
. b.¤ . . . a derid unsolid . . . its end (sc. Roman rule),
ZCP xxx 100.42
. conách diombuan / an domhain che briosg
braithleaghtha `
fragile
',
Dán Dé xxx 2
. mairg bias isin
mbriaidh mb.¤-sin under that critical verdict (of Hell),
ZCP vi
265 § 15.
Equat. goma brisgidir re barraib feda ag a tesgad do
thuagaib as easily broken,
Ériu viii 44.29
. Superl. ?
ango
dano . . . adfía basa lecht bas briscium,
LU 7500
(
BDD 102
).
As compar. cid as briscim (briscidh, briosga, v.ll.) cuirir what
is more brittle than the earthnut? (answer: a jealous woman's
temper),
ZCP xiii 272.1
.
Adv. réad do bhronnadh go briosc `to be brisk in giving',
Ó Bruad. iii 196.14
.
As subst. senbrisca a salcha (read asalcha as in FB) má
chossa dirty old tattered things,
LU 8520
(
FB 37
). Cf. senbrisc, s.v. 1 sen.
Compds. With nouns. briscbemneach na narm `the
crashing strokes',
Ériu v 238.7
. doringni briscbruan ┐ minscomartach din charput `
fragments
' (Táin 641),
LL 8204.
briscbrúar na clocend ica n-erlech shattered fragments of
skulls,
TFerbe 333
. With adjj.
crínbhriathrach .i. briscbhriathrach,
O'Cl.
na trí badhbha brodla, brisg-dhéadla
`saucy, impudent . . . witches',
ML 118.30
. briosg-ghlórach
`
Babling
',
Eg. Gl. 105
(Acts xvii 18).