v dá deich mbliadhan atgleam / ar naoi cétaibh as moam, AFM ii 606.16 . ?o rig Caisil adglési (: Dési) claidem co nór (ni chlé se, v.l.), Leb. Cert. 82.6 . is isin . . . asbert-som cet aer adgleoad a nErind riam that was ever composed in Ireland(?), YBL 138a5 . Cf. as-gleinn.

n (disyll.) o, m. (Lat. aër ) Later also f. n s. ind aier , Ml. 73c2 . ind aeor , SR 40 . aiér, aiéór m. (g s. id. and -ir, n p. -ir, -ra), IGT Decl. § 35 . aáir, aoir f. (g s. and n p. aeire, aera), § 42 . On the variation in spelling see RC xxxviii 51 . Forms: n s. aear ( áer v.l.), ACC § 132 . aiéar, DDána 17.10 . aieór, TSh. 1659 . aedhear, ZCP iv 446.25 . aeidher, Ériu iii 144 § 9 . a s. áer , Wb. 12d3 . aíar, 25b24 , g s. aiéir, Wb. 12d3 . ind aier , Ml. 120d10 , 121b9 . aéoir, MU² 219 . an aiéir (: gcéill), DDána 75.23 . aieóir (: gleóidh), TD 4.23 . in aieór (: raíeól), IGT Decl. ex. 917 . aóire, ex. 1219 . adhóir (: smóil), O'Gr. Cat. 452.9 . an aigher , ZCP vi 83.15 . d s. aier, Ml. 40d3 . áeur, Trip.² 2347 . aiur, Ériu ii 134 § 113 . aer , LU 5885 . áeor, MU² 512 . aoir, ZCP viii 104.12 . aedhéor, RC xxix 112 § 4 . aiëar, TD 13.4 . aeier, Fl. Earls 246.28 . aidhéar, Hackett xxxix 56 . ?a p. na hæru , TBC-I¹ 3553 (rhet.) g p. inna n-aier gl. ærum, Ml. 120d12 . d p. aeraib, Ériu ii 136 § 118 .

(a) air; atmosphere, sky: aoir gl. ethera (for aether), Ir. Gl. 104 . it anman aier niuil ┐ gaitha `clouds and winds are names of airs', Ml. 120d11 . trí huaisletu ind uisci fuasnaidi fil isind aier, 40d3 . a haéor anúas down out of the sky, MU² 512 . condrecat isind a.¤ , LU 5885 (TBC). i nnélaib ┐ i n-aeraib, LL 10589 (TBC). noco ndech comla fri haieór (an impossible event), ZCP viii 111.15 . a fuigbed di ēnuib ind aeor `all the birds in the air', Ériu ii 134 § 115 . for nellaib aeoir, MR 76.21 . ar luamhain san aieor, Keat. iii 2370 . an t-aedhear ag cur shneacht ┐ ag sioc air, ZCP iv 446.25 . gan braon d'uiscce no d'fertain an aieoir, BNnÉ 209.2 . na hainbthine aeoir amhnais huair, ACL iii 315 § 37 . doirse uiscidhe in aedheoir, O'Gr. Cat. 451.6 . breath: arsénub . . . in n-aér dotháet as du ginsu, LU 9236 . ro séitestair in áer trúaillnidi inmedónach huaithe amach, RC xxii 394.13 .

(b) amusement, sport: d'imidh do chommóradh oirechtus aoibhnis ┐ aiéir `assemblies for enjoyment and amusement' RC xxiii 12.2 . ar cuairt aiéir ┐ áibhnesa an aois oig `on a trip of youth's pleasure and amusement', L. Chl. S. § 9 . ?ní ḟéd mé maitheamh in aieór / na caitheadh sé raiéol rium, IGT Decl. ex. 917 .

Compd. ¤-ṡníthid air-spinner, spider: itersnidith no aiersnidith aranea , ZCP vii 483.492 (Enchir. Aug.).

x see 2 ér-.

n ā, f. n s. áir, Wb. 16a24 . aor, Corm. Y 606 . g s. na haire , Laws iii 92.15 . æra (: Oeda), Anecd. i 4.1 . a p. áera, Fél. Nov. 8 . aír f., IGT Decl. § 115 . áer m., § 96 .

(a) cutting, incising: in air a primroit . . . in air a forroit, Laws iii 306.16 Comm. = i n-aeradh a prím-róit, O'D. 2017 ( Eg. 90 f. 15(16)d ).

(b) act of satirising, lampooning, defaming; (maledictory) satire, lampoon (for meanings (a) and (b) cf. rindad. On the procedure in general see Jn. Celt. Stud. i 199 ff. ). iss ed lóg [a] enech dia aír, Críth G. 25 . atait secht cinela aire la Feine as a miditer dire, Laws v 228.25 . áer .i. ata v cenela aire, O'Curry 807 ( H 3.18, p. 373b ). lan neineclainne du cach duine . . . ina lanair, ┐ . . . da manchaibh . . . ina lanair na heclaisi bunaidh, O'D. 2310 ( Rawl. B 506 fo. 31b ). ba-sa maith frim aír / basa ferr fri molad, LU 9337 . dede nad carann duine / a aor ┐ a ghuidhe, ZCP vii 298.6 . [taisic a] dhat dia aoir antair aighidh [gach air]gid act go nguaire glantair, Ériu xiii 13.5 `[it] recovers its colour if it be blemished by satire / the face of every silver provided it be polished with a bristle', Watkins, Ériu xix 117. 18-19 . ata eolus iongnadh lasna filedhoibh .i. áor go ndath molta ┐ moladh go ndath áoire, xiii 14.18 . cis lir fodla aire . . . tri .i. aisnes ┐ ail ┐ aircetal, BB 299a6 ( Jn. Celt. Stud. i 201 ). doniad son . . . tri haera disi co ro facaibsit tri bolga for a gruaidib, RC xxiv 278 § 15 . no fhasad ainim don air in tan sin, LB 238d marg. inf. abcan ... / ... / docer la hOengus cen ail / i n-áir Midir morglonnaig because he satirised M., LL 1371 . de gaaib áire ┐ écnaig ┐ imdergtha, TBC-LL¹ 3023 . is móo ba óer oldás ba molad do Patraic amal nochanad, Trip.² 2916 . ní ticc dia ēissi bu duilge āer no molad, MacCongl. 9.5 . díoth don mholadh, olc don aoir / bás Aonghusa mheic Amhlaoibh, DDána 73.19 . file ré haoir nó ré hadhmholadh do dhéanamh, Keat. ii 5335 . ní breis aoire ná oile / acht breis uaisle is ionmhaine, Ó Bruad. ii 238.7 . Múscruidhe gan aoir `the M. without reproach', Keat. ii 4171 .

On the use of satire as a legal weapon to enforce claims and demands, just and unjust, see Críth G. p. 69 ; V. SS. Hib. pp. cii-ciii . Note also the follg. passages: cid fodera breth do breith a deda dun filid? . . . is e doni a molad dligteach do gach grad ┐ is e taidbeas a seodu eigni doib amuig i fail tincaidter renda aer ┐ na tincaiter renda airm, Laws v 12.21 Comm. iar napad dleghar an áir do denom don tí na tabair fecht feile don fili, O'Curry 370 ( H 3.18, p. 207 ). ni dlegar aír do denumh um foichligi sétt, O'Curry 371 ( H 3.18, p. 207 ). in file . . . do ni air indligthech, Laws i 58.18 Comm. dia fhélltair form' fiachaib filid dia n-air ┐ glaim n-dicind . . . minamtísat mo fhéich, MacCongl. 45.z . fuabrais troscud fa chétōir for Brēnaind .i. glámadh digcenn ┐ aera do dhēnum dó, ACL iii 4.31 . fáitte M. na drúith ┐ na glámma . . . ar con derntáis téor[a] ǽra fossaigthe dó, TBC-LL¹ 3018 . fiarfaigis . . . cia díre doberar i n-ainmedh ┐ i n-aoír a chionta, Ériu xiii 46.17 . áora ní díghaltas damh / fírolcas Áodha an t-adhbar, IGT Decl. ex. 1847 . grísadh a ghrúadh cáomh crithreach / manúar dob áor aindlightheach, ex. 1720 .

As n.pr. Aer ┐ Aithis, Anecd. ii 63.1 .

adj o, ā ( aer )

(a) airy, pleasant: a n-áit árd aorach, Párl. na mB. 260 . scor raifhérach radharc cnoc / amharc aiérach accat, Studies 1920, 261 § 2 . dath . . . aorach, Párl. na mB. 8 . fāinn' a.¤ `showy ring', Celtica iv 106 § 1 .

(b) light-hearted, gay, frivolous: dligim raed aerach do radh, Fier. 121 n.11 . do ghréirthibh aerach' banntracht, Párl. na mB. 1635 .

n = áer : mad admaid [in file] co ndernad aorachus, O'Curry 1749 (RIA 23 Q 6. p. 33a). um in aerachus, Laws v 142.20 Comm. rionnaid .i. ainm d'fior aorachais, O'Cl.

v ( áer ): ce nonmolid ce nonairid `whether ye blame us' (gl. per gloriam et ignobilitatem), Wb. 16a1 . satirizes, lampoons: nir' áerad lia muintir / Cenn-faelad abb Bennchuir, Fél. Apr. 8 . cein mair molthiar . mairg áerthiar Áed, LU 355 (ACC). mairg in íath ecnairc airthíar, 357 . ni romaerad-sa . . . riam i cinaid mo drochthidnacuil, RC iii 178.8 . asbert in fili nod naírfed dia áithgiud ┐ no áerfad a athair. . ., LU 10947 . ba dībech in rī frisna filedu: ranaersat co tarla teora bolga corcra for a grūaid, ZCP vii 300.17 . ( Ériu xiii 46 ). diabul n-eirce feib aighthe aertar, Laws v 228 x . ni aora, ní áorthar munab tar toirgsin ngill día ghruaidhe gris, Ériu xiii 17.18 . fili .i. fī a n-aoras ┐ lī a mmolas . . ., Corm. Y 600 = filidh .i. ani ærais, Auraic. 669 ; ani aorus, 3308 . nus-oerub ┐ nus-anfialub, RC xii 90 § 115 . no āerad ┐ no molad cach, MacCongl. 9.3 . ro aorsat iaramh muintir Uiginn, AFM iv 818.6 .

Vn. áerad. Part. áertha, Tec. Corm. § 7.16 . IGT Verbs § 80 .

adj ( aer ) pertaining to the air, aerial, light as air: ethaide . . . áerdai, Alex. 225 . na dée aerdha, ZCP i 124.1 . nar' eirig in t-éscca ina pupaill aerda, Acall. 2933 . in n-anmain naerda nétruim, LL 278b18 . ara ingantus in bruit aierda gabus uimpi, YBL 161b43 . inar . . . étrom áerda, TBC-LL¹ 2528 . duil aerdha 'the element of air (one of the four elements)' Ériu x 144, 153 . Adv. do ghabhsad ar eitiollach go . . . aédharda, Atlantis iv 132.2 . Of mounting a horse: do ling uirre co haeerda, Caithr. Thoirdh. 23.1 .

n (We. awel with infl. of aër , Thurn. KZ xlviii 68 . See also LEIA s.v. ael ). breeze: cid ... argair cechn-a.¤ a thrial / sair siar isinaher n-úar, SR 7935 . is hé sain int-aear huar / linib haial friimluad, 110 . gaetha galacha gera, / ginmara, cetaib a.¤ (: ahér), 8122 . ? is misi Gaeth garb / ingen airech [n]ael, RC xxiii 418.1 . See also Celtica vi 216 .

n o, [n.]. Later m. vn. of ad-cain act of chanting, reciting; recital: atait secht cinela aire . . . aer-aicetal, ecnach n-egnairce etc. satirical recital of insults, Laws v 228.26 . aicetal .i. cuidhbius, ut est áer aicetail .i. aor co cuidhbius, O'Dav. 33 . do aiccetul in eighme, Laws v 308.10 Comm. (gloss on focetal n-eigme, 306.5 ). aicetal .i. roscad, ut est lecem ae n-aicetail, O'Dav. 18 . beim fri hailchi aicetail .i. co mbi aicetul anma in fir nod cren accomul noguim .i. ogum na creca do beth i llic firt, O'Curry 484 ( H 3.18, 251 ). dorchad .i. cin aicetal cin laidh cin ogum, 485 (ib.). bri aicetal .i. isbeir talmacht uait, manap duit dobera in taicetal, 2024 (H. 4.22, 49).

x see aer .

adj E. . . . / altlethan ard a.¤ (aichlech, v.l.), ZCP xii 436 § 6 . ? = foichlech. A second word a.¤ (2 ail) is exemplified by aer[a] ailceacha, O'Curry 456 H 3.18, 234a

n [ā, f. ?] (2 ail) satire, invective: dáig na facbad ailche `so that he might not leave invectives' (of Aitherne), RC viii 50.3 . ailchi móra d[f]acbail for Laignib, 7 . faicebsa ailig fort `I shall leave a reproach on thee', Ériu viii 157.31 . aer ailce i ngruaidibh .i. aer[a] ailceacha do denam dó, O'Curry 456 ( H 3.18, p. 243a ). ailche .i. aithissi ina agaid, O'Curry 472 ( H 3.18, 247 ). (ailche, ailchi, etc. are perhaps simply forms of 2 ail, ed.)

adj (adbul) very vast . Perh. in: fon aer eradbul, Cog. 180.24 . do lionadh Mumha uile do thola eradbhail, 40.4 . But pref. may be 2 ér-, q.v.

v a.¤ .i. taisbentar, ut est, a.¤ de .xxx. seime leth aer , O'Curry 577 (H. 3. 18, 287). See ar-fet.

n iā, f. ( áer ) collect. satires: fell fora enech no fo-laing air no aire, Ir. Recht 65 § 5 gl. 1 . aire .i. escaine, ut est beru ord n-aire .i. brethemnaighimsi ordugud na hesgaine, O'Dav. 59 (perh. g s. of áer ). gébha dhaoíbh an aoíre / nach sinnfeadh Daíghre dúanach, Duan. F. ii 380.23 . co nemthesib ┐ aīre ┐ forseōirecht, Ériu xix 83 § 13 .

adj o, ā piebald, variegated: a.¤ .i. il a dath ... no a.¤ .i. uile-dath, Corm. Y 87 . a.¤ .i. exsamail ... .i. cid alath in caeru, O'Dav. 24 . aladh .i. breac, O'Cl. cach uan liath, cach uan alath (of Laban's herds), SR 2956 (= allath, Celtica iv 10.60 ). aer a.¤ (: talam) ilar néll (sic leg.), 7927 . milchū alath, TBC-I¹ 2758 . marcach eich alaid, LU 393 = aluidh, Lism. L. 315.3 . énaib ... odraib ┐ alathaib, LU 1834 . odor, a.¤ ┐ riabach, TBC-LL¹ 67 . alath, odhar ... irfind, Auraic. 5701 . eter brec, ┐ dond, ┐ a.¤ , TTr.² 881 . corop ech bas talam tíre / a.¤ úane a horse which would be as the ground of a country mottled and green, LL 6497 ( RC xxxvi 263 § 22 ). As subst. in dub ind liath ind a.¤ (of the colours of the winds), SR 61, 79 .

Compds. With adj. ¤-brecc: seol a., Ériu v 156.179 . do sciet[h]aib ... aladbreacca, CCath. 4948 . engacha ... aladbreca, Acall. 3410 v.l. ¤líacánach: a uí airim brocṡalaig amarmíchánaig aladlíacánaig! 'you grandson of a ploughman [who is] filthy like a badger, of unregulated wailing and blotchy like a stone pillar! ' EIS 148 § 40 . With vb. ¤-breccaid: ro aladhbrecsatar in magh, TBC-LL¹ 5624 .

n f. Also alchuing, ailcheng. ealchuing, alchuing f., IGT Decl. § 13 (? 1 al (but see Marstrander, Lochlann ii 215 ) + cuing) rack for hanging weapons, etc.: alcheng ab alligando .i. arma, Corm. Y 97 . alchung quasi arm-chong .i. congbaid arma, 85 . alla .i. ab alligatione equorum. Sic alcheng a ligando arma, O'Mulc. 39 . a.¤ quasi archuing .i. congbail arma, O'Curry 83 ( H 3.18, 63 ). ro ir dom. .. .x. faidlenda (= aidlenda) .i. alcainge co n-imdenum, Ériu ii 5 gl. 87 . rogab in crimall ... anuas da healchaing, Laws iii 82.x . luirecha ara lebarealchaingibh, ML 76.9 . ní thogaibh laoch do leith Cuinn / arm ... dá ealchuing, Aithd. D. 39.22 . ealchuing ar gach slios díobh ┐ a lán bacán ionnta ... ┐ is ar na bacánaibh do chuireadh an seancha sciatha na n-uasal, Keat. ii 3895 . do lámh fan ccráoisigh na cearchuill / as dál fáoisimh d'ealchuing é relieves the a. of its weight(?), IGT Decl. ex. 876 . do chúl cam ní healchuing áer air is no support for(?), ex. 631 . fearg Ríogh na n-uile ar a ha.¤ `though God's wrath be laid aside', Dán Dé xii 3 . Common in descriptions of tumult, clamour etc. in which weapons fall from their racks: conná rabi gai for a.¤ ( ailching, BDD² 498 ) inte, BDD 55 (of the tumult caused by arrival of boats). cuna fargaib sleg ar aidlind ... ná claideb ar a.¤ , MU² 496 . In token of sympathy with death or disaster: co ndechraigsetar ... airm ┐ alchaingi (wounding of Cú Chulainn), LL 22086 . do tuitetar na leabhuir ... don ealchuing ar a rabhutur (a monk's death), ZCP x 246.19 . an adhaigh théighe tar tuinn / raghaidh Éire dá healchuing, Aithd. D. 36.28 . Fig. of a warrior's hands: a.¤ gai glaiss a glacca, LL 15337 . Of a person: Cairbre ... ealcuing congbhala an crábhaidh, AFM iv 670.9 . ealchuing an enigh, IGT Decl. ex. 632 . Cf. mag al cuing (? read chuing, GOI § 825 ), descr. of a girl's bosom , ZCP iii 245 § 52 .

See alchaill.

n (2 aí) un-poetry : cis lir a cenéla? .i. aí ┐ anaí .i. áer ┐ molad 'how many its varieties? i.e. poetry and un-poetry, i.e. satire and praise', Ériu lvi 64 . anfeith .i. anai .i. aos nacha fiter, O'Dav. 38 .

n f. name of a kind of metre proper to the `clí' poet, see IT iii 163 - 164 , 171 . Explained by native glossators as an-áer not satire. See LEIA and BBCS xxiv 47 . a.¤ .i. ainm n-airc[h]eatail, is é dán dogní clí. A.¤ dono forreith in ree so .i. aon a hīar .i. i n-āentarmfortcend a forcend . . . ┐ i tarmfortcenduib . . . deochraiges fria nath dēbrechta. Ailiter: a.¤ .i. an-aor .i. nī haor acht is molad, Corm. Y 41 . a.¤ .i. an 'gá diultadh, co nach aír inge moladh .i. anair annso do righne Colman mac Léinin do Fergus . . . (quatrain follows), O'D. 1210 (H 2.15, 83b). ni do cli col n-ergnae di a.¤ āirme, O'Mulc. 537 . a.¤ inso sís: Belach sond slecta / sét credmaic calma / cath bodbæ b—na / bert torna talma, IT iii 60 § 116 . a.¤ rindaird, 37 § 22 . a.¤ tintudach, a.¤ trebraid, 38 §§ 23, 24 . ind anamain mór . . . nath ┐ a.¤ ┐ laíd ┐ emain, 59 § 114 ; 96 § 152 . firthair a.¤ cona .xxx. ait / issi in choiced rann fri rath, 64 § 131 . biaid bó focain Cethrur / ar emuin (nó ar anair) nurchoir, 50 § 93 . teora uama ollaman . . . emna ┐ anairi . . ., 59 § 112 = eamna ┐ anaíre, O'D. 1192 (H 2.15, 78b). is hi . . . fogluim na cuicede .i. lx. drecht ┐ .xxx. arar (sic, g p. of a.¤ intended, ed.), IT iii 37 § 21 . i[n] nath no ind a.¤ , Auraic. 3672 . in a.¤ , 4654 , 4815 . anaír dorigni Aithirni . . . da ba ┐ samaisc log na hanaire, O'D. 959 (H 3.17, c. 671). Cf. in t-ollam filead . . . anamain cain-ceitiriac a aisde . . . .i. nath ┐ a.¤, laid ┐ eamain . . . coig ba ar nath, da ba ┐ samaisc ar a.¤ , Laws v 58.8 Comm. ar a.¤ n-urcoraig, 68.12 Comm.