n io, m. or n., later f. ( Laws v 90.24 ) (2 saer) craftsmanship, workmanship, art : cen sairse foglaimme ┐ frithgnama gl. sine arte, Ml. 42c2 . etar fileda ┐ áis ṅdénma sairse chenae, Sg. 212a11 . oc imbert in gae lia sairsi oco `with his science', ACL iii 18.25 ( Trip.² 770 ). dias doib fri sóirsi slecht, | fri cerdacht, fri primgoibnecht, SR 4189 (of framers of Tabernacle) = fri gaibnecht ┐ sairse ┐ cerdacht, LB 120az . saeir .i. doniat in t[s]airsi, Laws v 90.24 Comm . ollam suad sairsi, 112.19 .i. in saer daimliac ┐ durtaigi, 114.16 Comm . `a chief master of handicraft', MacNeill MacNeill, Law of status p. 281 . sairsi ilarda, Laws v 92.28 Comm . cloch sairsi ┐ crann-sairsi, z. aithsceinm slisne oc . . . sairsi, 156.13 . ni hindister beos lón na biad occu acht a ḟádbad (= fagbad) Iosep for a sháirse ┐ Muri forá grés (carpenter's) craft, LB 142b13 . mo threlma saersi carpenter's tools, Todd Lect. vi 44.2 . rogab G. . . . oc s.¤ is oc snaide `masonry and carving', Metr. Dinds. iv 114.75 . sairsi `handicraft', Auraic. 5798 (name of a letter in `Dán-ogam'). an culaidh tshaírsi sin that workman's attire, BCC 60.25 . D. . . . do marbad d'oenbuilli do thuaig sairsi, Ann. Conn. 1228.2 . Of a written composition: dú inasṅdét de cithara inna ṡáirsiu, Sg. 103a1 . inna sáirse sin (g p.), 92b6 . denom ind ṡáirsi, 90a1 . treidhe n-airdirc arrecar do cach hsairsi . . . .i. loc ┐ aimser ┐ persu, Hib. Min. 3.89 = cech soirse, Harl. saoirsi .i. ealadha; sáoirsi na tána .i. ealadha na tána, O'Cl. fria saoirsi .i. ars .i. ealadha (aniu), MS. Mat. 573.26 (D. Mac Firbisigh) (cf. Geneal. Tracts i 5.7 ). ro foglaimsead da fear dec dia muindtir primdana . . . fria sairsi Mandtan . . . fria draidheacht, BB 19a11 . ro foghlaimsit saoirsi an du sin the arts of that place, CS 10.14 . ollamh sairsi Fer Manach uile chief craftsman of all the Fir M., AU iii 116.3 . Of the Creation: saoirse naomh go dearbh na dúile `a truly blessed work are the elements', Dán Dé xxxi 6 . toradh saoirse na seacht laitheadh (i.e. heaven and earth), x 15 .