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
.