n
o, m. (1 saer; for development of meaning see 1 saer (c)).
saor,
IGT Decl. § 96 (p. 129)
.
An artificer; in older lang. apparently used in wide sense
of a craftsman in general, later restricted to workers in wood,
carpenters and masons. ?
sáer oc suidigud sillab,
Sg. 7b11
.
Luchtaine saor,
Corm. Y 975
.
ainm im[b]erta ciuil donīat
sāir,
O'Mulc. 833
(appar. musicians).
gobul dlūta la sāiro,
675
.
macc in tṡáir son of the carpenter,
Fél. Aug. 14
(with note:
saer didu a athair,
p. 184.y
); oft. applied to S. Ciarán of Clonmacnoise;
líth . . . | maicc in tsháir . . . | féil cháin Chíaráin
Chlúana,
Fél. Sept. 9
.
Ciarán mac in tsaeir. Mac ón in tsaeir
doroine nemh ┐ talmain . . . Mac in tsaeir denmha carpat,
Lism. L. 3945
-
6
. Beoit soer mo athair-si (of Ciarán),
3987
=
ba Beoan soer m' athair-si,
LB 16
marg. inf. s.¤ ┐ fer bleithi
┐ fer muilind (i.e. a mill-wright),
Laws iii 280.6
.
daernemed
tra saeir ┐ gobaind,
v 90.19
.
sair . . . ┐ cach aes tail ┐ beili,
ii 118.25 Comm
. s.¤ daimliac ┐ durtaigi `builder',
v 114.16
Comm
.
saoire crannaibh .i. as é sáor dhénma na gcrann é,
O'Cl.
áos déanta, sáor `masons, builders',
Eg. Gl. 17
.
na dúile,
| ní saor do dhealbh dúinne acht Dhia,
Dán Dé xxxi 6
.
nach
é an saor úd, mac Mhuire,
Mark vi 3
.
saóir chrainn ┐ chloiche,
2 Samuel v 11
.
drong mhór do shaoraibh cloch,
TSh. 665
. Of
the Creator:
tabhram dar saor an soitheachsa,
Aithd. D. 61.4
.
ar chruthuigh lámh dheas an tSaoir,
Keat. Poems 613
. Cf.
Lism. L. 3945
cited above. Of a chief:
saor Tighe Táil,
TD
31.49
.
Compds.
¤chlochach: mun ráith gcuirr saorchlochaigh sin
with stones dressed by masons,
DDána 105.13
.
¤fhoichlech (?):
sairfoichlech gl. concuriossus,
Ml. 90b2
.
¤dénmidecht: sáirdénmidecht (sic leg.) gl. artificium,
Sg. 133b2
.