n
m. and f. (?) the raised part of a ship,
poop, stern (oft. oppd. to braine `prow'): eross (gl. puppis)
Sg. 105a2
. erus (gl. de puppi)
Ardm. 189a2
=
Thes. i 498
.
28
.
gebid erus na luingi,
Aen. 2410
(= puppim tenet
Aen.
x 226
).
a hearus a luingi,
1839
.
i n-arus a luinge,
877
(=
celsa in puppi
Aen. iv 554
). ethar bec...cona braine
blongi, cona erus imme stern of butter
MacCongl. 85.12
(LB).
na himpam in curach, acht bíd a erais reme,
LU 25b
35
=
RC x 52.12
.
in curchin beg...cona eraiss ierslesa,
cona braine brechtain,
MacCongl. 119.33
(H 3.18). co
rabhatar na longa ar crithnugud otá a mbruinne co herrais
from prow to stern
CCath. 1937
(ota braini co herais v.l.)
Cf.
earais .i. deireadh: ó bhraine go hearais .i. ó tosach go
deireadh,
O'Cl.
co rancadur a mbruinnedha i n-inadhaibh a
n-errais (of ships),
CCath. 1959
(a n-eras, n-eraisi v.l.).
fo
bruinnibh ┐ fo eraisib long,
2142
. Cf. suidi n-erusa seat of
honour (?)
ZCP iii 449.16
. erus céilli 'a ship's stern of sense'
Ériu xvi 82.31
,
PHCC xx-xxi 14-15
=
YBL
180b24
. For:
i n-erus,
Thes. ii 357.17
(
Hy vii 63
), see
KZ
xxxi 97
.
Thes. Suppl. p. 80
.