n
t, m., also o.
Not freq. in the earliest texts. Oldest ex. prob. aurrai (sic MS),
Críth G. 457
, where used in the apparently secondary sense of
leader, chief
. If the form
aurrad is old it could be < *ar-fo-rath, cf. deorad < *di-fo-rath, with which it is frequently contrasted in legal texts
(thus Wortk. viii § 175
). But derived by Binchy from 1 ráth
ZCP xxxiii 88
.
The inflexion and meaning are against treatment of aurrae
as vn. of a compd. of renaid. urra, orra, earra f.,
IGT Decl.
§ 7
. urradh, orradh, earradh m.,
§ 11
. Also with n
s.
-aid,
Ir. Gl. 304
,
Tec. Corm. § 31.17
(?),
Ériu i 126.12
,
Cog.
118.16
. g
s.
urrada,
O'Curry 630
(
H 3.18, 364
).
urrad,
ACL
iii 228.74
. n
p.
urradha,
AFM v 1654.5
,
Cog. 206.21
.
urraidhe,
TSh. 71
. g
p.
uraidhe,
BNnÉ 318 n.18
. Note also d. sg.
uirridh,
Celtica xxi 8
.
(a)
person who is native within the bounds of a `fine', `túath'
etc.
, person whose protection and rights have been vouchsafed
Wortk. viii § 175
,
ZCP xxxiii 88
, as oppd. to `deorad'; native freeman, landowner, person
of standing:
indigena .i. urraidh,
Ir. Gl. 304
.
isiat na
hurraidh atbeir and:—fir aen eirce, no aencriche, no cid
lucht aen choicid ar meadhon dia cheile . . . ┐ dia mbedis
fo smacht aen rig . . . asiad na deoraid, na cuigeadhaidh
dia cheile,
O'Curry 2011-2
(H 4.22, p. 34). mad mac imurro
berus cetmuindtir do urradh is dilus da trian na n-orba sa
do, uair berait mic na nurrad cinaid `because the sons of
native freemen bear (i.e. pay for) liabilities',
Laws iv 44.17
Comm.
beirid cach dibad ┐ cinaid araili amuil cach nurraid,
42.z Comm.
muinter Cennansa erraid deoraid,
Misc. Arch. Soc. 128.3
(`both natives and pilgrims?' Plummer MS notes).
ro edpairset . . . disiurt Choluim Chille . . . do deoradaib
craidbechaib . . . cen seilb ṅdilis do nach erraid ann trea
biuthu,
130.7
.
urraid cách co fócra,
Tec. Corm. § 31.17
.
do maccaib deórad . . . do maccaib aurrad (urradh v.l. St.),
TBC-LL¹ 19
.
bud aurchur deoraid sin ┐ ni ba hicht urraid,
1289
.
dligid Ū Gusān cáin a deorad ┐ lethc[h]āin urrad ó ríg
Midhi,
BColm. 64.26
.
maccaib sceo ingenaib deoraid aurraid
láichaib,
LL 215a25
.
ag dícendadh urradh ┐ easurradh na
ccendtar . . .,
AFM v 1698.2
.
a thermainn toghaide d'fagbáil
'ga nurradhaibh ┐ 'ga noighredhaibh iomcuibhde dia éis,
BNnÉ 264 § 225
. teagh ríogh Chruachan cuma a luadh / is
(um, as, MSS)
nach uathadh urra um Aodh,
DDána 119.23
.
idir urra is anurraidh `both freemen and wanderers',
TD 16.53
.
na huaisle ┐ na hurraidhe gentry,
TSh. 71
. Attrib. g
s.
fer
iar n-iocc recht (? secht) cumal urraid .i. in deora frecair,
Laws v 185 n. c
.
aire urraid,
O Cl. 959
(H 3.18, 413b) `a
native noble', Plummer MS. notes.
gataide urrada . . . g.
deorada,
630
(ib.
364
).
(b)
leader, chief:
ríi buiden, cid ara n-eperr side? airindí
as n-a.¤ dá buiden nó theora mbuiden, secht cét cacha buidne,
Críth G. 457
.
bassa hurræ alma,
Imr. Brain ii 288.32
(Laud 610 f. 102a) =
bá-sa thóisech-sa do almaib,
21
(
LU
1274
).
torcrattar . . . ceithre hurradha gall
,
Cog. 206.21
.
catluan catha ┐ urraidh ┐ airsid ímbualta,
BB 490b47
.
mac
ógh-Mhuire is urra dhún,
A. Ó Dálaigh v 4
.
má tá tusa . . . /
it urradh gliadh,
Content. xxvii 11
. go reich urra a
n-eadrána `until their defender come',
TD 17.16
.
ceann
urraid soighdiúiridhe . . . Séamus,
Párl. na mB. 173
.
a
bheith na chenn don Presptri ┐ na urruigh mhóir dona
chovinentears,
Rel. Celt. ii 178.33
.
(c)
surety, guarantor
(`?because only a native landowner
could act as such. Cf. trebaire', Plummer MS. notes):
ro
gap F. ratha et urradha ar M. im na comhadaibh,
TBC-LL¹
p. 461 n.2
. dona hurradhaibh fuair Adamnan na mná do
shaoradh . . . Moshacra
i.e. that M. was one of the guarantors
A. got to secure the freedom of women,
Mart. Don. Jan. 8
.
iarrois a fiacha ar a urrad (translating debitor),
Aisl. Tond.
120 § 2
.
ro luaidhedh siothchain . . . gan urradha gan árach,
AFM vi 1988.16
.
bíaidh agamsa ina earruidh / mac
Donnchaidh Í degCealluigh,
IGT Decl. ex. 291
. sgéal gan
urra unsupported,
Aithd. D. 32.27
. urra an sgeóil `the hero
of the story',
TD 24.19
.
bhíos durraigh ar son fhíach,
Proverbs
xxii 26
(`that are sureties for debts').
ós urra gan bhaoi gan
ionamhus inn,
Ó Bruad. ii 170.12
.
urra an chonnartha is
fearr,
Hebrews vii 22
. ni abair an biobla amhluidh, no aonurradh, no aonughdaras nach breugach any authority,
Luc. Fid. 5864
. uisge is teine mhór / 's urradh badh lór leat (of
brewing ale) `materials' (Gloss.),
Measgra D. 8.40
.
With FRI (RE): cia as earradh re hionnramh gcáigh?
O'R. Poems 1551
.
tapoir urra damhsa risna comhadha re
geallois a Mheadhbh,
ZCP x 277.33
.
dá mbeith Dia ag
cuma fa cheart / cia bhus urra re h-imtheacht?,
DDána 23.1
.
mairg as urra re héacht ríogh `it is a grave thing to be responsible for (ordering) a king's exploit,'
Aithd. D. 59.1
.
With gen. of vn., used of a person who can effect the
action of the vn.: fá tú urra m'anacuil you were the one who
could protect me,
Miscell. Celt. Soc. 334.3
.
urra a ndīona ar
Danaruibh,
ZCP ii 339.25
.
urra ar sásaidh-ne is sé sin,
DDána 20.29
. tú urra cobhartha cáigh the certain help
of all,
19.15
. níbu hurra deabhtha ad dhál he will be no
match for you in contest,
O'R. Poems 1818
.