n o, m. (? orig. n.) later also f. d s. adairt, 1 Sam. xxvi 7 . Eochairsg. 2.35 . some kind of support for the head in sleeping or reclining; pillow: a.¤ quasi ad-irt .i. adae mbais, ar is bas do-rimther codlud ┐ is ainm irt do bás . . . Aliter a.¤ .i. ad-ardd, ar is ardi oldás in imda archenae, Corm. Y 43 . adhart ┐ adhartan a bolster, a pillow , Eg. Gl. 649 . a.¤ .i. da cloich, ar ba hē bith fo cind apud ueteres , O'Mulc. 90a . a mbátar Ulaid imbi isin taig . . . Lugaid R. etir ┐ a.¤ , LU 3300 ( SCC § 10 ). sé os a.¤ fir i sirc, 3456 (ib. § 24). eter Mongán ┐ fraigid for sind a.¤ , 10977 . téit for teched . . . co mbói for adurt imdai C., 4917 (TBC). itge degmná dia hadurt, LL 344a10 . tanac mór fecht co mbínd / for cinn t'adairt oc neméle frit, 278b16 . dochum an adhuirt i nimdaidh, Ériu v 122.57 . coimitecht ┐ comét adairt guarding, O'Dav. 1153 . ní fuil clúim ria bar n-a.¤ your case is a hard one, LL 257b14 . dairt ar oen adhart i.e. for disclosing something to a bed-fellow, Laws v 134.21 Comm. ni acaltar tarais nach thar a.¤ , Ériu xii 48 § 61 . for adhart i bhfail fhir eicin, Lism. L. 1335 . fo chinn na raibhi acht cloch doghnath do adhurt, 4493 . a ghlún dob é th'adhart-sa, Dán Dé i 10 . bás (écc) fri ha.¤ lit.: death against a pillow i.e. a natural as oppd. to a violent death: ar cech mbas acht éc fri a.¤ , Lib. Hymn. i 65.72 . dochúaidh bás fri hadhart, Cóir Anm. 64 . air ise aenfer docuaid eg re h-a.¤ dib, BB 251a29 . Also : i n-adhartaibh éaga, GJ xviii 31.31 . bas adhairt a Chonaill cernaigh, BB 53a43 . In phrase cenn adairt: dlaí di chi[u]nn adairt, Críth G. 229 . Fig. Bun Loinne ┐ Loch Gile / . . . / is iad amhairc budh fhearr linn / mar cheann adhairt fam intinn, DDána 88.32 . a cheann adhairt gach eolais (of a person), 90.14 . Cf. a.¤ fo chenn naisdísen anisiu gl. perfectionem, Sg. 198a10 .

Extended uses: re ha.¤ n-úar (of the grave), LL 4195 . ri ha.¤ tend tricc mad truit / ni gabat greim grip guip gai (of a shield), 18399 ( PRIA iii 540 § 5 . ) Rest for weapons: ro coraigit . . . a claidbe for a n-adartaib, LL 12965 . intsin do chinteador a ccleaso uatha a lamhaibh a n-arad ara n-aghartoibh urdherghoighte, ZCP x 287.12 . Pebble-ridge, high water-mark(?): amal ruc . . . a chosa tarsin adhart suas for tír, Lism. L. 1948 . In phrase a.¤ olc, uilc high-water mark of evil: is adart uilc, is fír trá, / is malairt (leg. malart) cuirp ┐ anma, LL 19310 . an brath . . . colann do fāgbadh ann sin a fothraicthib fola ┐ a n-adhartuibh uilc ┐ a sruth-linntib crō, ML² 1745 . ar dtonn bháidhte, ar n-adhart olc, Dánta Gr. 28.23 . Perh. also: adarta dochraite in étraid ┐ in adaltrais, PH 4945 .

v (* aith-cuir-, Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 499 ) subj. pres. 1 s. -athralor, BDD² 419 = -ralór, LU 6875 . Cf. atlathar dal, Laws ii 130.19 . 3 sg. it-ralai, BDC 124.315 . ? 2 pl. -atralaid, BDD² 417 = -roláid, LU 6874 . Perf. 3 s. athrola, O'Dav. 104 . 3 pl. athralsat, BDD² 428 = doathlasat, LU 6884 . Later as simple vb. athchuirid (in bardic verse athchraid), based on prot. stem and vn. athchor, q.v.

I Trans.

(a) restores, returns, transmits, entrusts: ?cofristacor aidchuirtis duaithis form gl. insultantes obiecirent, Ml. 118c3 (text prob. faulty, see note and Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 500 . Perh. to be referred to II). In the follg. three exx. probably pass., but cf. intrans. use below: adcuiretar (adcuirethar, MS) do hógi `they return to integrity' (of the elements in a compound), Sg. 73b2 . adcuireddar doláni `they return to completeness', 202b3 . is tre ḟír ḟlathemon ad-mórchatha crícha cu námat curetar great battalions are despatched to the territories of enemies(?), ZCP xi 81 § 11 . taítsi co n-atralaid for ndíberg im thírsea come and wreak again, BDD² 417 = conod roláid, LU 6874 . atomcuirethar sūas dó as mo ethar `raised myself up', MacCongl. 87.20 (impers. use?). adcuired suás a sceith, LL 167b54 . cur athcuir a amsaine ac ri B., RC v 200 § 13 `took military service with', Ériu i 184 . o'n aidchi ra h-athchuread Eriu ar h-au A. since the night when Ireland was committed to the keeping of, MR 110.1 . ro athchuirset da urchur . . . eturru exchanged two shots, 254.16 . madh fir fheib atralaid / mo riar[a] gan dermat / bidh leo a righe . . . `if they render as due honour(?) my dues', Misc. Hag. Hib. 28.17 . basseadh díoghal dobert Dia foraibh cecib cruth atrala `however it came to pass', AFM vi 2252.9 (cf. do-cuirethar). doratad crech . . . / conid-atharla Lugaid (sic leg., Corr.) `a raid was made . . . so L. made reprisals', Metr. Dinds. iii 202.30 , v p. 134 . achraidh sí an grás sul ghuidhthir she bestows grace before it has been prayed for, DDána 24.18 .

In Laws of the return of a fief (see 2 rath, turchrecc): cen anfolta flatha fora n-athcuirther to whom is given back (Thurn.), ZCP xiv 386 § 51 ( Laws ii 318 ). in tan is é in grad flatha . . . do rat itir rath dia céli athcuirid seic co seotu, ┐ athcuiridh comarba for comarba gen seoto returns . . . transmits(?), O'D. 1636 (H. 5.15, 18a). rath éirneis aire tuisi do aire árd, ní athcuirither co n-athcuirither comorbo for comarbo . . . ní athcuirither co tormala saoghal cach ngraid for araili, O'D. 2231 ( Nero A vii, 154b ), cf. 1635 (H. 5.15, 17b). Of a child: mac adchuirthur for fine n-athur a child which is returned to its father's `fine', SM Facs. 56a ( Laws v 198.5 ). ben slethe .i. ní fitir cia for a nathcuirfeadh (i.e. on whom she should father her child?), O'Curry 2006 (H. 4.22, 31). Note also: da fagha sé duine ar a ndenaigh a hathcor . . . athcuire[d] (of a sick wife), O'Curry 2308 ( Eg. 88, 23b ). Glossing fris-cuirethar: tri neichi . . . na firathcuired na comedaidh orba, gl. nad[f]rithrolat, SM Facs. 17a ( Laws iv 212. 14 Comm.).

(b) removes, expels, rejects: indmus manaig adcuirithear o [e]aclais, Laws v 430.x . intan ro atcuirius a sidh for in senadh rejected, CCath. 5043 . intan rohath[ch]uired asa deacht é `when he had been divested of his godhead', TTebe 2319 . athchuiris uad an sleig hurled, 4501 . ro athchuir cloidhemh an rígh uadha `resigned the King's sword', AFM v 1418.20 . as i sin adhaigh . . . ro h-athchuirid na h-ainfessa when ignorance was set aside, MR 100.9 . nír hachradh cách ó chridhe (: athchar) none have been driven from His heart, Aithd. D. 71.35 . atlochar don Rí adrala `who repulsed it', Misc. Hag. Hib. 43 § 63 .

? secip ní atcuire sind dib-línib ro-s-cluineb-sa in ni sin `whatever thing he shalt ask of us both', PH 1430 .

II Intrans.: ath-ralsat . . . dochum nÉrenn they returned BDD² 428 = doathlasat, LU 6884 . co ro athcuired doridisi cusin corp that he should return, FA 31 (LB) = co n-igsed ar cúlu, LU ( IT i 192 ). intan adcuirtís inna fochlói when they returned to their caves, RC ix 474.19 . is inn adcuirethar thither he returns, O'Mulc. 320 . ro athchuir Ua C. a cendus Oirghiall, AFM ii 1102.6 .

n (comair) opposite position: ota aurchomair Sechim co sruth I. from opposite S. to, LB 125b35 . ro gab (sic leg.) . . . a erchomair he went straight on, IT ii1 174.30 . docuredar ass erchomuir in tslúaig they set out in the opposite direction from the host, LL 14093 .

With various prepp. With AR (FOR): ar a.¤ a n-aigthi ahead , LL 240a7 ( TTr. 1726 ). ar urchomair a gnúsi ┐ a agthi, TBC-LL¹ 5138 . inis fil for ercomair an essu for an ccuan, Leb. Gab.(i) 26.19 . With A(S): rapatar as urchomair Chruaiche P., Fl. Earls 8.z . as urchomair chāich before (i.e. in the presence of) all, 140.20 . With FO. In local sense: fo urcomair Innsi hE., AFM v 1580.12 . forsan bfairge fo erchomair Droma cliabh, ii 1104.14 . In preparation for, readiness for: ar oiregdacht a isdud fa nurcomair in readiness for (receiving) them, Hy Maine 140.5 . gan comarba meic leis fá hurchomair to inherit it, Acall. 4914 . dia imdeghail for na celccaibh batar fó a erchomhair `to protect himself against the snares which were laid for him', AFM vi 1920.3 . fait[h]chi urfolam fo ercomhair airechtais a vacant place for an assembly, CCath. 4912 . With I N-: is cuma loisces a mbis issa ┐ huasa ┐ inna erchomair in front of it, Ériu vii 160.12 . fial . . . i n-urchomair a gnúsi a veil before her face, LB 122a27 . tuargaib a tech i n-aurchomair a imdái, LU 8373 ( FB 25 ). iarna beith a n-urchomair na hec[h]tra `after having met the adventure', Ériu iii 158 § 12 . dochuaid cach 'n-a irchomair every one went straight forwards, TBC-LL¹ 1033 . In hostile sense against, in opposition to: i n-urchomair na n-anmonn ad nocendum animabus, Aisl. Tond. 108 § 2 . co nār fuilṅgetar hi n-urchomuir a aighthe `did not dare to face him', Fianaig. 74.19 . i n-urchomair Gall do ghein / Ó C. O'C. was born to oppose the G., Aithd. D. 5.6 . go mbeith-siumh . . . i nercomhair catha doibh, AFM vi 2128.2 . `nar n-urchomhair confronting us, Dán Dé v 20 . Lugaid tra a nirchomair na cell, in dias eili for in tuáith, Irish Texts i 17 § 51 . awaiting, in readiness for: braighde . . . do bheith aca 'na urcomair to have hostages ready for him, ML 52.32 . ocht fichit bó i férgurt ghabála ina urchomair, SG 139.y . gan chomarba meic lais ina hurchomair i.e. to inherit it, 194.26 = fa hurch., Acall. 4914 . Mac Aodha . . . / cáin Fhódla 'n-a urchomhair `the rent of F. awaits A.'s son', Aithd. D. 7.38 . for, with a view to: tri haige seasga . . . a nurchomair airbearnta do dul ina tochas, no a nirchomhair feola, O'Curry 1265 ( H 3.18, p. 511 -2) `i.e. to make good defects in stock, or to be made into beef', Plummer MS. notes. tir . . . a nirchomair féoir to be reserved for hay, ib. esbadh sét i nurcomair cacha haicde na ticfa de, O'D. 1677 (H. 5.15, p. 28a) `i.e. the `seds' are to be diminished to correspond with each `aicde' which is deficient', Plummer MS. notes. a nurchomair frescisin dona buaib in hope of increase from the cows, O'D. 1952 ( Addl. 4783 7d ). trian a nurcomair a hail . . . ┐ trian a n-urcomair a sailtince `in consideration of', Laws iii 372.17 Comm. i n-erc[h]omair in meic ecalsa, BColm. 18 § 19 . Corresponding with: da se bratta fo chis chain / da sé phairt 'na n-irchomair to correspond with them, SR 176 , cf. Laws i 20.28 Comm. Contemporary with: cenḟinna uile cen ail / bai Herend na erchomair in his time, LL 911 = ina aimsir, BB 31a4 . teist ro ḟersur ré siabordai ina urchomair sé ṁbliadna déc dlegma scur, LL 14290 .

v (cf. 1 airle)

(a) advises, counsels: is he nodairlestar ar a gais it was he gave advice on account of his wisdom, Ériu iii 140.158 (= conid he roscobair tria gaes, Cymmr. xiv 116 § 17 ). dilmuin do boethuib nad nairliut gaith fools whom the wise do not advise are exempt, Laws ii 82.7 = na nairliter, O'Curry 684 (H. 3.18 p. 333). Cf. airlethfimne na hóga .i. do ghéunam leathnughadh no comhairliughadh ar na laochaibh, O'Cl. (airle). With prep. DO: is and airlestar Eithne . . . dia haitib dul doib . . . advised her fosterers, Ériu iii 140.156 (= dobreth E. iarsin comairle dia meithre, Cymmr. xiv 116 § 17 ). ? táet Lugaid chuci or Ailill ┐ ara n-airlathar dó in n-ingin and let him advise him [to accept] the girl(?), LU 5864 = taet L. chuci or siat, ┐ aranarlathar, ZCP ix 154.22 (see ad-gládathar).

(b) consults, asks advice of: airliter cumni cóich comarbai cré, LU 3474 ( SCC² § 25 `let memories be consulted to learn to which heir the land belongs'). collaa dún . . . issa ndúnad co n-airlither (.i. co n-iarfaigea) Lugaid mac Nóiss, 5991 ( TBC-I¹ 1523 ). is imbe rotairles sech na ridiribh eile, Grail 2846 . deliberates, considers: mani airlestar, TBC-I¹ 74 (`if heed is not taken of him', Faraday 5 ).

(c) takes a resolution, resolves, determines: roairlesatar Connachta . . . techtaireda ūaidib, TBC-I¹ 3098 . ? In cheville: arnamāirech doibh / for muir miadh (= mad?) airleth (: bairgedh), ZCP x 344 § 12 . tiucfa la Flann Cinach / a coimpert madh airledh (: bairgen) well has it been decided(?), § 21 . ro-airliset īerom Connachtae i comairle cid di-gēndais 'the Connachtmen then decided in council what they should do', BDC 122.282 .

(d) looks after, sees to: arndip maith nairlethar a muintir `that he care well for his household', Wb. 28b32 . nipa díless duit an í hi tái mani cáinairlither gl. si permanseris in bonitate, 5b38 . Note also: airlethar no móras gl. sed quem Dominus commendat, 17b22 (wrong interpretation of commendat?).

(e) arranges, regulates: arlifimni na hócu chena conná gébat forsin tslóg (of the Galióin), LU 4648 ( TBC-I¹ 187 ). ? dia ard airlathar / aingel indrechta, 1156 (ACC). is and ro airled ri ┐ aithech here (i.e. in the Senchas Mór) was fixed (the difference between) king and serf, ZCP xvi 175 § 2 ( Laws i 40 ). is and ro-airled dire cáich fo miad, § 3 (ib.). is i Senchas Mor ro-airletha na cetheora cána, 176 § 6 . it teora eirce airliter, Laws iii 26.17 .i. erluaidhter na teora eirce, 25 Comm. slicht eitgedh airligter, 536.3 .i. eraluaiter aisneis na eirci, z Comm. ? ni ragaid mani deib cumachtachaib / arlidir crib coternam, LL 1620 = manab dib cumachta clanntar / crib airlither cat .i. munab cumachtach sibh ar erluadh no ar urfoichill catha do cor co crib no . . . biodh urfoichill chatha co luath libh, Leb. Gab.(i) 254.7 = ni raghadh muna deibh clandtar cirb airligther cath, BB 40a54 . prescribes, decrees: bailechro a n-ifernd ro-n-airlestar Dia fri pianadh na pecdhach `which God has designed', Ériu ii 132 § 108 . nad inand airlither Dīa do gach dāen, Anecd. v 23.2 .

Note also: conidnarlaid (.i. co roairlestar) síth iar sáeth, Thes. ii 332.17 .

n io, m. Later with dental inflection in pl. See LEIA and Stud. Hib. ii 16 .

(a) foster-father: mac oc in aitti, Laws i 50.4 Comm. mac . . . ┐ a athair . . . dalta ┐ 'aide, v 480.13 . lesairiucht in aiti do dénum di iar naois diailtri, ii 152.8 Comm. ni tualuing a.¤ na muime tathcur, 168.21 . ni misech nech astad altrum for a.¤ , 172.y . d'oitib ┐ do buimaib, iii 488.10 Comm. Ioseph . . . / a.¤ álaind Íssu, Fél. March 19 . Lugaid . . . dalta Con Culaind fil . . . oc urgartigud a aiti, LU 3462 ( SCC § 24 ). ba haiti dó Fergus ┐ ba comalta Conall, 3240 (ib. § 3). eírcid . . . do thig m'aitisea ┐ mo mummi, 8863 ( FB § 66 ). tanac ót aiti ó Fhergus, TBC-LL¹ 1971 .

(b) tutor, teacher: ar danimmart greim á a.¤ `the authority of his tutors', Ml. 14b14 . imud fesa na fogluma on oidi dun dalta, Laws v 56.x Comm. iar techt don scoil cuna naiti leo co Forund, i 20.14 Comm. is i n-ace bis an deiscipal acind aiti the pupil is always in fosterage with the teacher, Corm. Y 88 . German . . . a.¤ Pátric Mache, Fél. May 28 . de aiti nó sinserbrathair, Mon. Tall. 160.18 . da aide do Arusdotil, BB 493a22 . is mé do b'oide dh'Eoghan (Gofraidh Fionn on the death of his son Eoghan, who was also his pupil), DDána 65.38 . m'aidedha ┐ m'ailemhnóraigh, MR 308.13 . iar mbreith . . . da oileamain dia oideaghaibh ┐ dia aithreachaibh, ZCP xii 396.20 . ardoide Éireann re seanchus `chief professor', Keat. ii 2613 . ar n-oide múinte mac Dé, DDána 3.1 .

With defining gen. or adj.: o aiti druidechta, LU 6441 ( TBC-I¹ 1928 ). a.¤ airchetail `tutor in poetic composition', Fianaig. 46 § 8 . oide foircetail hi ffeineachus, AFM v 1682.15 . i measg n-oide n-ealadhna, Content. xxii 17 . an t-oide faoisidneach father confessor, TSh. 7449 . oide faoisidne, 9035 . oide sccol saoí dearsccaighthe hi ffoghlaim, AFM v 1684.6 .

n o, m. (aithe). See LEIA a.¤ (cóir), athach, eathach (lochdach) m., IGT Decl. § 11 , § 55 . Note however, athaig (g s.): athair, Éigse viii 290 § 12 and n. 0

Lit. rent-payer; vassal, peasant .

(a) In legal contexts used of a particular class of tenant and sometimes to describe the commoner as opposed to the noble. See Críth G. p. 74 ; ZCP xv 245 . ethach .i. quasi aithech .i. doniter a aithe for neach, O'Curry 105 ( H 3.18, 70 ). a.¤ .i. fer braith ut est taidhe cach a.¤ .i. is amail gataide in fer braith nó in fer forinaiter féich, O'Dav. 37 . Cf. táid gach a.¤ | a.¤ gach ainbh, Ériu xiii 20.14 . a.¤ = briuga, Harl. 5280, 53b (Plummer MS. notes). athaigh .i. íocaidhe, O'Cl. flaith ┐ a.¤ `lord and vassal', Thes. ii 238.12 ( Ardm. 17a2 ). fri tige cach na.¤ , Ml. 92d15 . athaig ┐ bachlaich domeled sin uile, SCano 345 . flaith athuigh na bid flaith a athair i.e. a noble whose father was a commoner, `Bauer-Herr', ZCP xv 245 § 4 . ní dlig a.¤ mraich cor[o]p flaith, Críth G. 254 . díre n-aithig honour-price paid by an a., 530 . athich cacha slointe di ṡhund huma anechclann the commoners of every family from here on with their e., Rawl. 118b38 . adnacol do cholaind aithich thuaithe a peasant of the tribe (laity?), RC x 82.12 . soifid roúall . . . i mmaccu a.¤ .i. grád fene no chille, LL 188c1 ( RC xxvi 42.1 ). ait[h]ech cách co hEogan húais, ZCP viii 299 z . ísel cech athech, Tec. Corm. § 15.15 . ó a.¤ co righ, ML² 836 . athig i comairli ríg / mairg tír i tic in scél, Ériu ix 48 § 23 . aondath i n-éadach moghaidh, dá dhath i n-éadach an aithigh, Keat. ii 1918 . aithigh Laighion / siad ós maithibh measfuidhior, LBranach 5776 = DDána 117.16 . gach saoirfhear ann badh aitheach, 72.32 . Prov.: as ait[h]ech cāch gan deōladh no one is so exalted but he can do with assistance(?), ML² 162 .

With qualifying clause, gen., etc. a.¤ ara-threba a deich (so called because his stock is numbered in tens, and represented as standing midway between the ócaire and the bóaire, Críth G. p. 77 ): cateat fodlai bóairech? dá ḟer midboth(a) ┐ óccaire ┐ a.¤ arathreba a deich, 17 . a.¤ arathreba a deich, deichde a búar sidi, 132 . a.¤ baitside (baitsid, baitse), meaning doubtful; is é a.¤ baitside inso dia mbé in[n]a enncai cen gait, cen brait cen guin doíne acht láa catha nó nech toṡaig a chenn fair, Críth G. 142 and n. a.¤ forrtha (fortha), one appointed to take the king's place in legal actions against him, see forrtha.¤ im athechu bunaid (.i. na aithig ḟortha) im athechu cis (.i. na doerchele), Cóic Con. 21 § 14 .

(b) In pejorative sense churl, boor, uncouth person: contall a chenn dind aithiuch labar, Ml. 58c6 . in triar a.¤ . . . ro anacht Cú Ch., BDD² 1287 . robo leanamnach int a.¤ (aidech, LU), TBC-I¹ 1207 . ni thecat da fuapairt / acht [mad] athig mith, TBC-LL¹ 3371 (see meth). is duit dosratsam ┐ ni dont ṡenaithiuch ucat (of Rónán), Fing. R. 67 . ni tú as cóir dia chairigud . . . a.¤ samlut (of Lugaid Mac Con), RC xiii 438 § 9 . bríathra athig churlish words, LU 5450 (TBC). in t-eathach, Acall. 5532 . dias aitheach oc ingairi cairech, YBL 122a2 . cumala ┐ athig na Pers, Alex. 390 . athig ┐ doeraicme, TTr.² 1303 . ar ba haitheach somh a h-ucht treóin `being a plebeian representative of a hero', AFM iii 178.17 . a tigh aithigh ┐ áonmná / caithidh sibh an cáomlá ar cúairt, IGT Decl. ex. 363 .

In phr. a.¤ feda base tree (oppd. to aire feda). Used of letters of the alphabet: athaigh feada, Laws iv 146.19 , 24 . airigh fedha ┐ athaig fedha . . . athaig fedha .i. fern, sail, bethi etc., Auraic. 1151 = aithig, 4249 .

(c) giant, monster: immacomarnaic dó ┐ don scál. tresi cluchi ind athig, LU 8538 ( FB § 39 ). da aitheach forgranna, Aisl. Tond. 98 § 1 . ar neimib a n-arm na n-athach n-uathmar n-agarbh, BB 43b1 . lorg in fhathaigh, Feis Tighe Chonáin 1006 . ris an athach darbh ainm Goliath, TSh. 10937 . combarala dam ┐ dond a.¤ (of the Cyclops), Mer. Uil. 56 . ethach ┐ arderrad ┐ fogmoir, Stair Erc. 1290 . is i in [n]aithir neime .i. in t-a.¤ aingide (of the custodian of the Garden of the Hesperides), 254 . tú an aithir sheang . . . / is ceann aithigh uirrei-se, DDána 50.10

COMPDS. ¤-aicme vassal tribe: seacht n-aitheachaicme robadar isin tir re tiachtain de Uib Eachach, ZCP xiv 44 § 6 . ¤-lus lit. churl's herb (protection against the evil eye ? Celtica xxiv 38 ): righlus ┐ tarblus ┐ a. . . . a. do ghradaibh feine, O'D. 2365 ( Rawl. B. 506, f. 43b ). ¤-matad base dog (term of contempt): ni tocrad dam int aitheachmattud [do] gleid (glieid, LU) frisin coin moir, TBC-I¹ 1228 . aithechmadad druthsotal, 1594 . ciarso dúal don athiuch-matud saigid forsin árchoin, TBC-LL¹ 1935 . ¤-phort rent-paying town: trí aithechpuirt (.i. bailte bodaich) Hérenn: Clúain Iraird, Glenn Dá Locha, Lugbad, Triads 33 and note p. 36.

¤-thúath subject people (see Mac Neill, Early Irish Population-Groups, PRIA xxix (C) 59 - 114 , O'Rahilly, EIHM p. 154 ff. ): ro díbdáit uili cland Ugaine Máir la athechthúathaib Herend . . . ┐ ro gabsat athechthuatha Herend flathemnas Temrach, LL 7308 . ba di athechthuathaib Herend dó, 14616 . na haitheachthúatha ┐ Cinél Conaill . . . ag argain an bhaile, Ériu v 76.16 . le daorchlannaibh nó lé hathachthuathaibh Éireann, Keat. ii 3702 . annam lib athechthuatha do tháinsemad bartrenfer, LL 238b25 ( TTr. 1617 ).

See next.

adj Lughaidh a.¤ .i. L. ildathach, Cóir Anm. 58 . E. ilchrothach . . . amal robhoí Lugaid A.¤ , 59 . L. allathach, ML xv . Oss. iii 295.9 . Compd. of 4 all? Cf. 1 il compds.

n m. g s. alluda, LL 12516 . allaid, Alex. 394 . fame, renown, glory: a.¤ .i. nōs: nō alad a laude , Corm. Y 86 . rí co nallodaib o[l]lmár (alladaib, MS.), SR 6762 . cudu a.¤ [a] deigloir, AU i 442.15 . ropu lán Hériu . . . dia a.¤ ┐ dia scélaib, TBFr. 12 . at mathi . . . Fir Breg . . . im a.¤ , LU 4265 . ni fair bías a nós nách a a.¤ nach a irdarcus, 6377 (TBC). niro thallastar a uáill nach a a.¤ . . . i nErind, 9046 ( FB 79 ). ar a.¤ ┐ érgna ┐ aurlabra, 8247 (19). alludh ergna distinguished fame, BB 45a17 . cen a.¤ án, LL 4221 . a alladh 's a aebh, BB 57a4 . ba h-a.¤ mór do Lugaid , LL 14533 . ar a.¤ ┐ gail ┐ gasciud, LU 8815 ( FB 61 ). im echt im alladh im uaill, BB 52b15 . a húaill, a ha.¤, a hindsaigthi, Ériu iv 146 § 25 . in dímolta ┐ int allad ┐ in inocbail ro gab A., Alex. 629 . ? do chungid allaid ┐ étala, LL 217b36 ( TTr. 59 ). tuilleadh gach laoi ort d'alladh, Aithd. D. 11.21 . clū alla ┐ oirrdercus, Fl. Earls 142.6 . urrann dá allamh (.i. cuid dá chlú), Ó Bruad. iii 156.5 . allad gaiscid fame for prowess, YBL 126a1 .

n rogab . . . a mathair Lugaid ina.¤ ar a sgath, H 3.17, 765.4 (in altus `to nurse', MS. Mat. 508.5 ). Leg. i n-altrandus?

ind ( an + echtair, GOI § 483 ). Adv. from outside: ma do ti eiseart co treabaire lais a nechtair, Laws iv 128.11 (`der von auswärts zu seinem Land zurückkehrt', Bürgschaft 84 ). With idea of motion much reduced outside: amal tegdais foratochar deglí a.¤ ┐ is fás a inchrud ammedón, Tur. 14 ( Thes. i 485.21 ). roghabhastair uime thairis sin amuigh a neachtair lúireach throm, ML 112.3 . In combination with prepp. fri . . . a.¤ : donaib naimtib bite frie a.¤ `to the enemies who are outside it (the tabernacle)', Ml. 40c15 . a mbaí C. fri les anechtar, Trip.² 1467 . ardrach forru fría tír anechtar, 2684 . ro buí airther láime din claideb fria trúaill a.¤ outside its sheath, BDD² 1005 . fria chend a.¤ , TBC-LL¹ 1268 . a leth i teinid ┐ a leth fri teinidh annechtair, Ériu xi 46.4 . unsea ra dún anair a.¤ , MU² 526 . foscichret i crandchor íarum. Fáicebthair Lugaid fris a.¤ `L. will be left out of the chance', RC xiii 444 § 24 . ni fil fri hiarraith a.¤ `something in addition to', Laws ii 170.8 . diablad do frisin re sin fil fris a.¤ `the time (during which) it has been taken away from him', v 248.32 Comm. di . . . a.¤ : robdar édghadha dia ccorpaibh aineachtair, AFM vi 1918.9 . for (ar) . . . a.¤ : tromluirech . . . for sidhe a.¤ `outside that', Stair Erc. 244 . Fig. cardes sliasta Medba air sin a.¤ and M.'s friendship as well, TBC-LL¹ 108 .

As quasi-adj. with substantives: ind oís anechtir `the outland folk', Wb. 16d12 . intan mbís rí a.¤ leis inna thúaith, Críth G. 561 . a fot fri dún . . . a fot anechtair on the side nearest the `dún', on the outside (of a rampart), 572 . athgabail ambui a.¤ , Laws v 260.y . in gilla turusa . . . .i. fer a.¤ foas aen aidchid lat, i 160.y Comm. ind óic annechtair donnáncatar, TBFr. 139 . flaith coṅgbála co slúagaib a.¤ , ZCP xi 86 § 44 .

See díanechtair.

n t, m. (Lat. abbas, -atis). Frequ. spelt abb. Cf. GOI 575 . a s. abbaith, Thes. ii 242.21 . d s. apid, Wb. 26a8 . n p. -apid, Wb. 12b17 . d p. -apthib, Wb. 19d2 . ab m., IGT Decl. § 21 . Later also with n s. abbadh, AFM i 452.7 ; abbadh , BNnÉ 50 § 36 . abbaidh, AFM i 526.18 . g s. apaid, O'Curry 2415 ( Eg. 88, 32(33)d ); Laws iii 72.13 Comm. d s. abb, PH 583 ; TSh. 3074 . d p. abbaibh, AFM iii 28.14 .

(a) head of a monastery, abbot: ab .i. ab eo quod est abbas , Corm. Y 28 ; cf. ab .i. maith, Stowe Gl. 225 ; Lec. Gl. 458 . gabsi cadessin abbaith he himself took the office of abbot, Thes. ii 242.21 (Ardm.). Esodir in t-epscop / abb ecailse ardae, Fél. Jan. 2 . cell cen abaid, LU 615 (ACC). samud Cíaran cona n-abaid .i. Aédlug . . ., 9594 . cor manaig cen apaid, Laws i 50.z . dia flaith, dia fine, dia abaid, iii 22.7 . fo reir abbad ┐ anmcarat techta, 14.15 . tellach apu (leg. apad ?) for a mancu, v 206.6 . ceall a mbi airchindech laich cen cairiuga do abuid, v 118.4 . cor manaigh . . . sech apa (leg. apaid ?), 356.12 . cor apa (leg. apad ?) sech manacha, 15 . dun abaid .i. dun airchindeach, 22.25 Comm. comeniclann do ┐ in ri no in t-app, 48.z Comm. eneclann apadh na cille, iii 208.13 Comm. co na dingentar appaidh do nach clerech, Anecd. ii 17.7 . no chantais cléir cainabbad, Metr. Dinds. iii 378.12 `the holy abbot's choir' (of Patrick), v p. 232 . mac ind abbad issin cill, LL 18771 . ina suidedaib apad, BColm. 62.20 . eidir abaidh is easbog, ZCP viii 229 § 2 . i gcoimhdeacht abbadh, Keat. iii 1328 . d'abbaidh Í, 1331 . saltair an abadh, IGT Decl. ex. 786 . tánaise abbad prior (see Binchy, Celtica iii 223 ): C. . . . tanaisi abbad C., CS 130.x . tanaiste abadh Cluana maic Nois, RC xviii 23.9 (Tig.).

In phrase a.¤ Rómae the bishop of Rome, pope: Alaxander . . . abb Rómae, Fél. Apr. 27 . Celestinus abb Rómae, Trip.² 302 . co hapaid R., 913 . cu abbaid R., 2827 . Siluester tra abb Roma, PH 362 .

(b) In extended sense of leading person, lord: ab .i. tighearna, O'Cl. gebtit iudei i n-apid `Judaei will receive him as lord' (of the devil), Wb. 26a8 . fora n-apaid .i. for Díabul, LU 2436 . abb popuil, Fél. Apr. 12 . abb míle, Fél. May 24 . Of God: ar n-abb, SR 831 . a Rí na mblat is na mbreth / is tú in t-abb is tu in tóesech, LL 1991 . a.¤ archaingel, Ériu iii 106 § 46 . Uriél lim . . . / int abb co n-ūaisli ardi (of an archangel), ii 92 § 4 . ma coir a.¤ coso `if he be a just head', Laws ii 280.1 Comm. imdich cach corp a memru .i. fuadridh cach coir a.¤ , O'Dav. 1125 . Lugaid . . . is é ba aire ba h-abb, LL 18367 ( ZCP xii 379.22 ). Astiages abb cen ḟell / dar airged Ierusalem, LL 15484 . co rig nasail app druing dein, IT iii 12 § 22 . nír bo roinn abbadh aimhréidh, Anecd. ii 35 § 15 .

v pret. 3 s. brought forth, bore: do feacaid ella idan . . . ┐ arsisbis mac, YBL 180b20 ( SG 253.24 ). Machou . . . roussreth fri die gauboir . . . co ndeochoid diob arrith ┐ arsibseis (arsisbis v.l.) (.i. beris) mauc ┐ ingen die oentoirbert, ZCP iii 238 § 29 . d'ōentoirpirt ructha iat . . . la Fuinche ingin Náir. Arsisbis do Lugaid mac Con, Fianaig. 4.9 . ? Fut. 3 s. genair nech ann arsiusbhe (airsiusa v.l.) in Gallba G., Anecd. ii 65.10 . Cf. atdises?

adj [o, ā] short (short-haired ? Cf. berraid): bearr .i. gairit ut dicitur bearr cach belaid bean `every stout woman is short' ( Ériu xi 89. 14 ), H 3.18, 64b15 = b.¤ (beir, MS.) .i. gach ngairid unde est b.¤ gach beoluig ben, O'Mulc. 183a. bir .i. gach gairit, O'Curry 971 (H. 3.18, 416). As (hypocoristic) n. pr.: B. . . . i rRos, Mart. Tall., Dec. 21. Cf. Berran, July 11 . As epithet: Lugaid B. (Lugb.¤ , v.l.), Corp. Gen. 373.6 . See Ériu xii 216. Appar. as subst. in (of dividing inherited land ) curter birr braithri in coiced bliada[i]n .i. . . . crannchuir do denam doib uime cib e diobh da-ria rogha, Cóic Con. 42 § 65 `a short piece of wood . . . for casting lots', Plummer MS. notes.

Compd. beirrsgian `a Razor ', Eg. Gl. 722 (cf. berrad).

n ā, f., also o, m. Also beirt f. (beirid). See Éigse viii 101 - 103 , xii 68 , Language xxix 325 . b.¤ (lúachra) m., IGT Decl. § 15. beart (chluichi) f. (ó bheirt an chluithe ┐ an éduigh, v.l.), § 39 . beirt [éadaigh ?] f., § 14 .

Occas. appar. = breth: b.¤ .i. breth . . . ar ate .ix. mberta maicne insin la Féine .i. .ix. mbretha mac annso anuas, O'Dav. 280. ropat móra do berta (`Rechtssprüche', TFerbe 281 ), LL 33690. co brāth na mb.¤ for ever , ZCP viii 228 § 18.

I Burden, load; bundle: b.¤ quasi port, a uerbo porto .i. imarc[h]uirim, Corm. Y 163. etarport quasi etar-bert .i. itir dā beirt, 529 . b.¤ (beart, IT iii 89 § 115 ) fleda for lomgabail (one who carries) a package (of food) for a feast on a bare fork, Bruchst. i 34 § 80. loman carr ┐ beart `the rope for (tying) carts and loads', Laws i 140.3 Comm. long cona be[i]rt (: ceilt) cargo, Prolegomena 43 § 29 . gan bheirt ar bhoin, DDána 114.34 . birt troma i dtéadánaibh `heavy corded bundles', TD 16.59 . gille ag gabháil a mbeirteadh / fir ag fregra chaismeirteadh bundles (?), IGT Decl. ex. 1127 meirge Suibhne, beart buidhe a yellow burden (?), MR 230.1 . Cf. blaith .i. buidhe . . . eich fo berti blaithi, O'Dav. 322. pn In sobriquet: la ríg Eoganachta B.¤ Crechi `Load of Plunder', RC xvii 381.24 (Tig.). bundle, sheaf of thatch, rushes, straw, etc.: colpdach i n-airbir, samaisc i llethbeirt, bó i mbeirt (mbert, v.l.), Críth G. 213. cen co benta acht b.¤ de, manar facaib air ní dá tic dín, O'D. 1695 (H. 5.15, 31b). Cf. O'Curry 642 (H. 3.18, 309). beart don tuighe dá fīghe, LBranach 1450 . ithig b.¤ crema, Anecd. i 48 § 9. is tegar boichti mo beart / seagal is coirci is cruithneacht, IGT Decl. ex. 1064. fuaim na n-each gan beart chum lige `straw for litter', Ó Bruad. ii 192.6 . do-níd aoin bheart amháin da n-armaibh `piled . . . into one heap', Keat. iii 2827.

Fig. burden, weight (of grief, etc.): b.¤ ghoimhe, Rel. Celt. ii 268.33 . nocha nfuil[n]ghim thúas don beirt / o rochuala tásg mh'éinmhic `I cannot bear up against the blow', BS 56.23 . do bhrígh na beirte because of the burden (of oppression), DDána 74.27 . Cf. gár mheisde . . . / a sgaradh (sic leg.) re a mbeirtibh bróin, 79.19 . In cheville: beirt pían, SR 7171. Other applications: dā uigh chirce ar mbúain dā beart `taken from her clutch', KMMisc. 364.16 . a carnn-fhoilt léi 'n a m-beartaibh `tresses', Hard. ii 24.y .

II Clothing, covering, clothes, attire, apparel; accoutrement: beirt .i. cumhdach, O'Cl. tugadh beart (eadach, v.l.) nua do gach aon díobh, idir shlabhradh ┐ léine ┐ bhrat, Ériu i 95.1 . beart do croicend ōglaogh allaidh, Feis Tighe Chonáin 160. beart allmhurdha `strange garment', O'Hara 1438. beirt righ Laighen . . . a léine sroil ┐ a áon ghae, BNnÉ 257 § 216 . co mbeirt glégil in white raiment, Grail 23 . armghaiscedh . . . etir ghai ┐ sciath ┐ claideb, cona bheirt foithibh casing (?), Lism. L. 1610. tuc beirt ridiri (arm gaiscidh, v.l.) dhoibh ` equipment ', ITS xix 28.12 . seacht mbeirte décc éideadh `suits of armour', AFM iv 1244.16 . a bheirt ghliadh 'his battle armour', Celtica xxvi 101 § 28 . buiden do rāpēroip ┐ do daigēroib . . . go mbeirtibh cloch uaissle cumdaigh ar n-a gcomhōradh `with hilts (scabbards ?) of ornamented precious stones' (?), Fl. Earls 100.33 . ocht .xx. claidimh beirte cumdhaigh le hor, L. Chl. S. 27.

III

(a) deed, exploit; feat, trick; effort, task; action, behaviour: na trī berta buadhnaise . . . sin those three exultant deeds, ML² 1122. Cf. phr. b.¤ búada below. Macha, co mbert- aib na mbergg `with feats of heroes', MacCarthy 182 § 5 . tria beirt n-iṅglicc fria n-athair ( Gen. xix 30 - 35 ) wanton trick, Rawl. 72a36 . in b.¤ baísi `foolish thing', TBC-LL² 1064 . atbath tre beirt láechda lúaith, Metr. Dinds. ii 20.23 . do rigni berta fir baíth, iv 146.6 . ag déanamh beart mbaodhluch `venturesome deeds', O'Hara 1390. Lugaid [luth] la beirt (: seirc), Ériu v 209.20 . beart ullamh hí on aingeal (of the Incarnation), DDána 48.17 . beart do bheartaibh an tṡaoghail `one of the tricks of the world', KMMisc. 350.24 . amail dogéntais in mbeirt (: ardneirt) `as they should achieve the task', Ériu iv 110.2 . In phr. b.¤ búada: co fagba lícc bas b.¤ búada for lecht n-Aeda `stone that shall be a trophy', Metr. Dinds. iv 102.12 . bearta a buadh ar ghléire gall (of Ireland), Hackett xlii 68 . Cf. ML² 1122. b.¤ cháis: Muire ógh ar t'fheart / a brón 's a beart cháis, PBocht 5.54 . In phrr. (attá, do-icc) ar b.¤ : a imscar ┐ Meic Con asin chath ro boí ar b.¤ oco the battle that was about to take place between them (?), LU 9828 ( PRIA xix 532.7 ). tathum domna bróin ar beirt matter for grief has fallen to me (?), Metr. Dinds. iv 284.3 . cia beith olc na crí / connāch tí for beirt `though they meditate evil, it may not come to pass' (?), KMMisc. 268.14 . da ceirtbliadain dó for beirt / i tig Loairnd dó ag Eirc, YBL 317b7 ( Aided M. 800 ). Note also: mar adberaid buidni ar beirt / maraid im' cuimni comneirt, MacCarthy 410 § 6 . (In cheville) caoine (leg. cáiniu) bertaibh, ZCP viii 198.7 .

(b) move in a game, play in a game, game: ro tincoisc beirt diarbo cluchi for Murchadh `a move by which a game went against M.', Cog. 144.3 . an bheart (bheirt, v.l.) eile, Ériu xvii 12.30 . b.¤ indarba agad, a meic `a move of banishment', Ériu iii 154 § 8. [tré]na beirt ndírig ndílis `for his straight and honourable play', SG 124.18 . gairid ar mbúain resin mbeirt / gur smúain an aibhid d'imeirt, IGT Decl. ex. 625. ? dál féirleabtha d'inghin é / imridh sé éinbhearta is í, ex. 1113 .

Compds. brig ar bertblaidh, IT iii 64 § 131.26 . a n-anmann cen bertbrón (mertbron, v.l.: Mercōn), ZCP xii 377.7 .

n g s. -a.

(a) person in bondage, slave : admider de .uii. cachta cichside crissa, secht moda mogu (sic) fíthe mórgníma moghsaine I adjudge therefor seven slaves which girdles will encircle(?) (judgement of Sencha), O'D. 2204 (Nero A vii, 141b), cf. c.¤ .i. cumal nó innillt, ut est secht cachta cichsite crissu, O'Dav. 345 . admiudur de secht cactu (.vii. cumala, LB) cichsite crísu, Corm. Bodl. 16 (s.v. mann). c.¤ .i. cumal .i. bantraill, O'Mulc. 265 . c.¤ .i. cumhal, O'Cl.

(b) bond, fetter; bondage, captivity, confinement : manimthair c.¤ na cumrech, SR 1280 . di ócbáe . . . / alloeg fo gaile cachta, 5427 . dosrat fo chrúach cachta, 6739 . fofuctha i cachtaib co cían / is in carcair co Iosíaph, 3264 . Petar fo ch.¤ cuibrig, Gorm. 1 . mo máthair do brith a c.¤ , Ériu iv 98.2 . is comus cachta berar [for] uisque hi tirib Gréc `power of impounding', Dinds. 128 ( RC xvi 80 ). rogabta i cact they were taken prisoners, AU i 336.11 . Of sieges: rogabadh c.¤ foraib i mMaen Chonain they were besieged, AU i 374.13 . slogad la D. . . . do ch.¤ for Gallu Atha Cliath `to besiege', 458.4 . ar a n-gabtis c.¤ dicein fris in longport, 434.20 . ? Of impounding cattle: [g]aibiut baetha cachta indliged, Laws ii 76.19 . ? Of obligatory service: ni dleaghar . . . cáin na c.¤ , Leb. Cert. 124.16 . ? is indligthech do rig na tecmalla dail cachta do indechad in uilc, H 3.18, 249.13 . Note also: fo chléire cachta, SR 5991 . cléir chachta `band of bondmen', Metr. Dinds. iii 158.17 .

(c) In fig. and extended uses. Duress, hardship; asceticism : da raibh i ngalur no i c.¤ , Ériu xix 8 § 9 . dogné túaslucud cachtae (cachta MS.) `practise deliverance from bondage' (rule for holy life), Ériu i 198.5 . robu inmuin c.¤ (of the religious life), 138.13 . fiad na slógaib i sír-ch.¤ `trance', Metr. Dinds. iii 224.14 . Esp. of fasting : iar sirc.¤ in chorgis `after the long privations of Lent', Mon. Tall. 156.6 (§ 68) . iar mbuaid cravaidh is cacta, Ériu xix 12 § 4 . c.¤ .i. trosgadh, O'Cl. c.¤ .i. gorta, Lec. Gl. 291 . Stowe Gl. 267 .

Constraint, compulsion (almost equivalent to gess, Plummer MS. notes): ro gaib Fuaimnech . . . c.¤ for rigraid Teamrach cin digh cin biadh . . . co ro ícdais i dalta fria, O'Curry 2361 ( Eg. 88, 28 (29)a ). c.¤ do gabail for rigraid Erann, 2363 (ib.).

Of the body (regarded as a prison after the fall): lecid mo chorp . . . / inna ch.¤ cen chumscu[gu]d, SR 2058 . Perh. also nocon alaind mar atai / cid ardotralaid hi c.¤ ? 1307 . luid . . . asa ch.¤ (of the death of Colum C.), LU 653 . a alt a olcc / a ch.¤ a chorp, IT iii 84 § 75 . mo brig brig ro scaich a c.¤ , YBL 316b19 . Note also: Lugaid . . . / rocrīch a c.¤ / fo gné glaine . . . his life, ZCP xii 379.21 .

(d) Various: ós Charmun c.¤ , Metr. Dinds. iii 8.87 . ro cuiread in cath go c.¤ , Todd Nenn. lxix 23 ( BB 43b11 ). Cf. c.¤ common, general ; fa c.¤ generally , O'R.

Common in chevilles: a Christ cen ch.¤ , ZCP i 497.9 . rotfīa mo chen-sa cin c.¤ , vi 266 § 7 . búaid cen ch.¤ , LU 3753 ( SCC 54 ). bad adba chaingen can ch.¤ , SG 366.29 . Críst . . . mór da c.¤ , BS 32 . deoda in c.¤ , Fél. xxv § 7 . cialla c.¤ , SR 2335 . caṅgnib gleraib, gloraib c.¤ , 4569 . fo chucht c.¤ , 6169 . cuairt c.¤ , 6551 .

As n. pr. C.¤ mac Ilguine, ZCP viii 217 § 6 .

In n. loc. rí Cairn Chachta, LL 24089 .

Compd. cēsud do c[h]uirp c[h]achtbāin pale from bondage, ZCP viii 232 § 3 .

n expld. as sleep : cal .i. codladh no suan, O'Cl. Cf. codlais Lugaid C.¤, conid de roghabh ainmniugud, Cóir Anm. 70 (318.23) . Perh. derived from cáldae.

adj io, iā (1 cál) drowsy, sleepy; quiet : oítiu ind ḟir ch.¤ forbáith, LU 7476 ( BDD 102 ). codlud doronus. Is cáldai sin arsi (of Lugaid Cál), Cóir Anm. 70 . ?atáim . . . / . . . ciamhar cálldha (: ádhbhar), Keat. Poems 514 .

n o, n. Also carnn, carnd. card, LU 3668 , 3670 , 7031 . cartt, ZCP ii 314 . heap, pile, cairn .

(a) Of grave: co fil a charnd for Maig Rois (of slain Eochaid), ZCP iii 44 § 18 . imchomarcair C. . . . cia carnd ngel in so thall, LU 5103 (TBC). coro ládh a carnn and .i. cloch cach fir bái la Lugaid , Dinds. 88 ( RC xvi 38 ). as chaill chairn, MU² 427 . geguin . . . Maccu Buáchalla ocá carnd (i.e. at the c.¤ subsequently raised over their grave), LU 5815 (TBC). is c.¤ dia raibet .u. clocha nó a sé and, O'Mulc. 131 ( Ériu xiii 54 § 6 ). c.¤ cloch, TSh. 5758 . Of cairn built before battle as tally: dorigset a carnd . . . co fintaís a n-esbada . . . cach óen no thicfad slán . . . no berad a cloich asin charnd. Co farctais . . . cloch[a] in lochta no mairfitis, LU 7034 ( BDD 68 ).

Of cairn as sign of agreement: c.¤ cotaig ┐ oentad, LB 114b24 ( BB 237a33 ).

(b) heap of any material: carnn mor connaigh, LB 279b65 . da ch.¤ nó dá mhul . . . don snechta, BNnÉ 34 § 56 . do ch.¤ chriadh na colna, TSh. 892 . Iob san ch.¤ aoiligh dunghill, 6922 . ro bad c.¤ cuma, TBC-LL¹ 4500 (St.). Of bodies, heads: co ndernae óencharnd díb eter cendail ┐ fodbu, LU 9096 ( FB 84 ). tinoaliter a cind co ndernad c.¤ díb ar brú na Berba, RC xiii 52.7 . do-rinne cairn (? leg. c.¤ , Ed.) dá ceannaibh ┐ duma dhá collaibh, CF² 529 . Gramm. group, cluster (of consonants): c.¤ do chonnsuinibh édtroma, IGT Introd. 31.13 .

(c) In follg. appar. mound, hillock : connici in car[n]d, LU 3668 ( SCC 33 ). Cf. 1 crúach, cnocc, c.¤ , Eg. Gl. 161 .

In sobriquet: Níad in Chairnn, Cóir Anm. 276 , whence c.¤ .i. cath . . . Cormac nia in Cairn, O'Curry 1181 ( H 3.18, 468 ). buaid cáemcheneóil / for Cerbaill in Ch., LL 6704 . da Chaech ingen Chicuil Ch., 22455 . co Conchobar Cairn, CRR 22 . Whence perh. c.¤ .i. cúigeadh, O'Cl.

In nn. loc. see Hog. Onom.

Compds. With nouns: a carn-ḟolt caomh-ghlan heaped hair, Keat. Poems 68 . a daill charnmuighi / a gerringní gamhnaighi galair, IT iii 102 § 188 . Cf. carnrannaigecht, IT iii 131 (see 1 corr). carnmaig ós chāch, Corp. Gen. 13.33 . With adj.: docraib carnbhuide (: glanbhuidhi) yellow-tufted , IT iii 99 § 167 ( charrbuidi, Bruchst. 150 ).

v (Lat. celebrare. Preponderance of cel- over ceil- perh. due to Lat. infl.).

(a) celebrates, holds (a religious ceremony, etc.): asrubart Dia friu som aracelebartis asollumnu, Ml. 102d3 . celebair féil T., Fél. Nov. 17 . is i medon aidche ro celebhradh caisc, Ériu ii 140 § 144 . gach aon ceileabhrus 'na fhód, BNnÉ 263 § 224 . Of canonical hours: celebraid cech aontrātha, ZCP vii 310 § 3 . celeberthair medōn lāi, Ériu i 44.24 . Of Mass: ceileabram, ZCP viii 231 § 1 . Note also: go cceileabhradáois an dara Comhairle ghenerālta, Parrth. Anma 3734 .

(b) Of birds sings, warbles: an t-ēn ceileabhrus do chach / uadh sloinnfidher é co bráth (viz. Flann mac Lonáin), ZCP viii 109.20 .

(c) bids farewell, takes one's leave, parts : arocelebrus gl. ualefaciens, Wb. 14d31 . lase celebirsimme gl. cum uale- fecissemus, Thes. i 498.7 (Ardm.). acebras (leg. celebras) gl. benedicens, 725 . is and celebrait mnā na nDēise say good-bye (to their country), Ériu iii 136.23 . c.¤ cách co toirsi máir, ZCP viii 310.28 . Usually with prep. DO: ro celébrai dóib, Trip.² 2317 (for form see GOI 420 ). a Lugaid celebor dam off you go, LU 6014 = celebair, TBC-I¹ 1546 . Cf. c.¤ lōeg L. departs, RC iii 178.27 . noceilebraitis na clerig dona laechaib, Anecd. i 43.18 . gur cheileabhair . . . don rígh, Keat. ii 1515 .

Vn. celebrad.

n (1 cét- + 2 úar. On -ó- see GOI 41 . the first time : an chéaduair `from the beginning', Aithd. D. 34.6 . ní ar deiredh chuirthe acht an chédúair, IGT Decl. ex. 1291 (see further below).

Usually with prec. FO at once, forthwith, immediately : arnábad rómár leosom intsamil Crist fochetóir gl. emitatores mei estote, sicut ego Christi `(all) at once', Wb. 11c7 . tainic . . . / illaithiu na casg fo cheduair `first', Blathm. 214 . fucetuair, Vita Br. 17 . focetoir, 35 . la sodain fó chetóir, LU 9127 ( FB 87 ). toiblenann a gait bunaid fo cetoir, Laws iv 34.10 Comm. tair dom chobair fo chētōir `forthwith', Ériu iii 31 § 22 . uochētōir, Fl. Earls 198.6 .

Later with prep. I: ní caointe cách i gcéadóir at all(?), in fact(?), DDána 46.38 . i gcéadóir to begin with, 60.36 . i gcédóir `originally', O'Gr. Cat. 467.8 . ro sírset in tech a cetoir at once, LB 234a59 . a gcētōir `forthwith' (beginning sentence), Fl. Earls 10.20 . ier sin a gcētōir, 138.13 .

In follg. perh. with petrified 3 s. m. poss. adj.: a ch.¤ at once, Sc.M² 2 (sic MS, emended to hi c.¤ ). bá nar lée . . . dul día tig a ch.¤ , LU 3923 ( SCC 44 ). ac[h ?]étóir, Airne F. 301 . ba marb Lugaid achetoir oca descin, Ériu v 212.93 . a cetoir, TTebe 1126 . a chetoir, 3956 etc. ( 'sa chetoir, 4578 ). Note also: ochedoir (taken as ó ch.¤ ), Blathm. 114 and n.