adj
io, iā See
GOI p. 346 note
and Celtica i 322
.
evident, well
known, famous: eirgnæ gl. evidens,
Wb. 14a12
. nipo irgnae
gl. peccatum non inputabatur,
3a1
.
dígrais (.i. ergna) cloth,
Thes. ii 344.3
.
do séolcrandaib ardaib ergnaib,
TTr.² 843
.
in chros argna `the celebrated cross',
Todd Nenn. 66.14
.
ba
cóem . . . ┐ ba hirgna in phelait rígda,
TFerbe 401
.
ba
hurgna in pealaid righda,
Aen. 1557
.
deich caindelbra d'or
ergna,
Rawl. 79a38
. Of persons:
co rig n-ergna (: slemna)
n-Israhél,
SR 5952
.
abb Híae án ergna / Cummíne find
febdae,
Fél. Feb. 24
.
mac Néill Ailig airgnai,
LL 182a50
(=
eargnae,
AFM i 508.8
).
da mac deg in athar aurgna
Iacaib,
LB 114b5
.
Eua ḟíal ergna,
LL 16435
.
F. proiceaptaigh
eargna ina aimsir,
AFM i 344.5
.
bid urgna oirnidi a clanna,
Lism. L. 1862
.
cimbid ergna .i. Barabas,
PH 3258
(= uinctum
insignem,
Rawl B. 512, 72a
, Plummer MS. notes).
ergna .i.
maith,
Fél. 220.29
.
bresta .i. primda nó ergna,
O'Dav. 262
(=
Fél.² xcvii § 13
). The follg. may belong to érgna: fer
erccna iolldánach knowledgeable,
AFM v 148.1
.
ba hergna
eolachsomh i fios ┐ i foghlaim,
Leb. Gab.(i) 242.15
.
Superl.
temair . . . cach loch ba hurgna décsiu iter mhag
┐ tech,
Thr. Ir. Gl. 42.9
(=
airgna
, Corm. Bodl.;
aurgnam,
Corm. Y 1212
). in t-en ba mo ┐ ba heargnu dib most
conspicuous,
Aen. 2984
.
Adv.
co hirgna ┐ co hétrocht,
Metr. Dinds. iii 110.10
.
co
hergna ┐ co honórach,
TTr.² 1386
.
in Róim co hurgna ara
lár,
LL 16396
(=
Rawl. 78b38
).
As subst.:
Temair cech aird cech irgna / fors mbít sosta
sodindgna,
LL 21477
(
Metr. Dinds. i 10.65
).