n (annland): bo cona fosair, fiche dorn a timcomac. [A] a.¤ fadeisin do triun aru(i)n the suet of a cow . . . (i.e. the suet rendered as dripping which could be used as a condiment), ZCP xiv 355 § 13 . annlandtus colpaige firinne, ib.

n o. Orig. neut. ( ar n-Umill la gennti, AU² 813.4 , ár n-Eoganachta la Osraighi, AU² 896.6 , dia foicertar ár nGoídel by whom the slaughter of the Gaels will be proclaimed, B. in Scáil² 46 § 52 ). Note also d p. airib, which seems to be required for MS airilb gl. cladibus, Ml. 100a2 (s-inflection ?).

Slaughter, carnage; defeat, destruction: du á.¤ gl. ad cedem, Ml. 33d4 . donaib araib gl. ad strages, 34a19 . etarcnae áir mo namat gl. de cede hostium, 113b4 . co rabi cach díib i n-á.¤ a chéili, Trip.² 498 . co ralta á.¤ . . . fer n-Ērenn impe, Sc.M² 5 . Bodb iar n-áraib fora slicht, 21c . iar maidm áir chatha for Ulto .i. cath Brestini, LL 13352 . rochuirsed na treinfir sin ara aidbli (aru v.l.), TTebe 4299 . gu ro lae a.¤ daini ┐ cethra ann, CCath. 854 . diar' fúabairthe isna háraib when they were cut down in the carnage, Metr. Dinds. iv 252.3 . co fargaib a.¤ daíne ┐ eathar `loss of men and ferry-boats', RC xvii 372.19 . á.¤ . . . ar na hAllmhurchaibh, DDána 97.22 . i n-á.¤ , Aithd. D. 21.34 . teidm mōr a Laignib, .i. in bolgach . . . cor ladh á.¤ daíne sechnón Laighen, RC xvii 402.6 .

In phrase á.¤ cend lit. slaughter of heads, a taking of heads , hardly difft. from ár: corro lad á.¤ cend and, LU 9606 (`a slaughter of chiefs', ZCP iii 207 ). brissis Macha in cath for maccaib Dithorba co fargaibset á.¤ cend aicce, Dinds. 161 ( RC xvi 280 ). cor ben a ngabala dib ┐ [. . .] á.¤ cend leo, RC xvii 354.4 . co ro fáccbadh á.¤ cend lais `a strages of heads', AFM vi 1950.26 .

Somet. in more or less concr. sense of those slain, slaughtered ones: romarbsat á.¤ a muindtiri they wrought a slaughter of his people, BColm. 72.4 . co n-erbailt issin tám thend / i torchair á.¤ fer ṅHerend, LL 14812 . mairbthair derg-á.¤ Leithe Cuind and, 299b31 . dú i torchair á.¤ Conmaicne `wherein many of the C. fell slaughtered', RC xvii 391.32 . fuaradar na hára móra ┐ na colla crōderga, ZCP xiii 244.1 . do siredar na hára co mīn (looking for the body of a certain warrior), 245.14 . Note also: ní deochaid E. dar á.¤ `the battle- field'. Metr. Dinds. iv 50.109 .

Compds. ¤-chú, ¤-mag, see separate articles. ¤-ṡlicht: an t-ársliocht oirlighthe ` slaughter-track ', ML 134.23 .

See bó compds.

n (-ae) io. a p. aru gl. tempora, Thes. ii 361.30 . Later k and t. a.¤ (an duine) ( d s. araigh, g s. arach, n p. airge) f., IGT Decl. § 193 . See Vendr. Lex.

Temple (of the forehead): a.¤ (airæ, v.l. Thr. Ir. Gl. 3 ) .i. ar-áui .i. fria ó anair, Corm. Y 44 . dabir imdu da are `around thy two temples', Thes. ii 249.2 . toll arai the hollow of the temple, the temporal fossa, Laws v 363 note d. toll arach in rīg, ZCP xii 376.26 . corpdire ball o a.¤ co fond, O'D. 925 (H 3.17, c. 656). otha ond sceo a.¤ , 2203 (Nero A vii, f. 140b). beanaid do T. triana a.¤ ceachtarda `it struck T. through both his temples', Aen. 2137 . ro combris a édan ón araidh co'raile (ond araaé co araill; ondara co araill v.ll.), CCath. 2179 . tempori .i. don araid, Gild. Lor. 42 gl. 109 . tinnius isin leithcheann no isin araigh, 23 K 42, 167.3 . tromdacht . . . isna hairgibh, Rosa Angl. 24.z . cuislenna na nairgidh (rigeadh, nairgeadh v.ll.), 184.9 .

Compds. ¤-glan: Étaín aire-glan (: airemain) `E. of the bright brows', Metr. Dinds. ii 8.89 . ¤-líath: sé arsaidh arachliath gan lúth, AFM v 1854.17 . fer arsaidh arachliath cuimnech cíanaosta, vi 2242.1 .

v ( air-cuir-, Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 499 )

(a) increases, extends; prolongs: ni erchuiretar lín liter laitinde `they do not increase(?) the number of Latin letters', Sg. 6b17 . nach athgabail . . . aracuirithur saire, Laws ii 114.7 . cid doghnī serc Dē fri duiniv? . . . arcuiredar saegal it prolongs life, ZCP iii 448.26 . etirdīben sōegol, arcuiret[h]or pīanai, 453.13 . flaith aru-cuirither cain ┐ cairde, O'D. 2234 (Nero A vii 156a-b). arcuirethar .i. fothaighther . . . acht arcuirethar anadh for athgabáil .i. ata acht lium . . . go fothaigh[e]and anadh na hathgabála prolongs the stay on distress(?), O'Dav. 132 . is aenmadh déc a dithim . . . mana urcorathar saire unless exemption be extended, O'D. 606 (H 3.17 c. 455). ni aurcorthar suire aimsear, O'Curry 2728 ( Eg. 88, 61(62)d ) `privilege does not prolong times' (reading aimsera), Plummer MS notes. ?acht trisi . . . nad urchurur `only three days . . . when [the distress] is not lengthened out', Laws ii 130.13 Comm.

(b) represents(?) (see Críth G. p. 34 ): arcuirethar a chéliu cur ┐ chairddiu he advances (?) (represents?) his clients in the matter of contract . . ., Críth G. 373 .

(c) turns back, turns away(?): ni aracuirethar deichbire de .i. acht manab dethbir ni tintaid féin athgabail amuich, O'Curry 2729 ( Eg. 88, 61(62)d ) `? something which necessity turns from it', Plummer MS notes. ircuirseat rompó dan naimdibh (ro cuirset in druim fria naimdip, v.l.) `they turned away from their enemies', CCath. 2798 .

(d) In sense of for-cuirethar overthrows: bai . . . in Cuilenn sin ┐ Ciar culdub . . . ocomraim is de asbreth arcorathar Culenn Ciar .i. nongegna may Cuilenn overthrow C.(?), Rawl. 119b15 . casts on, throws on: ar altaib ar neimib / ardon celtair cuirer (leg. cuired) (arcelltraib nacuired v.l.) let Him place a covering over us i.e. may He protect us against wild beasts etc. , ZCP x 346 § 2 .

? con ith ┐ mlicht neich arindchuiriur, Thes. ii 293.5 (not translated).

Vn. airchor.

n Etaill a.¤ ní anfem de . . . a.¤ .i. imramh .i. ni anfem de imram co risam in innsi n-uasail, Auraic. 1326 (ex. of bérla fortchide), cf. RC xiii 269 . ara .i. iomramh, O'Cl. a.¤ .i. imrom, Lec. Gl. 37 . aru .i. imrum, Stowe Gl. 7 . ? a.¤ chuci, O'Mulc. 744 .

x see aro.

n n, f., but gender not well attested. n du. di áraind , Ériu iv 152 § 32 . g du. da arainn , Laws ii 238.24 Comm. Pokorny, KZ l 46 ff. postulates an orig. ā-stem árann and connects with áirne. Note g s. Árne, Fél. March 21 . airni, Laws ii 238.y Comm. n p. airne, Laws iii 354.16 Comm.

Kidney: á.¤ gl. rien, Sg. 96b4 . cum renibus .i. cusnahairnib, Gild. Lor. 175 . rén .i. ára, Ir. Gl. 1011 . lapifulta .i. lécc in árain, 246 . leighes bhrisis cloch na náronn (gl. lapis renum), O'Gr. Cat. 209 § 9 . do inntó se a airne ris in croich, Smaointe B. Chr. 4008 . a cressa dar a n-áirnib, PH 5103 . ic sadhadh a slegh . . . ina n-airnip, CCath. 5756 . co n-deachaidh [an lamh-gai] is in arainn, MR 286.2 . is me teid a nairnib na nadaltrach (spoken by a fiend), Laud 610, 8b (cited from Plummer MS notes). is amlaid atá Temair ┐ hUisnech . . . amail bit a di áraind a mmíl indile, Ériu iv 152 § 32 . doigh ag iomghoin ar mh'árainn, DDána 77.10 . ar chéibh dtigh go hárainn n-úir `in her thick mass of hair reaching to her fair waist', Magauran 994 . ó na hairnibh gonuige na slíasta, Exodus xxviii 42 . laim risna hárannuibh, Levit. iii 4 . Of sexual organs: áirne toile .i. magarrla, O'Dav. 159 . cum genuclis .i. cus na hairnib toli no cusna farclib glun, Gild. Lor. 183 . na hairne toile ┐ in toil-feith, cid be dib bentar ar tus, Laws iii 354.16 Comm. ma ro ben auptha . . . a tolfeith don fir no airne toile don mnai, O'Curry 674 ( H 3.18, 329 ). ? airned a gail(i)e, RC xii 84 § 85 . Note also: ní cúl rinn áradh is cóir `love and truth protect me not', Ó Bruad. ii 162 § i (árach?).

In comic n. pr. meic hítha, meic ārand, MacCongl. 33.21 .

As n. loc. Aran: macc Commain a hÁrainn, Fél. Nov. 21 . a Maig Ene, a hAraind, Ériu iv 146 § 24 . Aru name of a hill, Fél. 244.6 . See Hog. Onom.

vn (aith- + clód) reversal, reversing : firtar la Maram athclud co n-edaid aru Rig delbroscc 'it is confirmed by "the Mariner" that he had found a reversal of the precept of their King' Peritia iii 449.10 .

n o, m. (1 camm). camán, IGT Decl. § 35 .

(a) hurley-stick, hurley : dobered béim din ch.¤ da liathróit (of Setanta), TBC-LL¹ 890 . tarlaicset a tri cóictu camman ar ammus a chendmullaig, 913 . do-rala cammān dar a lurggain, Fing. R. 335 . comesorgain a da coman, O'Curry 2376 ( Eg. 88, 29a ). camana ┐ liathroiti, Laws i 138.32 Comm. do gabh camán ┐ liathróid, CF² 533 . do thréig camána ar chloidhmhibh, DDána 105.3 . creduma aru cumanuibh (leg. ara cam-), Laws ii 146.18 Comm. gebid a ch.¤ creduma ┐ a liathroit n-argdide, TBC-LL¹ 887 . a ccamáin créduma, TFrag. 8.12 .

(b) herd's crook : in caman cromcennach cuill robi aigi ag timain na muc, ZCP vi 276.12 . gur bhuail Grigōir eisiomh dā chommān crozier , Celtica iv 69.163 .

Fig. of a person: a cammāin chrīnlāmaig crooked fellow (: Dallāin), Bruchst. 32 § 74 ( IT iii 103 § 198 ).

As n.pr.: Sean-Caman Cinnmara, RC xiv 36 § 30 .

n (1 cré + umae. See Die Romanze von Froech und Findabair 101 ). criad-umha, KMMisc. 314.z . bronze, brass (?): crédume gl. auricalcum, Sg. 73a3 . do crethumu doronat[h], Trip.² 940 . credumha aru cumanuibh `brass rings', Laws ii 146.17 Comm. creduma a n-enicland na ceniuil (sic) sin, Corp. Gen. 25.x . airinech di chrédumu, Fraech 66 . cruan . . . .i. in derg, ┐ creduma .i. in buidhe, O'Dav. 555 .

V. freq. as attrib. g s. of objects made of bronze: clár c.¤ , LU 5444 (TBC). tri broit chrédumi, 7593 ( BDD 113 ). co naccatar in lungine crédume, 3357 ( SCC 15 ). cúarscéith chrédumai foraib, 7088 ( BDD 76 ). issind noid credumai, LL 22339 `in the boat of bronze', Dinds. 45 . bróca crédumai, Fraech 32 . trí stéill chrédumai, 68 . urchomla credumæ fon-echaib, IT ii2 191.60 . co n-asnaidib credumai, TFerbe 51 . crislait . . . credúma `brass', MR 300.6 . sceith . . . co comraidib . . . creduma, Cog. 162.3 .

See 2 créda.

n expld. as basket . Appar. an inference: cuairt .i. rusc, ut est, losad, criathar, certfuine cuairt a comhnadmaim, O'Curry 2067 ( H 4.22, 67 ). Cf. cuairt . . . naidm sin do beir rusc nollnae aru belaib, 848 ( H 3.18, 385b ) (cf. Laws iv 8.24 ).

n ā, f., later also o and u, m. n s. delb, Wb. 1b19 , 24a8 . BDD § 99 . dealbh, IGT Decl. §§ 38 , 39 , 192 ( deilbh, § 42 ). a s. deilb, Ml. 52 , PH 2499 . delb, 57 , 180 . FA 10(LU). g s. delbe, Wb. 1b19 . delbae, Ml. 65c16 . delba, LL 213a28 . dealbha, IGT Decl. ex. 1029 . deilbe, Acall. 7039 . delbi, PH 440 . deilbh, IGT Decl. ex. 1032 . d s. deilb, Wb. 22b8 . delb, Aen. 293 . dealbh, IGT Decl. ex. 988 . n p. delba, TBC-LL¹ 1370 . delbae (delbæ, MS.), Sg. 166a1 . a p. delba, Ml. 65c16 . Cf. co ndelbu , FA 8 (LB). fria ndelbu (: derbu), SR 8084 . Gramm. oct ṅdelbæ (sic) gl. formae octo, Sg. 166a1 .

(a) form, figure, appearance, shape: fúath et d.¤ a baissom form, Wb. 24a8 . co mbiam i ndeilb ísu, 27b13 . fo deilb natrach, FA 25 . is adbar ríg ar deilb, Sc.M² 14 . isat cara iar ndreich ┐ deilb, cen cop ed iar fhír, PH 3099 . dobered criaid ṁbuidi moa bullu do chlith a delba to disguise himself, Rawl. 141a17 . go ndearna . . . an dúnsa ar dheilbh cláoin-Teamhrach, Ridgeway Essays 338 . cibé dianid sháil d.¤ do gabail de sech amal ata quisquis se uideri uult quod non est, PH 6052 . neach no biadh ic a forcsi, ni gebad d.¤ eli dib acht would have imagined . . ., CCath. 782 . cuma no suidigud na hymhaighi do réir na deilbhi bís a menmuin an tshaeir `according to the form existing in the artificer's conception,' O'Gr. Cat. 235 .

(b) likeness, image, statue: in deilb gl. statuam, Ml. 132c2 . cuirid ass deilb Mairt ┐ brissid hi, PH 2499 . ro crochsam th'imágin ┐ do d.¤ , 180 . [sciath] go ndeilbh leomain ara taoibh, Caithr. 116 . ni denta delbha na rinnighecht forra, CCath. 1910 . an t-anam do thabhairt don tí 'sa dhealbh atá ann, TSh. 1354 .

As vn. shaping, fashioning, arranging, composing: scél brégi do dheilb, PH 7610 . ní neamhchóir duana do dheilbh, IGT Decl. ex. 1312 . deilbh oige ní hobair dhuit the making of poetry, Content. xxii 29 . do dheilbh síodha fris to arrange a peace with him, Hugh Roe 56 . Cf. deilbh (an tsídha), IGT Decl. § 42 .

Compds. ¤chomartha, MR 114 . ¤chomarthach, 120 . ¤chosmailigid resembles in form: na neiche suaichinte . . . ris ar delb-cosmailigiustar D., 118 . ¤dathach, IT iii 41 . ¤glan: Dia d., Leb. Gab.(i) 66 . ¤glaine: re sluagh nDe co ndealbhgloine, Lib. Flav. ii 32va39 . ¤naíde bright-faced: i comeagar dreiche d. Domnaill, MR 118 . ¤rosc precept: firtar la Maram athclud co n-edaid aru Rig delbroscc 'it is confirmed by "the Mariner" that he had found a reversal of the precept of their King' Peritia iii 449.10 . ¤ṡnuigthe wrought with images: do bhocóidibh . . . dealbh-snuighte, ML 128 .

n f.

(a) a kidney (only in Glosses) : f.¤ no áru (gl. rien) Sg. 96b4 , 63b14 . is ho fethib gnitir comaccobra ┐ imraiti (gl. de renibus) Ml. 38a5 . Here probably : drúis .i. toil féithe (expl. of tuilḟéth), Triads 142 gl .

(b) a fibre, sinew (perh. the orig. meaning), later also a vein, artery, vessel (meanings not always clearly distinguished): transl. Lat. nervus in med. MSS. gl. fibra Sg. 100a2 . do ḟéith bic bis fon tengaid this (gl. sublinguae) Gild. Lor. 132 . na fethi (gl. fibras) ib. 223 . neruus ... .i. ... feith, O'Gr. Cat. 261.30 . fuil ... oc na hairdbenar alt no feich bloodshed wherewith no joint or sinew is cut Laws v 142.8 . lethdire la aithgin on midach ... ma ro airdbenustar alt no feich, iii 320.21 Comm . cen tescud alta nā feithe, v 488.5 Comm. bánbéim na fagaib feith fo saoth .i. fo tinnes, O'D. 826 (< H 3.17, 590 ). imruidbiset ... fēithi do chridi indit, TBC-I¹ 2828 . connach fail f.¤ itir icá immuluṅg there is not a sinew supporting it (the heart) TBC-LL¹ 4386 . eter féoil ┐ chnámib ┐ féthib ┐ lethar, 4623 . cech f.¤ gablanach boi tar a mbrecbolcaib (of famished people) LB 155a27 . ro loitt in gái féthi do braget, IT i 103.12 ( ScM. 14 ). fo lin alta ┐ feithe fil i curp duine, RC xv 487 § 1 . dim cēt aisle dim cét ḟethi dim cēt cnámha, ZCP vi 258.16 . ro cirred ... ind lám ... acht con[da]ácaibset na féthi frisin corp `the arm was mangled ... save that the sinews kept it [joined] to the body' BDD 167 . nach ithid clanna Israel ... don ḟéich do chrap `the sinew which shrank' Gen. xxxii 32 . urchóidi[dh] ... dona féthibh (gl. nocet nervis) O'Gr. Cat. 260.28 . fuil a feithib veins ZCP vii 299.15 . gan bhraon id' ḟéithibh d'ḟuil ríogh, Keat. Poems 575 . (Fig.) i ngréas file is feárr féithe `of cleverer vein' Ó Bruad. iii 144 . Cf. cuirp ḟéthe ; tre ḟéthibh edarbha, Ériu xiii 37. 19 ; 27 .

Compds. : ¤fuilech : comruc feithfhuilech vein-wounding ZCP vi 97.24 . ¤remar thick of vein or sinew: sinis a láimh ... ḟéithremhar sinewy RC xxix 142.18 . ¤síned sinew-stretching: féithsined a bhféith `straining of their sinews' MR 256.20 .

See 1 féithech.

n ā, f.

I

(a) in physical sense grip, clutch: .uii. meóir ... co ngabáil ingni sebaic co forgabáil ingne griúin ar cach n-aí LU 6552 (= forgobail, TBC-I¹ 2036 ). TBC-LL¹ 2725 . Holding fast, keeping back: lie forgabail aru fual constriction RC xii 90 . Of a dam: do sgaoil ar in sruth ┐ ro ḟosgail an ḟorgabail , TBC-LL¹ 3888 St. co hionadh na forgabala, 3878 St (preparations for launching the Gae Bolga).

(b) in Laws forcible or illegal seizure, esp. of exacting a due already paid: ina gabail etechta no ina forgabail (.i. firgabail uimpi dar gellaib ┐ dar airgib), Laws i 90.29 ; cf. i ngabail aithgabala ettechta no inna forngabail , Ir. Recht p. 9 (`Zurückbehalten'). athgabail tar cert a forrngabail, Laws v 256 . is i a forngabail cach athgabala ... cin dia ruicter a breith ... do imluad aitherrach ib. forngabail, O'Dav. 958 . cin gaiti ... ó biudbuidh ina forngabail do fechemuin ina breth tar crich ` recapturing ' Laws i 222.14 Comm. cf. ii 76.22ff. Comm . For ma forngabhaid, ma forngabadh, Laws i 220 the MS ( H 3.17, c. 83 ) has ina forngab- which prob. should be read forngabáil as in Laws i 222.9 , 14 , where MS has same suspension. ar dofuslaicthi fīr cach forrgabail .i. fuaslaicter a firgabail on tī bīs oc gabail ime co inndligthech , H 3.18, 233a17 .

(c) in wider sense seizing by force, capturing: ferann creiche ... ┐ forgabhala, Cog. 40.24 ; 70.7 . la forgabhala Briain `in addition to the capture of B.' AU iii 342 [but the form is either gen. or pl.; leg lá f.¤ ?]. As allegor. npr. m.: Forgabail (one of `sē maccu Mīenich') RC xxiv 280 § 20 = Forngabhail, Anecd. ii 63 (hence, prob.: fornghabhail .i. cruas, O'Cl.).

II Of a method of spear-throwing: fosceirdside issa tír súas in slig, ┐ a mmíl inna tháeb. léciud ón co forgabail, [i.e.] cenéle n-imberta gaiscid, co lluid tarsin tlacht ... ┐ tresin léine baí im A., LL 250b8 ( TBFr. § 18 ).

Cf. 1 forgab.

v g (fuil) draws blood: intrans. 2 s. subj. pres. dep. ni gata ni fuiligther ┐ ni oirce nech, LB 261a7 ( GJ v 187 ). With FOR (AR) : ni ḟuil bar a fuliged nech díb munub marb a chetóir na ba marb ria cind nomaide, TBC-LL¹ 2941 . nir fuiligh a lám ar dhuine riamh ... nach bhud marbh ria cinn nómaide, Acall. 215 . TBC-LL¹ 2941 = nir ḟulig ┐ nir ḟorderg gae ... fairsium, TBC-LL¹ 2954 . ní fuilighenn iárann air iron does not wound him Maund. 161 . ar mallacht ar in coin ... or d'fuilig si ar lenab ..., Plummer Colophons 27 n. 11 ( Laud 610, 116v2 ). nir blais betha nech ar a fuileochad, Acall. 6073 n . ni blaised betha nech aru fuili[g]dis, Ériu viii 42.12 .

n (Lat. marinus) Pelagius, "the Mariner": firtar la Maram athclud co n-edaid aru Rig delbroscc 'it is confirmed by "the Mariner" that he had found a reversal of the precept of their King' Peritia iii 449.10 .

n f. name of a river; an ogam symbol for the letter u: linnogam ... aicme ailme .i. Aru, Eobul, Uisiu, Erbos, Indiurnn, Auraic. 5686 . coruici uissin .i. co hobhuinn muighi hUatha, AU i 598.13 . Cf. glenn Uissen, Onom.