adj
o, ā
speckled, spotted; variegated; patterned, ornamented:
aladh .i. breac,
O'Cl.
cuirither iasg ṁb. mbedg (MS),
Ériu
xxii 42 § 9
and
48 n. 4h
.
ernail dhatha . . . etir brec ┐
dond ┐ alad ┐ rúad,
TTr.² 881.
tri datha na hec[se] . . . b.¤ ┐
fochanar,
Auraic. 5249
speckled (raiment), see Thurn.
ZCP
xvii 291.16
. i fil ilmíli mbrec mban of women (in) variegated
(dress),
Imr. Brain 19.
cochléne breccai plaid (?) capes,
BDD² 1204.
cet d'étach gach dadha bricc,
IT i 125.15
(
TE Eg. 10
).
bróca brecca bernacha,
Todd Lect. vi 60 § 80.
écne
b.¤
,
Imr. Brain 54.
ní sladar iasc mbrec for ganim deirg
(rhet.),
LU 8651.
nathir bémnech b.¤
`speckled snake',
Thes.
ii 327.18
(Hy.v).
graig ngabor nglas, brec a mong,
LU 3692
(
SCC 33.19
). daim breca
brindled (?) oxen,
Trip. 176.15
. na
heich breca
dappled
,
Celtica ii 42.32
. a chuilim bhric tig ón
Spáin `pied dove',
KMMisc. 50.2
. ro brecad do semannaib
findruine conid brec (sc. a shield named Briccriu),
BDD² 976.
ba b.¤ do imdornchoraib na claideb n-orduirn `speckled with
the hilts of the gold-hilted swords',
Ériu iv 26.26
. go frithathartaib óir bricc friu anechtair with rack-clasps (?) of
patterned (?) gold (of scabbards),
LL 11193
(TBC).
bruiden
brec bélfhairsiuṅg,
MU² 203.
d'aebind bricc of speckled
ebony,
Alex. 593.
mo lebrán brec `with chequered page',
SG
56.32
. na Banba bricce `of many-coloured B.',
Arch. Hib.
ii 82 § 1.
ós Bōin[d] bricc `
sparkling
',
92 § 3
.
sduadh bhreac
dhealbhach um an ndún,
DDána 119.17
. san gcrann mbrioc
(: riot) on the stained (?) Cross,
Aithd. D. 86.11
(cf.
A. Ó Dálaigh xxvi 4
).
gur bhó breac ó corpaibh daoíne an tulach,
AFM v 1784.23
.
cardo benedicta .i. an fuafannan breac
`speckled thistle' (Gloss.),
ACL i 326.36
.
adhbhar gotha dod ghruaidh bhric 'a cause of reproach to your freckled cheek',
Giolla Brighde 108 § 3
. See galar.
As subst.
fex olei .i. aní imbi brec specks (?),
O'Mulc. 42.
adberar an Bhrec fría, ó comhmbrecadh taisedh na naomh ┐
na naomh-ogh a n-áoinfeacht . . . innte (a reliquary),
BNnÉ
266 § 232
. ?
rop ecem secc da selbaib / in b.¤ asin b.¤ Temraig,
LL 376a46
. brec mor `great dotting' (a form of Ogham
alphabet),
Auraic. 6010.
rand[aigecht] bec mor andso ocna
filedhaibh . . . carrdechnaid vero acna druthaibh . . . ┐ is edh
on a b.¤
that is its diversified form (?),
IT iii 86 § 86.
Cf.
§ 85.
As epithet in n. pr.:
féil Chóemáin Bricc,
Fél. Sept. 14.
?
innisios fer brec nach beo,
SG 362.7
. Appar. n. pr. m.:
co B.,
TBC-LL² 4074
.
Compds. With nouns.
Símón Brecc ... brecc-ainech ro bhoí .i. aiged bhrec lais on ardbhruth 'he was mottled-faced, i.e. he had a mottled face from the intense heat (anger ? fever?)',
Cóir Anm.² ii 26 § 87
. breccbardne (name of a metre),
IT iii 43 § 54
,
Murphy Metrics 64 § 59
(see p. 84).
brig
bladmar, bruthmar, breccbárc,
SR 2642.
in Bhreac-bhárc .i.
lung Fhinn mheic Cumhaill,
Leabh. ó Láimhsgr. xvi 1046
.
breac-bhriathra . . . / glac íad `verses ?' (to a patroness),
O'R. Poems 3339
and Gloss.
bairghean, breac-cháca (breach
cháca, MS.) beg éattrom `a loaf or little light Ceak',
Eg. Gl. 8.
Cf.
bairghean breac `
barnbrack
' (`barm-'),
Dinneen
.
do
butainte brecdatha .i. co ndathaibh éccsamhla,
Leb. Gab.(i)
30.13
.
meic Blait breacduirn,
Acall. 2355.
dá breclamainn
`speckled gauntlets',
CCath. 4675.
delg óir . . . / i n-óe cecha
breclenni,
LU 3709
(
SCC 33.27
). co rainig . . . in breacmacraid
(brecmac rig, v.l.) thiri Armenia the motley youth,
RC xx 430.3
.
breic-mhias an mheasraidh,
TSh. 905.
ós breac-mhoigh
Éireann,
Content. xxx 21.
.x. mbrait mbreccphupaill .i.
pupaill cacha datha,
Ériu ii 4.17
. breacṡolas `the morning
or evening twilight
',
P. O'C.
robrāth na breictheinedh
blazing fire,
ZCP viii 211.28
. fleadh bhreacthruaille beann
`ornamented sides of goblets',
Magauran 421
.
With adjj. brecc-aladh
piebald
,
RC xlvi 230.25
.
meic
borrthoraid brec-bāin,
MacCongl. 33.14
.
os Banba brecbuic,
MacCarthy 184.10
. panathir breccborr huge spotted panther,
Rawl. 78a19
. di sciathaib . . .bána breccbudi `
yellow-spotted
',
TTr. 1403.
geabhuidh lamhuinn mbreacchuir
mbláith,
KMMisc. 170 § 12.
lis ballach breicderg,
Acall. 2738.
Brec-derg (name of a drinking-horn),
157
.
da sheir birrdha
brecduba,
RC xiii 5.10
.
a barr bre[c]glas,
Hail Brigit 20
.
dá ech . . . brecglassa,
LU 8591
(
FB 45
). gusan mbrúgh
mbraenach mbrecṡolus `
light-bespeckled
',
Ériu iii 162 § 16.
ra beind breccsholais búabaill,
MU² 230.
With adjj. formed from nouns. mergeda . . . a . . . breacamlacha `variegated (and) emblematic',
Marco P. 61.
medon
fethech brecbaindech `spotted with pustules',
RC xxiv 196 § 11.
la fichit brandub brecboirdnech,
LL 7285.
brat breicbreidech,
RC xxi 398 § 33.
da n-ocht ṁbliadan brecbuidnech varied
and crowded years,
LL 14958.
o earradhaibh breac-dathacha
a banntrachta,
ML 38.22
. amail buinne . . . mbreachlasrach
with motley flashes,
CF 774.
brat breclígda immi `of varied
hues' (Gloss.),
BDD² 1165.
gus an mbuinde . . . mbreclinnteach mBuada,
MR 104.8
(2 brecc ?). sluagh . . . breacmeirgeach with many-coloured standards,
MR 214.y
.
bloiscbem brecthentech,
Lec. 171 ra 26
(brēicthinntech, ZCP viii
§ 38).
?
cumasc slaite breaclíte ┐ lethrannaigechta moire,
BB
291a34
= cumasc slaiti brecht, etc.,
IT iii 84 § 71.
In nn. loc. in compds. see Hog. Onom.