n
o, [n.] (3 brú) a
s.
bruäch,
SR 7942.
g.
du.
dā mbrūäch,
Fianaig. 10.3
. Note also n
p.
bruaichi,
TTebe 1801
. brúach
m.,
IGT Decl. § 75.
brúagh, n
s. and d
s.,
ex. 1575
, is a
proscribed form.
edge, brink; margin; bank, shore, border:
b.¤
gl. margo,
Sg. 61a11
,
Ir. Gl. 947.
bonnbach .i. bónd b.¤,
iter bónd ┐ b.¤ bís,
Corm. 22.
iall . . . tri bruac[h] (bruan, v.l.)
na seichi beos ┐ triasan asai `through the border of the hide'
(on a bed)
Ériu v 32.30
.
re b.¤ mo phill,
O'Gr. Cat. 453.30.
brëo fri brūach `against a (shield-)rim',
Ériu xx 192 § 1.
dar brúach ṁbaire,
LL 8333
`over the goal' on playing-field,
TBC-LL² 773
. a hocht a mb.¤ dess in adnacthi `eight (lamps) to
the right of the sepulchre',
ZCP xvii 228.18
.
for brúach in
topair,
Trip.² 1069.
i mbrúch na haband,
Fraech 192
.
i mbruuch,
195
. fo brúch a bláth-buird `under the marge of
its . . . bank',
Metr. Dinds. iii 260.14
.
Bóand do bruinni ar
mbrúich braiss,
30.25
.
Loch H. . . . ┐ bruacha arda [ime],
Todd Nenn. 116.5
. ferais in tonn frisin m-b.¤
shore,
MacCarthy 400.5
. álaind do brúach, do braine (to a stronghold),
Metr. Dinds. iii 96.5
. ós brúachaib Carmuin `over the borders
of . . . C.`,
12.10
. a thaibhgheoir bhruaigh Bhóroimhe
(i.e. Mumha, Notes),
O'Hara 1352.
flaitheas Bréithne an
bhrúaigh aoíbhinn,
O'R. Poems 1610.
a mbarr chleath
bhrúigh bháinṠionna,
IGT Decl. ex. 1586.
la na mb.¤ ndub
`day of the Black Borders',
Ann. Conn. 1408.14
`the name
of some day of mourning,'
AFM iv 796.2
note. go gcuirfe an
choir . . . / sruth an chígh ós chionn a bhrúigh will make the
breast (of the Virgin) overflow,
DDána 31.27
.
coiccettal na
ccuach . . . / ar b.¤ samhraidh,
Reeves Ad. 274.21
. co bruac
mbratha till brink of doom,
BB 429b15
.
dáig ni bráth dar b.¤
,
LL 10333
(Táin 2893).
da roibh bruacha na cneidhi gan at edges of the wound,
Irish Texts v 4.5
.
Compds. With nouns: dogniat étaige . . . don bruachoirbir
bís for duillib na crand (`moss',
Manners and Customs iii 330
),
Alex. 613
=
brutair,
ZCP xxx 126.11
. a Bruachairne (n. loc.),
RC xiv 426 § 46.
isin mbruach-deredh `
rear' (of army,
troops),
Caithr. Thoirdh. 74.28
.
go bruaichimlibh B.,
AFM vi
2148.9
. With adjj. and adjj. derived from nouns:
do chrích
B. bruachairdi,
SG 70.18
. Brí Bruachbrecc (n. pr.),
RC
xlvii 292.16
, cf.
Dinds. 126.
don abhainn ina buindeadhaibh . . . bruachbristeacha,
TBC St. 3238.
all bruach-dhubh
(tighe ifeirn),
TSh. 6182
(in citation). cúirte bruachnochta
`courts stripped bare',
O'Gr. Cat. 452.9.
a hóis phóigmhilis
bhruaichtheirc bhláith of her . . . finely-drawn . . . mouth,
Hackett² li 41.
With part.
gorbo bristi . . . bruach-rēbtha
airm,
ML² 267.