n (brac + 1 caille) expld. as covering for the hand, glove: braccille bracc (.i.) lam ┐ cáil coimét .i. lámand, Corm. Corm. Y 123. broc a braca .i. cumbair ēteg, unde bracille, O'Mulc. 165.

n (cf. brac) sleeves (?): b.¤ a bracca (leg. brachio , n.8) .i. ōn lāim, O'Mulc. 177 (leg. brachtrad (` drawers ?'), Index). Cf. brachtrad a braca , 127 . See Contribb. 243.

n ā, f. (ON or OE loanword, see Éigse iii 237 ff ., Jn. Celt. Stud. i 47 ff ., KZ xxx 81 ff .). bróg lebhar, f., IGT Decl. § 172. shoe, sandal; greave (?); pl. greaves, leggings, (long) hose, breeches (?): broc a braca .i. cumbair ētag, unde braccille, O'Mulc. 165. asana cen broicc etaig no letha[i]r imme, Laud 610, 25d (cited Plummer MS. notes). eturru ┐ a brog `between his foot and his shoe', Laws i 300.23 Comm. brócc gl. sutolar (cf. subtalares, shoes, Du Cange), Ir. Gl. 1033. iallachrann .i. bróga, Eg. Gl. 409. eochra .i. broga leggings (?), O'Dav. 814. ochra .i. bróga, O'Cl. dí bróig sandals (?), BDD² 844. broca credumai impu, LL 33127 (Fraech 32). bróca brecca bernacha leo (worn by the Magi), Todd Lect. vi 60.4 . nighfid a mbróga na tigh i.e. they will take possession, SG 70.24 , cf. gurab iat féin benfus a mbróga díob in bar tighib, 78.21 . lán a bhróicce d'aircett `one of his shoes full of silver' (as a due), BNnÉ 257 § 216 . cos guna broig, RC xii 352.2 . da bróice imbe di croicinn capoill, Harl. 5280, 66b (cited Contribb. 264 ). lethéill ( a s.) a bróci one shoe-strap , MacCongl. 47.9 . iall letbroici (-braigi, -braici, v.ll.), IT iii 81 § 59. a bróg no a lamann, O'Curry 2427 ( Eg. 88, 33d ). broc choel do chorrgubul gabair `a slender shoe of goatskin', O'Dav. 366. an té ar a bhfuil a bhróg scaóilte = shoe, Deuteronomy xxv 10. le trilsibh bróg mban, DDána 119.21 . go bhfuair Deirdre ag dul 'na brógaibh, Dánta Gr. 7.14 . bróga = shoes , RSClára 6b . ó bhórdaibh a bróg mbreac go féith a dlaoi, Keat. Poems 115. (horse)shoe: sdéad seang ar bharraibh a bróg, DDána 106.10 . bróg eich, IGT Verbs ex. 730. broga im na gabraib `ties of leather for the goats' (` hobbles ', Plummer MS. notes), Laws iv 86.2 Comm. pn In nickname: clann Briain na broige, Hy Fiach. 90.2 .

Compds. dá dheigheach bhreagh bhróiggeal, O'Hara 4095. an fear bróigthiogh `thick-clogged fellow' (Notes), Bard. Synt. Tr. 22 § 214.15 , IGT Verbs ex. 838.

See límad, berrbróc, fúathróc.

n ā, f. IGT Decl. § 39 (91.13) . g s. also cliatha, Cog. 156.6 .

(a) hurdle : cliath gl. creta [crates], Ir. Gl. 126 . denam cleib, denam cleithe, Laws v 474.4 . gach uair is loscadh comhraite is clía nudhnecht (sic leg.). Gach uair is loscadh anfoit is clia lathrach n-aile, iv 252.1 Comm. (cliath v.l.). cia sáer ro fích in cleith, LL 26382 . dogníthe derc . . . ┐ cliatha tairsiu. No briste in gae . . . ┐ a rind tresin cléith, RC xiii 454 § 48 . doratsat . . . cliatha caelaigh mora ós a cennaibh ┐ scratha fót tairsibh anechtair (as protection for beseigers), CCath. 1881 . laem . . . ainm don clēith bīs fon arbar oca tīrad, O'Mulc. 806 . cor eptha i cléith `putting a charm in a hurdle', MacCongl. 71.25 (prov., in a list of useless actions). Attrib. g s. i leabaidh chléithe, TSh. 2304 .

(b) Of a house or `les' (see 2 les) wattle panels of walls, doors or gates: samaisc i cléith tís, colpdach i cléith túas, Críth G. 215 - 16 . dá [n]dorus [n-]and —comla[e] ar ala n-aí, c.¤ ar alailiu, 101 . dofet cliath cleithe .i. as remtechtai lium cliath ichtair in tighi do denam ar dus anas cleitine a mullaighi, O'Curry 1874 ( 23 P 3, 21 (23)a ). ro híadad in tech . . . ┐ doratad crann ar chleith (arcleith v.l.) airi immach, Trip.² 604 . elaim-si itir clēith ┐ ursaind, MacCongl. 123.18 (cf. cliathcomla). c.¤ ná comhla ré lis, A. Ó Dálaigh lv 5 . ní bīat clīatha re rátha, ZCP xiii 9.23 . an ḟuinneog iomagallmha . . . ar a mbī cur cléthe nó gráta, RSClára 93b .

(c) woven fence, palisade, outwork : doratad immorro M. . . . dalta do Choin C. . . . ar cléith ar dorus in dúne, LL 13404 . do-rigensat . . . cliatha do scia[i]ch ┐ do draigen i mbeol ind atha fri R. cona muintir, cona rochtadar dul darsin n-ath, IT ii2 230.74 . imthus re marcach eich leith / a n-Ath Gallta itir da chleith, Leb. Cert. 20.8 . nī tucc a acchaidh re clēith / budh ferr do c[h]ongbālaidh scēith, Ériu xvii 28 § 50 . do congbail clethi ┐ do cosnum cathlaithrech `to sustain the front', MR 148.9 . airm n-a gcléith ar comhlaibh tor `swords form a fence round his castles' portals', Magauran 1705 . Of the Cross: ar chléith dhoinnbhear dia hAoine / do coinnmheadh Dia dar ndín-ne, DDána 47.2 . Fig. Máol Mórdha . . . / Pilip Óg . . . / dhá chléith le dornchlaibh docra, O'R. Poems 2799 . gurab í an fhíor-aithrighe is comhla ┐ is cliath chosnaimh ag na daoinibh, TSh. 6894 . c.¤ fri opposition to: cliath ra heclais mairg dogní, LL 19300 . a cliath fri nem (to the sinful soul), PH 8175 . With various defining genitives: is lá Hú Tegtechān bith for in clē[i]th dāla ┐ an t-escra ana lāim a bar for dispensing drink(?), BColm. 52.29 (`hurdle of assembly'). cliath fhosgaidh ar āth, O'R. Poems 664 . Toirrdhelbhach . . . baí ina cleith ḟosccaidh . . . ag gach aén `a sheltering fence', AFM vi 2106.18 . dia tartamni .xxx. d'ar ṅdegdoinib immach i ṅgiallas bid tanaite ar c.¤ gabala sund. Doregthar forn issin cathraig defence, LL 283a4 . cladh coigcriche ┐ . . . cliath ghabhála fri hUltaibh, Hugh Roe² 216.14 . sgiath didin ┐ cliath ghaeithe Ghall re Gaeidheluibh `wind-hurdle' (i.e. protection, shelter), ALC ii 310.22 . in comla catha ┐ in cliath ugra, Cog. 188.7 . cf. 56.y . cúig tríatha . . . / cliatha gaisgidh na nGaoídhiol, O'R. Poems 2716 . cliath mhínighthe na ccóig ccrīoch, 661 . ard gach oentu . . . / cain cach cliath brathar protection of a kinsman(?), Cog. 122.18 .

In phr. i ccléith x on the side of x, in alliance with x: mairg . . . ro threicc a chorpfhine . . . ar dhul hi cleith ┐ hi ccomhaontaidh a éccrad, Hugh Roe² 264.18 . N. do thocht i ccléth cloinne Domhnaill, AFM iv 896.14 . a chaoraigheacht do breith lais i ccleith Gall to the side of the English, 890.5 . M., mairtír nar thrēith: / bīodh san chnoc im chlēith go fíor, Celtica iv 163 § 236 . `i gcléith le `to be united to, allied to, associated with' s.vv. adiungo, applico, affectus, affinitas, Risdeard Pluincéad', cited Celtica iv 192 .

(d) Extended applications: dorála D. do Ch. ar in cleith oc leith na Sinna ` bridge ', SG 397.6 . tucadh amus fair im cend cleithe Atha Luain . . . cor'thoit cliath an drochaid fút[h]aib, RC xviii 167.5 (Tig.). co nderna droichet ┐ clíatha dermhára díbh ┐ rathanna romora tarsin [cuan] cétna, CCath. 1391 . stretcher, litter, bed : cen chlíatha cen tulggu, Críth G. 101 . nónbar . . . ro-bái fón cleith fora raibe tarr na muici, Sc.M² 6R . dá ḟer déc for clíathaib airgdidib imon imdai, BDD² 1107 . búi an péist . . . ana lighe for cleth iarnaide, a lan do crithribh teindtidhi fon cleth hisin, Aisl. Tond. 108 § 3 (super cratem ferream). fo cholbaib ┐ fo immdadaib ┐ fo clīathaib in rīgthige, MacCongl. 11.17 (`screens'). cliatha caolaig doriginset Laigin . . . fo cosaib caorach . . . 'ca n-adnacal co Dún nÉtair, Dinds. 28 . láindíre do oí ina lias uasa a chleith codla, Ériu xiii 27.22 . clíatha fis (apparently always made of rowan branches) beds on which druids slept in order to acquire occult knowledge: luidhset na druidh fora cliathaib fis ┐ rothoghairmset demhna, Marco P. 32 . dochúatar na draoithe ara ccliathaibh cáerthainn ┐ tuccadh . . . nua corma doibh, V. SS. Hib. cliv n. 5 . codail ar do chliathaibh fis / cuardaigh aigéan gach oiris, Content. x 2 . is eadh do-nídís cruinnchliatha caorthainn do dhéanamh ┐ seicheadha na dtarbh n-iodhbarta do leathadh orra . . . ┐ dul mar sin i muinighin a ngeasa do thoghairm na ndeamhan do bhuain scéal díobh . . . gonadh de sin do lean an sean-fhocal . . . adeir go dtéid neach ar a chliathaibh fis an tan do-ní dícheall ar scéala d'fhagháil, Keat. ii 5448 ff. harrow : cliath fuirsidh[e] (gl. eripica [rastrum]), Ir. Gl. 240 . braca, cliath, foirseadh, Eg. Gl. 70 . go niomat cliath ┐ prácadh, AFM vi 2186.20 . le clíathaibh foirsighe íaruinn, 1 Chron. xx 3 . clíath scéith framework of shield : o clíat[h]aibh sgiath secht mac Meadbha, Ériu x 85 § 88 . cúic árnaile saorus fer nimthechta ar tigradhus na ninnile .i. cliath tasgair (? trascair) do iadadh friu (some sort of hurdle for keeping cattle enclosed), O'D. 887 ( H 3.17, 637 ). Of the oars of a boat: ro cuireadar amach cliatha . . . crannrighne cruadhrámhadh, CF² 39 . Of an animal, the loin, rib-cage : mas ar son carna ata é is cnaimh ar in cleith uile (of the amount of condiment allowed with different joints), O'Curry 183 ( H 3.18, 99 ). curro bris a cleith n-asnai, TBC-LL¹ 565 n. 4 . cliat[h]a bō, Ériu x 85 § 88 . do imreadar na lanna . . . gurba cliatha tolla . . . na taíbh, CF² 801 . Of a bird's wings: glésaiss . . . a ghulbain a ccliathaib a eite, Mart. Don. 176.17 . Of the strings of a musical instrument: cid cia ro chodail . . . re cliathaib . . . ciuil, MR 110.y . ar chléith tana do thimpáin, IGT Decl. ex. 882 . Of the web of cloth: corba dluithither re cleith lenad (leined, v.l.) arna landluthud in lini sleg, TTebe 2823 (`stop- hurdle'). conarbho dluithe cliatha leinedh ar n-a dluthadh, ITS v 64.11 . ? cliath .i. umat, [ut est] ar bi[d] mer fo cuachnaidm cliath ferba .i. amail bi[d] mér fo cuachnaidm duitt iumad briathar in filed `a multitude of words', O'Dav. 397 (but `? metaph. use of clíath in sense of phalanx', Plummer MS. notes).

Freq. of the close ranks of men (and weapons) in battle, especially in phr. i ccléith, i cclíathaib in close fighting(?): ni ró ḟég F. dar a ais riam . . . ic astar no ic imthecht ┐ chléith ┐ chath (? leg. i cléith no i cath) no chomlund, TBC-LL¹ 1905 . nach hi ccath no hi ccleith / do fáccbadh é, ar sccáth a scceith, Cog. 88.22 . buaid [cacha] catha ┐ cacha cliatha, 156.6 . i n-imairic áigh nó i cléith comluinn, CCath. 627 . M. ┐ C. do marbad a cleith do O., Ann. Inisf. 1108.5 (`in a skirmish'). gur lingsed in dā chlēith . . . a cenn araile the two (opposing) ranks, ML² 1189 . d'fisrugad clethi Conaill ┐ aird-grinne Eogain `the phalanx', MR 176.3 . ro coraigheadh ider na curadaib cliatha . . . ceinngera do shleaguibh `rows', Caithr. CC 72 . díon a threabh . . . a ccliathaibh `in fighting', Rel. Celt. ii 222.31 . deacair an chéim i gcliathaibh, PBocht 3.38 . baidhbh id chomhghaire i gcléith, Aithd. D. 5.17 . i gcléith chogaidh ní dú dol / 's gan tú go habaigh aosmhar, DDána 105.23 . ? amail corra crit[h]bel / ri clīat[h]uib cāich / fir Ērenn re clīat[h]ib-sum / ō sin co tī brāth, ZCP xiii 15.1 , 2 .

In nn. loc. see Hog. Onom. s.v. and s. Áth Clíath .

Compds. With nouns. ¤bern in phr. c. chét one who makes a gap of a hundred in the enemy's ranks : in cathmilid ┐ in chliathbern chét ┐ ord essorgni, LL 8219 ( TBC-LL¹ 775 ). an dubdhortadh díl[e]ann ┐ an chliathbearna céd . . . .i. Caiseal C. airdrígh Lochlann, CF² 1001 . Also ¤bernaid id.: na da curaid ┐ na da chliathbernaid chet, TBC-LL¹ 3245 . atat daimh dilann ┐ cliathbernadha cet . . . i Cnuc na Cenn, RC xliii 40.29 . Also of the gap itself: atconnairc na clíathbernadhae mora oslaicte . . . ┐ na muir 'arna muradh `the great battle-breaches open and the ramparts rased', CCath. 3724 . ¤bernadach id.: tuarascbail . . . a cathmiled ┐ a cliathbernadach cét, TBC-LL¹ 5147 . os chliathblai Charmaind battle-field(?), BB 37b26 . cathmilid ┐ cliathcomla cathu shield (fig. of a warrior), TTr.² 1582 . cliathdhroichet do dhénamh oc Ath Luain wattle bridge, AFM ii 1132.18 . fa chliathfhroighibh do chraobh mbreac, DDána 68.38 . tiar tre chliathghaoith cláir na bhFionn ` battle-wind ', O'Hara 3081 . mairg tarla i gcliathghoil 'na cheann `ardour of a skirmish' (Gloss.), Ir. Syll. Poetry 64 § 14 . fa chliathmhadh Céin, O'Hara 2620 .

With adj. mac Piaruis chaoimh chliatharnaidh `fierce in battle' (Gloss.), Butler Poems 1351 . Éire chliathbhras, Hackett xliv 3 .

v (cluiche) sports, plays : dondí chluchigedar gl. ludenti, Ml. 122a12 . amal lengtae sidi i n-arddai intan cluichegatar, 129c20 (gl. arietes). a cobrigedar .i. a cluichigedar (a cluichigegedar, MS.). `when he sports' (of Leviathan), 122a10 (gl. (Indico ociano) eluctatus). brachtrad a braca .i. ētach cumair, ar no cluichigtis ōcbothae ┐ no lingtis in braccís , O'Mulc. 127 .

o (pl. genly. s), n. later m. (vn. of in-tuigethar; cf. O'Mulc. 462 ). n s. a n-étach , Tur. 87.71 . éitach Wb. 29a11 . in n-etach , PH 8162.8165 . etach (n-), Mon. Tall. § 86 . etag, Ériu ii 222.20 . in t-etach , Laws i 136.19 Comm. a s. a n-etach...sa, Wb. 27b16 . étach, 18a10 . etach, SR 1555 . ætach, Wb. 32c11 . ǽitach, 24d14 . d s. etuch, Ml. 90d3 . educh, ZCP iii 227.27 (v.l. édach YBL). étach, TBC-LL¹ 45 . PH 470 . ar a etaig , TBC-LL¹ 5274 (= tara etach, TBC-I¹ 3213 ) is probably corrupt, and for i nétaig (mogad), LL 16b41 we should evidently read i n-étaigib which occurs just below. g s. ǽitich, Wb. 29b13 . ǽtig, 12b3 . ind etaig , Ml. 144c7 . étai, Todd Lect. v 83.16 . eúdaig, Matthew ix 20 . n du. da étuch , da educh , Laws ii 148.9 Comm. n p. etaige, LU 85a26 = BDD 51 . étaige TBC-LL¹ 4381 . PH 1039 . edaigh, Fl. Earls 254.8 . éduighe, Exodus xviii 4 . éuduigh, Rev. iv 4 . a p. etaigi, TBC-I¹ 3143 . étaigi, LL 244b12 . PH 3160 . étaige, 4379 . étdaige, 4873 . éuduigh, Gen. xxxv. 2 . d p. étaigib, FA 27 . PH 2001 . LL 16b42 . édaigi, Fl. Earls 48.17 . g p. étach, LL 238b 40 = TTr. 1627 . ettaighedh, BNnÉ 51.1 .

A covering, raiment, clothing, a garment: etach arindi intugadar, O'Mulc. 462 . édach (gl. indumentum) Ir. Gl. 757 . airndib ecmailt á n-étach ┐ a mbiad...inna ní prithchite, Tur. 71 . ní tormult far mbíad no for n-étach, Wb. 18a10 . biad do bocht...étach do nocht, PH 6000 . a n-étach sacaird (gl. ephoth) Tur. 87 . roben a etach epscoip de, PH 2453 . gaibid immib a n-etach...sa, Wb. 27b16 . brachtrad a braca .i. etach cumair, O'Mulc. 127 ( cumbair etag, 165 ). cia nogaba in n-étach sin imut, PH 8186.3295 . amal foceirt nech a ætach de, Wb. 32c11 . rofádbud Ísu o étach .i. inar corccra, PH 2853 . étaige allmarda ingantacha impo, TBC-LL¹ 4381 . 5257 . mac in airiuch desa, dath fo leth a eduigh cach lae .i. foru brut no foru inur ┐ da etuch dathu uime dia domhnuigh, Laws ii 148.6 Comm. da dath i n-étaigib aithech tri datha i n-etuch...oclach, LL 16b41 . cor gabus bend etaig Ísu, PH 2792 . imeal a eúdaigh, Matthew ix 20 . a n-edaighi do meleuent buidi, Fl. Earls 254.8 . gur fhág sé an t-édach 'na láimh, Gen. xxxix 13 . etach reilge `burial clothes' [?] Laws v 432.14 (of the clothes discarded from the deceased? Cf. 433 n. b ). In wider sense, a covering, cloth, stuff: fo édach na rígna (of a bed), Ériu v 166.51 ; ib. 55 . di lepaid-si cona hētach dōib etir colcaid occus brothraig, MacCongl. 115.30 . do thogaibh B. a cenn ona édach (pillow ? coverlet ?) ZCP vi 278.27 . rocóirged bruidin...go n-édaighib examla drapery, hangings Fianaig. 70.31 . ri immad étaig...ṡirecda LL 238b41 = TTr. 1628 . an t-éudach 'the curtaine' Ériu xv Supplement 48 . édach lin linen cloth YBL 356a 27 . Rosa Angl. PH 470 . cirmaire .i. cirait na hetaidi, O'Curry 2131 .

Cf. mor d'étuch a imthimchell (of Goliath) SR 5754 .

n u, o, m. (Romance borr. ?) harrowing (agricult. term): foirseaoh (g s. -idh; -edha; g s. foirsde is noted here as an irregular form) IGT, Decl. § 28 . As vn., ib. III § 71 . g s. eich ḟoirseadha ib. ex. 866 . méd an fhoirsde ib. Introd. § 49 . guna dearnadh eenla treabcha na furseadha , Ann. Inisf. 1282.2 . foirseadh `a Harrow ', synon. of ` braca ,' Kirk ( Eg. Gl. 70 ). dorata na Gaill fon arathar ┐ da Ghall ic foirsed asa tiaghaibh (asa ttiaghaibh fearrdha, v.l.,) na ndiaigh (i.e. harrowing and sowing ?) AU 1012 , Éigse xv 23 . treabhadh no foirsedh, Parrth. Anma 164.2 = foirseidh, Luc. Fid. 101 . déana foirse ... ar ithir th'anma, TSh. 6939 . le cliathaibh foirsighe, 1 Chron. xx 3 . is ar cen foirse (.i. is etarbach), O'Curry 427 (< H 3.18, p. 232b ). Cf. ni bheanann osa mall mé | a bharr don ḟearann ḟoirsde IGT, Decl. ex. 877 .

n m. (< Eng. brake?) a harrow : g p. go n-iomat cliath ┐ prácadh, AFM vi 2186.20 . práca `a harrow', P. O'C. Mod. bráca , Dinneen .