n f. Also anaim(m). See GOI 214 . In O. Ir. decl. fluctuates in sg. but is always that of an n-stem in pl. n s. ind ainim , Wb. 3d11 . Ml. 130c9 . anim, Wb. 16a21 . animm, 31b26 . anaim, Ml. 116b9 . a s. anim, Wb. 4a27 . anmain, 30a2 . anmuin, 31b12 . g s. inna anme , Wb. 25c26 . anmae, Fél. Ep. 117 . d s. animm, Wb. 4a27 . anim, 30c3 . anmin, 2c7 . anmain, Fél. Jan. 24 . n p. anmin, Wb. 8b3 . a p. anmana, Wb. 2b5 . g p. anman, Wb. 24d14 . d p. anmanaib, Wb. 24d13 .

Later also anam f. ( d s. and n p. anmain. g s. anman), IGT Decl. § 8 . m. and f. ( d s. and n p. anmain. g s. na hanman , an anman ), § 19.m. (g s. and n p. anaim), § 11 . anum m. (g s. and n p. anuim), § 17 .

(a) soul (as oppd. to corp body): issí ind ainim as airlam do chomalnad recto dé ní in corpp, Wb. 3d11 . corrop nóib for nanim in hómun dǽ, 16a21 . menme, corp, animm, imbráti, gnímæ, 31b26 . eterscértar a coirp et a n-anmin friu, 8b3 . beo a ainm i fos beo a anuaim (.i. a anim) thall `living his name here living his soul there', ACC 99 ( RC xx 274 ). treide na hanma .i. iracibilis ┐ concucibilis ┐ rationabilis , O'Curry 2226 ( Eg. 88 fo. 16(17)c ). in cuingid . . . do gní in ainim ic iarraidh gach raeta `enquiry which the mind makes', Laws i 36.8 Comm. ar tuaslucud anmæ brandaib `to obtain the release of the soul of Brandub ', Mon. Tall. 133.29 (§ 18) . forith . . . ind soscele . . . inda hanmanna frisa tocbar `the gospel helps the souls of those towards whom it is lifted up', 162.9 (§ 85) . ainimme na noem gl. corda electorum, LB 67b38 . astoidet anmann inna noeb, Ériu ii 142 § 155 . mairg anmain nā faichledar / breisim lāi brātha brīgaig, iii 30 § 13 . bātar tra demain ┐ aingil ic imchosnum 'mon anum ō dos-carsat frisin corp hē, ACL iii 226.9 . comhrac éinfhir ní háil dí / 's an t-anam gan fhear páirte, Dán Dé xxii 27 . blodh do phéin an anaim, IGT Decl. ex. 720 . mo mhaitheas uile acht mh'ainim / a roinn is edh ordoighim, ex. 902 . gan deghain do ghrádh a ccorp nó a ccaomh-anmann, AFM vi 2172.24 . ar anmain for the sake of the soul of: dia thidnacul ar m'anmain do náemaib (of valuables), LU 9631 . duini is mo dobered d'etach ┐ d'innmus ar a anmain a nErind, RC xvii 407.22 (Tig.). udbuirt ar anmuin, Laws v 212.2 . tir atoiberar (sic leg.) do eclais ar anmuin, 314.17 . In phrase spirut anma see spirut II (a).

(b) life: i céin robói a anim and while he was alive, RC iii 181.34 . slán acht ní eple ainim de, Laws iii 448.y Comm. is é rocosain m'anam (sic MS.) dam `saved my life', ZCP vi 67.17 . roiar Sisian a anum don fomoir `asked him to spare the giant's life', 294.12 . robdar buidhigh do rochtain a n-anmann leó, AFM vi 1926.18 . an rígh do bheir párdún a anma dón bhraighe bhíos damanta, Eochairsg. 78.1 . tabhair ainim im eachaib give life to my horses, SG 26.34 . do cuireadh anum isin pobal (= populum animatum reddebam), ITS xix 28.24 . réod ar ndol a anma as `the frost has yielded its strength', KMMisc. 172 § 24 . nír chaith . . . ní ina raibhe spiorat no anam (i.e. he was a vegetarian), BNnÉ 74 § 133 . co n-anmain having life, alive: sétrad ngarit . . . ní fuil co n-anmain nach molta / romtha a rath there is nobody with a soul who would not be praised (by it), Thurn., Thurn. Zu Ir. Hss. 74 § 3 . M. . . . / macc a āisse as ḟerr co n-anmain, Bruchst. i 14 § 24 . atraig cach oen co anmain, SR 8250 . ge bé creidis co n-anmaín firmly(?), BB 36a7 . In phr. fo-ácaib cen anmain: goras-fhāgaibh gan anmain hé 'killed him', BDC 262.651 . foceird-sim ... urcur di sleigh fuirri ... corus farcaib cen anmain, RC v 200y . ro ghabsat leit do na ruamaib bátar ina lámaib ina chenn co fargsat cen anmain é, SG i 396.17 . In greeting or benediction: maith, a m'anum, a Chormaic, Acall. 3285 . See also Celtica iii 268 - 9 . tabair, a m'anam, a gilla, in ingin ut, 3330 . maith ám a m'anim, a Chathbad, LL 171a50 . m'anam-sa an bhuidhean nár fríth i gcruadhtan fann, Hackett v 1 . In formula used by vanquished in appealing for quarter: anmain i nanmain .i. anacal `life for life', Ériu xvi 38.1 and p. 41 note 6 . anmain i n-anmain a Chu Chulaind or se, LU 9123 ( FB 87 ). anmain a n-anmain, RC xi 450.123 . In association with enech, see 1 enech, ainech II (a). In sense of living creature, animal: is si a fochreicc anam cach dine no cach mil immidrēt cachala blīa[dain] an animal for every herd (price paid for use of path to drive stock through somebody else's land), Corm. Y 1082 .

In compds. anm-, see separate articles.

adj o, ā (arbor, Stokes, KZ xxxviii 458 ) rich in corn(?): airmnec[h] . . . in fer lasa mbīt arbuir imdae, Corm. Y 851 . ? Brandub mac Eachach airmnidh, BNnÉ 220 n.3 .

n ā, f. (cf. Lat. barca) b.¤ f., IGT Decl. § 39 (91.21) .

(a) bark, ship: bārcc a barca, Corm. Y 108. i mbāirc, 115 . barc .i. long, O'Cl. saer lerlong ┐ baircc (? leg. barcc) ┐ curach, Laws v 104.1 , glossed: .i. for na bi imrum .i. na serrcinn, 4 Comm. lucht na bairci, i 128.15 Comm. ind oenbarcc (of the Ark), SR 2536. barc fri beithi (in `Ogam n-eathrach'), Auraic. 6133. i mbraine na báirci, BDD² 515. cetheora barca .xxx. . . . ┐ tricha in cech báirc, LU 1278 (H.). cid as dech do ríg ? . . . bárca do thochor i port, Tec. Corm. § 1.25 ( LL 343a24 ). a fín b.¤ (sic leg. ?) for tondgur fland, LL 7189 (`wine-barque', Hail Brigit 11 ). do chriaid ḟir na báirci (of Tuathal Techtmar), 37770 . barcc gu muinib, IT iii 241.215 . na bárca bronnfairsinga, CCath. 1445. Luimneach lethanglas / frismbarca ben `which beats against barks', Ériu iv 154.2 . coblach mor do longaib ┐ do barcaib, Ann. Conn. 1338.4 . i n-urlár éinbháirce (: tráichtte) on the deck of one ship, DDána 107.1 . In nn. loc. Inber na mB., LL 24169. Rinn na Báirci, CF² 97.

(b) Fig. of (perh. boat-shaped) structures on land: a barc brainech na tor tromm / . . . / ba tu relec na fian find (to Brug na Bóinde), Metr. Dinds. ii 12.41 ( LU 4157 ). Barc Crimthainn Nia Nair (one of the Dindgnai in Broga, the others being Long ingine Foraind etc.), Dinds. 4. Long na Láech / frisanabar Barc Ban mbáeth, Metr. Dinds. i 18.58 . Ailech nImchill os cech áit / dia do báirc bir-chinn. . . . `sharp-crested stronghold ', iv 96.46 . romúrsetar Báirc ṁBresail. Báirc-sede feda nemchrínda doringned ic Bresal, RC xiii 40 § 10. Of a territory: Tir da Locha . . . / barcc reil ro hetrocht, Auraic. 5107.

? Moisi minn os betha barc (: Isaac), SR 3865. fo betha barc, 2819 . Note also: a hadbai Ailig / . . . / a bairc moir Mide / . . . / a crich Breg, Ériu viii 68.33 .

Of a prince or warrior: Aed Ailig uill / . . . / barc hordain áin, IT iii 21 § 62. Brandub barc i mbatar sluaig, LL 7239. Bran Berba ballglaine, / bārc thacid thriūin, Bruchst. 8 § 9 ( IT iii 14 § 31 ). greit ríg / . . . / barc bodbae (of Lóegaire B.), LU 8608 (rhet.). Cf. Húa Conaill . . . / bá b.¤ maone bá muir neccna (of Colum Cille), ZCP viii 197 § 13.

Compds. With noun: bárccuideachta ship's company, DDána 89.9 .

With adj.: tar muir mbarcláin (barcglan, v.l.), BS 30.9 . barr būadach bárclethan / lethas dar sōerchlanna of wide ships (?) (of Colum Cille), ACL iii 218 § 8.

With adj. derived from noun or vn.: barcbhuailteach (?), IT iii 97 § 158. sluagh . . . bárclibernach `ship-possessing', MR 214.y .

adj o, ā. See ZCP xxviii 68 - 69 .

(a) foolish, silly, senseless; stupid, ignorant, unlearned; rude, uncouth: dangníid borp gl. stultus fiat, Wb. 8d9 . a galatu burpu gl. O insensati Galatae, 19b4 . is b.¤ dásachtach . . . cech duine o'n gentligecht, PH 724. b.¤ anbfhossad `rude', 727 . adrad na ndee mbalb mb.¤ , 730 . b.¤ ┐ dúr o cridhe (= stolidus ingenio et durus corde), 4656 . is borbb (: ord) nad aithgiuin a cheird ` uncultured ', Ériu ix 48 § 26. is b.¤ nách rofiarfaige / rīchedh an Rīgh, ZCP viii 201.29 . is b.¤ sráinfius cách a clann `it is senseless for anyone to overthrow his children', Fianaig. 74.13 . is b.¤ duid sin da rad rium-sa ` foolhardy ', Stair Erc. 1002. duine b.¤ neimh-leitirda (stultus et insipiens, Gloss.), Smaointe B. Chr. 1199. = rudis, 1509 . comad b.¤ fiadh Dia inti legas in Gaedhelg `rude', Auraic. 49. is b.¤ nad léga uncultured, Fél. 188.10 . sé b.¤ brogda bachlachda uncouth , LU 8519 ( FB 37 ). comtinol sloig buirb barbarda . . . do gallaib insi Orc, Cog. 152.14 . Of stone, etc.: mó na ail b.¤ chloche i clud `rough-hewn stone' ( Metr. Dinds. iv 138.31 ), LL 29915. ní slios b.¤ unpolished (?), DDána 119.34 .

In chevilles: míad nad b.¤ , LL 3732. b.¤ in breth, MacCarthy 46.15 .

(b) fierce, rough, rude, violent, harsh; arrogant: lassar b.¤ `fierce flame', PH 2105. lámh as bh.¤ re biodhbhadhaibh, DDána 21a.11 . drong . . . nach b.¤ mbreath `whose decrees are gentle', Studies 1920, 567 § 17 . baránta b.¤ . . . lán do chonfadh catha, TSh. 1072. bríathra borba = grievous words, Proverbs xv 1. buidhne borba, Keat. Poems 1225. do choibsegud . . . in galair buirb ra-s-básaig ┐ ro-s-bánaig `violent sickness', CRR 2. in muir b.¤ baeglach, ML² 672. íoc-luibhe borba (of troubles, hardship, etc.), TSh. 8195. do budh b.¤ ren a brethnugadh co madh tualaing a fhaisneis `it were pride . . . to deem', BCC 431. b., díscir, fuileach `fierce, cruel', Eg. Gl. 99. (in complimentary sense) D. dúin móir / mín beoda b.¤ stern , Caithr. Thoirdh. 49.3 . Prov. b.¤ gach áth bhlaghas a bhruach turbulent (?), DDána 3.36 .

Compar. burbbu borbgnīm mebaid for Ulto fiercest of any fierce exploits, Arch. Hib. ii 62 § 48. Fig. is burba an mhuir se na mailíse, TSh. 2067. Adv. co b.¤ severely , Smaointe B. Chr. 2532.

(c) As subst. b.¤ na haineolach `silly . . . person', Laws v 6.11 Comm. a buirb ┐ a aneolaig, PH 2214. a latrandu ┐ a burbu (= uos latrones et stulti, cf. Matthew xxi 12 ), 4530 . b.¤ cráibthech co nanecnu, Ériu i 198.2 . nobuirtís na buirb ` clowns ', TTr.² 1875 . nī mess buirb, ZCP vi 267 § 9. ba lua fri borba (in list of impossible undertakings), BB 419b39 (burbae ?). gorbo saigin buirb ar baoth-mhacaib a mbēimenna, ML² 1731. badach (leg. bágach, ed.) cach b.¤ , ACL iii 228.33 . Of animals: ni mo bar fis no fis na mborp archeana the knowledge of the beasts, YBL 157b21 . fuil b.¤ ainindli a n-aimsir laith `fierce . . . animals', Laws v 152.5 .i. cullaig ┐ tairb ┐ reitheda . . ., 154.28 Comm.

See 1 lúa, lúar, sundelb.

Compds. With nouns (incl. vnn.): borb erlabra (= stultiloquia), PH 6879 , re borb-airlech fierce slaughter, MR 156.10 . rias a mbaoí an boirbbriseadh, AFM v 1646.17 . clochan da borbchon, Acall. 3675. ri borbdigail ar gach nech notuillfed, Fen. 116.5 . is blagh . . .dá bhoirb-éachtaibh . . . máthair gan mhac, TSh. 1168. do borb[ḟ]hrichnum `unskilled service' (in maintaining a mill), Ériu xvii 72.z ( Laws iv 216.22 Comm. ). borbgal na curad, LL 17284 ( RC xlvii 311.z ). Brandub na mborb-gíall, Ériu i 130.26 . ri Firu Bolg ba borbgne uncouth of form, LL 938. bráu borb-leṅg `wild-whirling mill-stone', Metr. Dinds. iv 94.14 . biodhgadh barramhail boirbretha `(he started it off) at a great pace, Ériu v 178.33 . 'na borb-ruathar in a furious onrush, ML 52.33 . a bhille bhig bhoirbsgéalaigh `with rude tidings', Ir. Review 1913, 623 § 3 . ben M. na mborbṡlatt ṁbind of the . . . strong scions, RC xlvii 307.11 . borbtsoillsi na maidhne, ZCP x 305.5 . See stúag. i-ndeirge mborb-tuile . . . `of fierce passions', Laws v 456.27 Comm. séideadh borb-thonn (= spiritus procellarum), TSh. 6197. With n. pr. ag borb-Eōgan, ML² 163. With n. loc. la Dond ṁbrogda ṁborb-Emna, Metr. Dinds. iii 374.2 .

With adjj.: fear bríoghach boirbeódha `fierce and viva- cious', AFM v 1484.15 . With adjj. derived from nouns: co bithnertmur, borbaiccentach ` cruelly ', ZCP vi 32.7 . rucastar bern bruitti borbainbthenach, Caithr. CC 16. an bith [b]orbamsach (ammus ? amus ?), ZCP viii 212 § 60. an mhuir bhorb-bhaoghlach, ML 46.13 . tri trom-gairi borb-buadnusacha `fierce, exulting . . . shouts', MR 178.10 . mucnaid cach borb-chraideach `every dull-minded person is sullen', ZCP xvii 67 § 62. an boirbfreagartach biodhbadh, ZCP x 276 § 2. do [shluagh] bhorbghasda, DDána 87.9 . ina buindeadhaibh borbghloracha, TBC St. 3238. borbpecac (of sacrificing a woman to the Nile), Ir. Astr. Tr. 52.11 . borb-ráitech ` menacing ', MR 194.9 . i srothaibh borbthonnacha, TSh. 1981. na briathra borbuathbasacha sin `wild and terrible words', Aen. 2283.

n o, m. raven. Very freq. associated with battles, slaughter, carnage, etc. : b.¤ .i. fīach .i. brancos (βρόγκος, ed.) graece, gut[t]ur latine, ┐ is de isberar din eōn ar mēt slugaite, Corm. Y 177 , O'Mulc. 122. bran dubh .i. fiach dubh, O'Cl. Cf. brandub .i. fīachdub, Corm. Y 105. b.¤ .i. fiach an fuigill breith brangaire catha, O'Dav. 292 , cf. anfuigell breath (leg. breitheman, ed.) bran-gaire catha (H. 5.15, 8), Ériu ix 29.3 . sásad fiach / fothath mb.¤ i.e. carnage, BDD² 331. forbrit brain crows (?) multiply, Four Songs 22 § 7. dubidir ri b.¤ a brae, LL 6390. cia nobeth fo dathaib b.¤ `of the ravens' hue' (sc. a hood), MacCongl. 111.5 . messi ┐ Mac Con / dín bat budig brain vultures will be grateful to us, LU 9872. ac[h]t is fálid brain berna / i llongphurt Aililla ┐ Medba, TBC-LL² 2084 . suidfit bruin for bernadaib, SG 373.16 . curad cróda ro biath b.¤ `who fed ravens' ( RC xlvii 309.13 ), LL 17190. le mbiathtaoi broin, O'Hara 3059. L. ┐ L. / fersat debaid dar dā b.¤ (more fiercely) than two ravens, ZCP iii 45 § 26 . don b.¤ mor, Auraic. 5598. Fig. is b.¤ carna comramaig (in rhet. of Cú Ch.), LU 8892 ( FB 68 ). Note also: (B. na f.) is orc ind aduo braine .i. fiaich, ACL iii 310 § 5. Cf. B. na f. ex. cited s. 1 branda.

As n. pr. m. : do B. mac Febail, Imr. Brain 1. B.¤ , Metr. Dinds. iv 38.15 . B.¤ (name of Finn's hound), Acall. 179.

In nn. loc. : co rānic srub Broin . . . .i. a cend tall-som dond eōn dub, is de dogairther Srub Broin, Ériu ii 22.7 , Srub Brain, Dinds. 54. See Hog. Onom. s.v. ? Bran- , Srub .

Compds. With nouns. ? e ni dalbh gan bhrandhal (-dul, FM) brath, / ro mharbh Brandubh mac Eachach, AU i 82.23 , AFM i 230.2 = bandul, CS 70.7 . gusin mbranen déidenach `to the last raven', Dinds. 54. in ní ara tairissed in branén ar in ḟai[th]chi don ár-sin, Acall. 5191. re brainéan Bréifneach (of a chief), O'R. Poems 1138. do bhrainfhiachaibh, 128 . biait brain for branfossaib (i.e. field of carnage?), LU 6612 = . . . buind fri brannusa, TBC-LL² 2427 , cf. betit brain ri brainessu, 2384 . branorgain .i. nī oirges fīach carrion for ravens (?), Corm. Y 105. With adj. formed from noun. bruastar buidhne branendai raven-like , KZ xxxiii 83.11 .

n [ā, f.](cf. brandub , branán) (playing) a board-game: dobered [Lóeg] leth brandaigechta ┐ fi[d]chillachta fora thigerna `he used to win every other game of ` brandub ' . . . from his master' (Faraday), TBC-I¹ 2327 = ZCP x 279.2 . incoiscithur do . . . brannuighecht ┐ diubrugudh ┐ fichillucht (accomplishments taught to an aire's son during fosterage), Laws ii 154.6 Comm. fithceallucht ┐ brannuidecht, 156.28 Comm.

n o (appar. 1 bran + dub) brandubh (brandamh, brannamh, v.ll.) m., IGT Decl. § 11 (54.13) . Name of a board-game , (associated with fidchell and búanbach) see Zimmer, KZ xxx 79 , TD ii 198 - 199 , MacWhite, Éigse v 29f . (`clearly modern chess' in TSh. 852 ff ., ibid.), see branán. b.¤ .i. bro ḟind ann ┐ bro dub nó b.¤ .i. a dub fora broin (ed. broin[n]), Lec. Gl. 204. luis .i. lam, ut est luis fir fora mbrandubh decraiter, O'Dav. 1158. búaid fidchilli ┐ branduib `the gift of playing b.' (among Cú Ch. 's gifts), TBC-LL² 550 . ic imbirt b.¤ ┐ ḟidchell, 745 . imbert b.¤ ┐ búanbaig ┐ fithchille `back-gammon and draughts and chess', RC xiii 442 § 17. ór corcra ar chlár a mbrannaimh, DDána 100.17 . Fig. bearta brannaimh na beatha agá n-imirt leó, TSh. 859. Of the board, the pieces: b.¤ ┐ fi[d]chell `chessmen and chessboards' ( Corm. Tr. 129 ), Thr. Ir. Gl. 34 s.v. orc tréith. etir . . . fidhcill ┐ brandam `draughtboards, and draughtmen' (a king's treasures), RC xviii 182.8 (Tig.). ata mo b.¤ . . . / cuiciur airgit gil can glór / ┐ ochtur do dergór, Acall. 3949. coic ḟidchella ┐ u. branduib, LL 7277. la fichit b.¤ brecboirdnech, 7284 . go n-a brannuibh déad, Ériu i 95.4 . bhar mbrannaimh / . . . do chéadarraibh, DDána 74.48 ` draughtsmen ', Ir. Monthly 1919, 342 § 48 . See foirenn (c). Fig. imirt ar ghuin ghallbhrannuibh `playing for a check at foreign chessmen', Miscell. Celt. Soc. 150.14 .

x see brandub .

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.

adj (breccrad): ficill brandub brecrudach chequered , ZCP xiii 278 § 12.

n o, [n.] (1 búan + -bach < boingid ? `dauerndes Schlagen?', Heldensage 84 ) d s. buanbaig, LL 9119 ( TBC-LL¹ 1812 ). Name of a board-game (see Zimmer, KZ xxx 78 - 80 , MacWhite, Éigse v 25 , 30 ): imber fidchill sceō būanbach arbēlaib rīg, TBC-I¹ 960. buaid mbúanfaig, LU 10155. oc imbert būanfaig fri Lōeg, TBC-I¹ 1154. imbert brandub ┐ búanbaig ┐ fithchille, RC xiii 442 § 17. ag buanfach, TBC-LL¹ p. 190 n.1 . Of the board used: būanbach fo a dib slīastaib, TBC-I¹ 3400. fidc[h]iult lais ina c[h]arpuot ┐ buónfuch, ZCP viii 120.11 (būanpuch, 18). ? ficill, brandub . . ., buanbach buaidrigthir mindo, xiii 278.9 .

ind in sechtmad béim tuc Brandub bidba c.¤ (: Dési), LL 6978 .

adj o, ā (clúas)

(a) pleasing to the ear (?): c.¤ éstec[h]tach tóthanach a hainm i mbi i gcluais, Ériu xiii 39.25 . ceól clūasach na crēssen `melodious song of the believers', ii 63 § 1 .

(b) Of objects having (big) ears or handles : mullach .i. mulōach .i. cluasach, Corm. Y 918 . dá dtobannaibh mór-chluasacha meidhge, DDána p. 384.11 . srón cham chluasach `wide-nostrilled', SG 328.22 = chuasach, RC xxiv 196 § 11 , and sic leg.

As epithet big-eared : Concobar C.¤ , Hy Maine 54.3 . Brandub . . . Clūassach, ZCP viii 300.36 .

o, gen. npr. m. Son of Nia ; father of Cennḟota ( Rawl. 128 a 16 ) ; grandfather of Cleithe, Coimre and Brandub . gen. m. Dedchain, BB 219 f 44 . Possibly détcháin (`the m before dedchain is probably wrong, as so often, and d.¤ is an epithet of Cannḟota,' Meyer).

ind Brandub mac ingine Duib Dibrama, LL 330d33 .

adj o,ā (Lat. dūrus) ? n p m. duir, SR 346 ; Rawl. 88b50 . ?d p m. dúir, SR 6543 (imma nduinib duinnig dúir ). rāid[id] a fír dúir for ṅgair, 3471 is prob. voc. pl. (leg. a ḟir dúir = a ḟiru dúra ). Compar. dúru, SR 8322 . Superl. duirem, Laws v 360 .

In lit. sense of things hard, rigid, solid: benaid . . . co fleisc dúir, FA § 18 . duma nd.¤ , Metr. Dinds. ii 24 . failet ann tri múir . . . duir imthimchellat riched, SR 346 . domun d.¤ , 7929 , 7970 , 8155 . imm dáil domuin dúir, Imr. Brain ii 301 . hi curp domuin dúir, LL 135a29 ; Rawl. 77b20 . draigen d.¤ , SG 245 (`surly blackthorn'). Of actions, etc. hard, difficult: gním ndétlach d.¤ (of David cutting Saul's garment), SR 6379 . airrechtach cecha debtha dure, LL 118a48 ( Ériu vii 6 ). cath Atha Cro . . . robo dur in deabaig, Lec. 422a26 . Cf. SR 3082 . Intense: dessid Dornmar, d.¤ a graimm, Metr. Dinds. iii. 90 . frasa dura der, KMMisc. 323 § 11 = f. dichra, p. 318 . As adv.: roghuidhiusa hí co d.¤ ┐ co dichra insistently , Ériu v 148 . táncatar co d.¤ ┐ co dichra, LL 224b1 . do gabsat co d.¤ ┐ co díchra ag díthiugad na n-allmarach, SG 358 .

Hard to bear, rigorous, severe: i nhiffern nd.¤ , SR 1764 . aitreb ifeirn duir diglaig, Ériu iii 30 . forcetal d.¤ na n-eretecda (= doctrinam duram), PH 4919 , cf. 8281 . scuirset . . . assin dáiri d.¤ daltaig, LL 7a47 = asa daire duir, BB 29a4 . cen d.¤ ndligid (as subst.), LL 45a49 . is d.¤ sin lem-sa I hold it hard, Fen. 290 . d.¤ .i. cruaidh no doiligh, O'Cl.

Of persons and moral qualities, in good sense hardy, firm, resolute: bati dura ac fulang imfochaidhi cāich forro, RC xxiv 174 . sluaig slechta dúir, Rawl. 88b50 . Dauid dána d.¤ , SR 6385 . Daire dur, Corm. Y 970 ; Laws i 4.9 . Maelmorda, a secht déc don d.¤ , LL 33a29 . lecht ḟir déin díchmaig dúir, Metr. Dinds. ii 36 . Dagda d.¤ , 20 . Strict, austere: duine dligt[h]ech dur (of an anchorite), ACL iii 307 § 25 ; cf. AFM 1065 (ii 886 ). Cellān cille Daimcinn duir, Anecd. ii 30 . ? gach egnaidh domanda dur, ZCP v 25 § 14 . In bad sense hard, unfeeling, dour: mo slān sēis don dae nach dur (.i. don fer nach cruaidh), ZCP v 489 (B. na f.). borb ┐ d.¤ o cridhe, PH 4656 . ag cathugud . . . re deman d.¤ , ZCP viii 216 . is d.¤ in cined dāena, | cruaidhi indāt clocha a cridhi, Ériu iii 29 . moet[h]aighfid cride durai, ZCP ix 456 . badb . . . dur duabsech, Cog. 174 . Obdurate, hard to move: a mic duir daill iffirnd, BB 295b38 . daoine dúra doitheagaisg, TSh. 1927 . mná dúra díthlecha, ZCP viii 209 . fri díumus ṅd.¤ ndrocht, Acall. 2964 .

Compds. ¤aingid (O.Ir. andgaid): do shluaigh danair ndúraingidh, Hard. ii 110 . ? ¤bann (band exploit): ba err d. dualach arm | i mbo búadach Dúnlang donn, B IV 2, 80a17 = ba eirr durmann, 3 C 13, 928.5 . pa err dúrmand, B IV 2, 132b10 . See follg. ¤barr (head, chief): focer dūrbarr duabach drem | ba buadach o Dūnlang dond, LL 43a9 . dūrbarr Gaedel cosin gail | Dūnlang mac taebgel Tuathail, Rawl. 85a44 . ¤bidba: duirbidba `a bitter enemy ', MR 262 . tarēis a danar ┐ a durbidbad do scris, Lec. 589a38 . ¤both: do luigheadh san ghainimh 'n-a dhúrbhoith (of an ascetic's hut or cell), Keat. iii 1638 . dream eile i ndúr-bhothaibh dearóile hovels, TSh. 913 . Cf. úarboth. ¤chathach: in deil d. na tres (of Saul), SR 6115 . ¤choimét: gasradh na nGall . . . imon dorus dia dúrchoimhétt ` closely guarding ', AFM v 1896 . ¤chrábad asceticism: re díchracht a dhúrchrábaidh, SG 18 . ¤chráibthech: dúrchráibteach gan diumsaighe ascetic , SG 32 . ¤chrech: truime durchreich ` cruel loss ', Ó Bruad. ii 146 . ¤chride hardness of heart , Ériu iv 162.21 . As attrib. (prob. g s.) fri druidea dúrchridi , Hy. iii 3 ( Thes. ii 322 ). a doeráin dúrcride dícondircil, PH 3928 . ¤chridech: narbar dúrcridig docheil obdurate , SR 4842 . don duine dúrchroidheach mar chloich, TSh. 1943 . do comraicset co dána dúrcraidech ris stubbornly, resolutely , Acall. 1917 . ba diochra durchroidheach ro feradh (of a battle), Leb. Gab.(i) 268 . rochingsiot go diochra dúrcroidheach do shaighidh an átha, AFM vi 2026 . ¤chridetu: ro-n-ecain [Patraic] . . . dúrcraidhitaid na nGaoidel obduracy , Lism. L. 228 . ¤doilig: dúrdoiligh hard and dour (of Caesar), CCath. 348 . damrad dichell durdhoiligh, 5379 . ¤drend (combat?): seacht cumala do Eilib | . . . | fobithin durdreand cétna | fuair Caisil a trian doib | duirdrend anaill dia tucad, Lec. 126b50 . ¤dul: ba holc a ordd dia d. | ort i nDún Bolgg la Brandub , LL 132b30 (hard departure, i.e. death?). Domnall iar sin fria noi [mbliadna] déc fri d. (: Glúndub), Arch. Hib. ii 49 § 19 . ¤ḟeithem: ag duirfheithemh sceith righ Erenn keeping active watch on, MR 274 . ¤ḟognam hard service, servitude: do chuir fo dhaorcíos dúrfhoghnamh[a] iad, ML 58 . fa daoirchios durfhognamha, ZCP x 277 . ¤gein stout, resolute (?): Diarmait dúrgen, RC xx 10 ( LL 47b13 ); ZCP x 271 . co Diarmait dronmas durgen, Metr. Dinds. iii 8 . dareis Diarmata duirgen, Rawl. 163b12 . Donn durgen, AFM ii 786 (poem). As n.pr. f. Durgen, Metr. Dinds. iii 84.86 . Belach Dúrgein, ib. ¤gleo stiff combat: roferadh duirgleo duilig eturra, Caithr. CC § 55 . tre durgliaig, Lec. 87a44 . ? ¤grés: ceithri randa feasa na filigechta ┐ primaicecht teora mbliadan cach rand dib fo durgres, Lec. 339a14 . ¤mell: durmell (duirmell, -meall, v.l.) dlugthe, IT iii 74 § 33 . ¤mer: le G. nduirmher ` hard-fingered ' (translating mér; rather mer swift, impetuous ?), Leb. Gab.(i) 238 . ¤mían: iar ūa bronntach Airt úi ūir-Néill | dar chairt gan dúirmhéin ré dáimh hard, grudging disposition , 3 C 13, 733.14 . ¤phendit strict penance: viii mbliadna doib ind dúrpendid, Mon. Tall. 132 . áes durphendi, LB 9b7 ( Rule of Tallaght 1 ). arra sechtmaini durpennaiti for usci ┐ bairgin, RC xv 490 . ¤ṡlúag: ag dianasgnamh do na durṡlogaibh, MR 226 . ¤tech: a nd. n-úre mean house of clay, Ir. Review 1912, 248 . Cf. dairthech III.

n (dissyll. in O. Ir.; d s. fiuc[h], SR 2558 . Sc. G. fitheach. But fíach, g s. fíaigh, IGT, Decl. § 64 ex. 1486 ) o, m. A raven: gl. corvus Sg. 29b4 . corvinus 35b14 . bran .i. f.¤ , O'Mulc. 122 . Corm. Y 103 . foídid Noe ... in f.¤ fechtaide fonnluath, SR 2550 . dond ḟiuc[h] dub delaidi, 2558 . in fiach dia fagba sāsad congair a cēle cuige, unde dicitur: is fēlithir dubēn, O'Mulc. 310 . g s. teachtaireacht an ḟiaich ōn āirc, Ériu i 97.8 . súil a nfíaich, Job xxviii 7 . nead an ḟéich, TSh. 7196 . n du. in da fiach , LU 3784 ( SCC 35 ). n p. ind fiaich , LU 3785 . ībait fīaich lúgbairt lacht, 4669 . fiäig ZCP xii 233.18 . féich an ghleanna, Proverbs xxx 17 . g p. sāsad fíach , LU 6808 ( BDD 35 ). With adj. or defining gen.: f.¤ dubh raven TSh. 2334 . Deuteronomy xiv 4 . fíach mara cormorant Isaiah xxxiv 11 . f.¤ fairge id. Deuteronomy xiv 17 . fíach garbh vulture , synon. of badb ( Levit. xi 14 ), préachan ingneach, Kirk ( Eg. Gl. 59 ). Compd. brandub .i. fiachdub raven-black Corm. Y 105 .

n ā, f. (fid + ciall `wood-intelligence' Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 3 [cf. Corm. Y 607 ], W. gwyddbwyll) spelt fithchell, LU 10806 , IGT, Decl. § 12 . fichell, Acall. 7795 , 7816 ; g s. fidchille LU 4859 , 8804 . fichille, FB 37 Eg. na fithchille , IGT, Decl. ex. 522 . na fichli (incorrect) 523 . fichle, Acall. 7799 . fitchle, ZCP vi 47.13 . fithli, 44.17 . n p. fidchella; fidcilla ZCP x 307.15 .

A game played for a stake with two sets of figures on a square board divided into black and white squares (usually rendered ` chess ,' but the rules are unknown): is cethrachair ... ind fitchill, ┐ it dīrge a tīthe ┐ find ┐ dub fuirre ┐ i[s] sainmuinter cachla fechtus beres a tochell, Corm. Y 607 ; both board and figures were often of costly material and elaborate workmanship. fidchell (son of `drús' by `lonnus'), Triads 142 . masa i n-uamas an catha Troianna rohairged in fidceall if chess was invented RC xii 78.18 . in n-imberam fidchill?, LU 10834 . imberat in fidchill, LL 249a15 ( TBFr. § 8 ). imrem fitcell, ZCP vi 54.19 . fer fidchilli a chessman LU 9073 ( FB 82 ). cluithchi fithli aga imirt, ZCP vi 44.17 . pl. imberthar fidcella dún ( games ) LU 3241 ( SCC 3 ). ic imbirt brandub ┐ fidchell, TBC-LL¹ 871 . ag imbert fidhcheall, TD 19.15 . am maith se ... for fithchill I am good at f.¤ , LU 10804 . Transf. the board and appurtenances of the game: atá sund ... f.¤, ... clār n-argit ┐ fir óir, 10806 (where the f.¤ includes `clár' and `fir'). ecraid M. in fidchill M. arranges the board 10809 . f.¤ ┐. brandub ... huas cach imdai, IT ii 179.3 . tucad na fir ar in fi[d]chill the men were placed on the board Acall. 7815 . ní thiber in fi[d]chill duit ... ┐ ní thibar ní bus mó da foirind 7819 . a bhranáin óir ós ḟidhchill, TD 2.7 (see Notes, ii p. 199 . do frith esp[aid] tri fer don fi[d]chill, Acall. 7796 . fóirni cona fichthillaib sets of men and boards (item of tribute) Leb. Cert. 242.2 . fiche ficheall, Keat. iii 2639 . imon ffithchill n-óir go ttríbh ccédoibh geam innte, AFM i 92.13 . Of a legendary game played in Rome IT ii 215.19 ( LB 187b24 ). nech fritod-gara ┐ im-bera ficeall medar frit a conversation-game, contest of wits (?) ZCP xiii 268.22 .

n u, n., later m. (Lat. vinum) n s. a fin , Ml. 45d4 . in fin , SR 1010 . g s. fíno, Ml. 77d3 . Sg. 122a2 . fina, Ml. 77d5 . n s. fín (g s. -a), acht canamhain aige (probably in reference to the variant pl. fínta which occurs) IGT, Decl. § 95 .

Wine: f.¤ ab eo quod est vinum , Thr. Ir. Gl. 19 = Corm. Y 577 . mescai ind fíno, Ml. 77d7 . ni ib fínn combi mescc, Wb. 28b24 . céitgrinne fíno (gl. nectar) Sg. 122a2 . óol fíno óingrindi, Imr. Brain § 13 . roboí Noí ... ina chotlud iar n-ól ḟína, LU 115 . doberar f.¤ dó iarom corbo mesc, 6004 . f.¤ ┐ mid do dáil fair, TBC-LL¹ 1614 . fin Gall Gaulish wine RC xi 442y . da phaite ... hite lana do ḟin dobreth ... a tirib Gall wine brought from Gaul Rawl. 132b27 . Ériu iii 140.173 . f.¤ mbarc ó Rómanchaib, ZCP ix 454.28 . f.¤ bárc for tondgur fland, LL 49b48 (sic leg. Hail Brigit 11 , cf. BDD 81 and Heldensage 644 n.). .uii. taulchubi de f.¤ , LU 11045 . taulchuma fína, 5553 . TBFr. § 4 . BB 48b23 . f.¤ acneta (.i. sainemail), LU 8118 (but in : cúach ... ┐ a lán do f.¤ aicnetai and, 8793 , it seems to be contrasted with f.¤ sainemail, 8819 , see Vendryes, RC xxxviii 23 ). fin garc, Irish Texts ii 19.25 . f.¤ nua, PH 5511 . f.¤ serb vinegar 3314 . f.¤ find: ba mian leo bainni a ngroighedh ┐ a lairthech do thochaitim: fín find nobertis fair, Marco P. 36 (of the Tartars). dorortadh fíon flann (i.e. blood ), TFrag. 150 . craeb co f.¤ a fruitful branch LL 147a19 ( PRIA iii 548 ). risna fedaib fína (of kings) RC xiii 74 § 77 . aball fíona, SG 351.35 . amail bhíos buachaill an táibhirne ag fógra an fhíona maith, TSh. 10677 . pl. fíona (of different kinds of wine), Keat. Poems 863 . d p. go ffintoibh , Fl. Earls 32.15 . A vine (?) : scotha fína, LL 18b23 = Cóir Anm. 246 . Keat. ii 2039 . AFM i 52 . Cf. a ngill re fín tucadh hé do lucht luingi cendaigh ... ┐ do bhí thoir nocor cuiredh do ḟairi ḟína hé ... ┐ táinic in fín cen uireasbaidh rena lind, Miscell. Celt. Soc. 12 - 14 . ? f.¤ sgeimhe, ZCP viii 226 § 10 . fín acat (<Lat. vinum acetum) vinegar Sg. 73a7 . fín acét LB 171b53 ( PH 3842 ). on ḟin aicet, LB 162b27 ( PH 2873 ). Possibly a compd., as printed in PH.

Compds. (either in lit. sense or denoting superlative quality). ¤aba a river of wine: g p. finaband, Ériu ii 128.8 . ¤bél ` wine-mouth ' : as sobriquet, Fergus f., file Find, Dinds. 52 . Acall. 3017 . ¤blas taste of wine: suifid usce i finblassu, RC xxvi 48.258 . ¤búanaigid gathers the vintage: finbuanaigit (gl. vindemiant) Ml. 102a12 . ¤cháer a grape: pl. finchaera, Ériu ii 193 n. 11 . súgh a fíonchaor, A. Ó Dálaigh xii 3 . re súgh bhfíonchaor bhfíneamhna, TD 33.11 . ¤charb a ship laden with wine: g p. Irish Texts ii 30 § 42 . ¤deoch a draught of wine: éirghe o ḟíndigh, TD 9.33 . ¤fuil noble blood: fíonḟuil Cholla, TD 9.34 . d'ḟíonḟuil Ghall, GF, Ir. Monthly 1919, 398 . d'fionfhuil taoib mo thigiorna (of Christ's blood), O'Gr. Cat. 486 . a fhíonfhuil gan fhoirm peacaidh, PBocht 3.27 . an ḟíonḟuil do dhóirt 'san gcrann, Ó Bruad. i 6 (see n. p. 7 ). ? ¤gort ( ¤gart) wine-garden, vineyard: fig. of pers. : is é in Finnachta ... isé in crand fīngarta find, LL 306b23 ( SG 385 ). tocébtait na fingarta LL 308a5 . ¤scoth wine-blossom: (fig. of pers.) ra Brandub ... ra fínscoith na Temra, LL 302b3 ( SG 376 ). As npr. f. CRR 55 . Ériu iii 166.3 . Hence adj. ¤scothach (as sobriquet), expld. Cóir Anm. 246 : Fiacha Fínsgothach .i. sgotha fína ina ḟlaith ; similarly Keat. ii 2038 , AFM i 52 , but in ACMN p. 33 , `ffisgohagh of the abundance of white flowers that was in his tyme' (finnscothach abounding in white flowers). ¤ṡlatt a noble scion LL 140b16 . For fín- in proper names of persons, e.g. Fíngein, Fíngen (: dírged), Metr. Dinds. iv 202 : sídib, 336 : gel, 338 . Fínghean : Breagh, Ir. Review 1913, 625 . gen. Fínghin (: fairbríghneimh) ib. Fīnc[h]ell (: fírthenn), Gorm. Ap. 24 . Fīnān (: rígḟāl), Oct. 4 . Fīnōc (: mín-óc) ib. Fínscoth (see above), see KMeyer, Wortk. 213 . Fínsnechta, Rawl. 125a25 , 27 ; 129a16 . m Finnsnechtae, 117b39 . Finsnechta mac Ceallaig AU 805 .