n (with voiceless -p-) [o, m.] (ON krapp-helda, Bidrag 137 ). Also cre-. fetter, bond; act of binding, cramping, fettering : aige . . . i ceṅgul ┐ chrapull ┐ chuibrech , TBC-LL² 1181 . i crapull ┐ i cuibrech, YBL 151a26 . ? craeb na crappall, LL 3449 . an goeth . . . acum chrapull, LB 235 marg. sup. is fearr do chiall red chrapoll (to the body), Aithd. D. 79.2 . sgaoíl ar ccreapall, Duan. F. ii 304.25 . a ccreapall ┐ a [g]cuibhreach, Dhá Sg. Art. 854 .

o, n. vn. of con-rig. n p. -ige (occas. -ega, -echa, see GOI 178 , 477 ). Freq. in form cuibrech, and later somet. cuimbrech. comrach, Laws ii 130.1 Comm.

(a) act of binding, fastening, fettering; imprisoning, captivity: cuibreach fir na do-t-urguid (leg. nádat-árgaid), Laws v 476.24 . amessaminse precepte asmochuimriug, Wb. 23b7 . dimchuimriugsa, 27c34 . 30a5 . 23 . attaam arndiis icuimriug arcrist gl. concaptiuus in Christo, 32a28 . c.¤ an coimdeth ba col `to fetter the Lord', Blathm. 122 . hi féil ind ḟir chumrig (of St. Paul), Fél. Feb. 25 . fri cumrech ┐ túaslucud, Trip.² 652 . bámar icumriuch, SR 3286 . atát i cumriuch fri colomna fastened to, LU 2172 . ce trialltar a chuibrech-sum to bind (one's thoughts), Ériu iii 14 § 7 . dia nacomal ┐ dia ccuimbrech, Hugh Roe² 58.16 . a chéadfadha do chuibhreach ón olc, TSh. 7225 . bas sheang gan chuibhreach ar crodh unstinting slender hand, O'R. Poems 375 . bás cuimhrigh `death in his gyves', AFM i 454.7 . aos galair ┐ cuimhrighthi, Lism. L. 3723 . iar na c.¤ isin rian after being drowned, AFM i 480.14 . Fig. occ cuimreach a chórusa, Ériu xiii 21.29 .

(b) bond, fetter, chain : corrofessid file cuimrecha formsa gl. quae circa me sunt, Wb. 23a5 . asmochuimrigib gl. uinculis meis, 23b11 . dimchuimregaibse, 26d21 . eter mochuimregasa, 27c36 . icuimrigib gl. usque ad uincula, 30a22 . iar serbcharcraib c.¤ (sic leg.), Fél. Oct. 15 . eich i c.¤ teachta `proper fetters', Laws iv 96.z . co tarat ch.¤ n-impe, Fing. R. 316 . gilla nua . . . i ceṅgul ┐ i cubriuch, MU² 660 . cumrech bráiget necklace , Corm. cited Contribb. 566 . dot bret-siu i cuimbrech chucai, PH 2225 . do-ratsat cuibrech tened form-sa, 2044 . cuibhrigi in droichit `chains', Fier. 133 . imdha a tigh cas a cuibhrech many the shackled foot, IGT Decl. ex. 803 . docuir cengal ┐ cuibrigthi air, ZCP vi 281.22 . dá shlabhra dhéag iarnuidhe do chuibhreach air `bound by twelve . . . chains', Keat. iii 1525 . do sgaóil tú mo chuibhrighthe, Psalms cxvi 16 . Fig. : c.¤ gl. (ipsi sibi sunt) lex, Wb. 1d5 . cocuimriuch gl. cum obligatione, ZCP vii 483.32 (Enchir. Aug.). ó chúibrigib cinad ┐ peccad, PH 5993 . cuibhreach idir an lānamhain nach éidir lé duine ar bhioth do sgaoileadh, Parrth. Anma 3132 .

Exceptionally: baoisidhe . . . ina chuimbrech fri ré teora mbliadhan `a captive', Hugh Roe² 12.10 (leg. i c.¤ ?).

v g (taithmech, do-aithbig).

(a) In Laws (Comm. only) dissolves, annuls, invalidates (bargain, etc.) : co taithmiget ... in cunnrad, ii 382.12 . in re iars-a taithmi[g]ther a cor, v 356.11 . taithmigend in mac gor dochur uile, 438.3 . nos tuaithe ... ni taithmigter go ro taithmigh tuaith uile, Eg. 88, 20d ( O'Curry 2278 ). taithmighthur na seoit `shall be sent back,' Laws ii 290.2 .

(b) looses, releases : taithmig na doertha, Trip. clxvii 19 . is ann sin taithmigfider a chuibrech do diabul, PH 4888 . rothaithmigit trílse na fedb, TTr.² 1905 . rothaithmig int [s]iblaind ... robui isin brut, TTebe 2436 . taithmi[g]ther coir a coicetail `the ... propriety of harmony is dissolved,' Manners and Customs iii 255 n. 332 ( H 3.17, 438 ). Of unmooring ships : rotaitmigset refeda a long, TTr.² 823 . See 1 taifnigid. Intrans. taithmigid dib unloose them, PH 4372 . ua samalta co thaidmi[g]tis ┐ co ngluaisfidis fraigthi ... na firmaiminti, TTebe 276 . ro thaithmhighset ó roile, ALC ii 390.10 . Of cows: no taithmigdis im na loega, TBC(C) 151 = no scaíltis, TBC-LL² 1322 .

(c) analyses, explains : resoluit .i. ro thaithmig, RC xx 412.4 . ar eing na ccédughadar ro thaithmhigh í (aibghitear), IGT Introd. § 1. 3 . o ro thaimniges in chesta sin, TTebe 169 .

? Part. na tri hinne thathmig[th]e `the three analytic meanings,' RC xx 250.5 (ACC). See Auraic. 1319.

Gerund. taithmigthe : t.¤ gl. taithmechta, Laws i 52.25 Comm. ZCP xv 311.25 .