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,
June 19
,
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raenu, roena v.ll.). ? d
s.
rén,
SR 6788
.
raon,
IGT Dec. § 96.5
.
(a) a way, path, route
, used in a looser and more general
sense than rót.
coro rāith fo róenaib riad,
SR 5717
.
ba fada
in raen táinic,
ZCP xiii 219.12
.
confaca modh [= mogh] . . .
ara cinn ar a raen
on his way towards him
,
ZCP vi 37.7
.
gabhuit na sloigh . . . in roen for a n-agaid `march to meet
them',
Marco P. 32
.
gabais an ráen i ndecchaid na ccleirech,
BNnÉ 292 § 9
.
is é raon inar ghabh, tré mhuir dToirrian do
Shisilia,
Keat. i 158.32
.
raon tre iathaib aimhreidhe | go Cill
meic Duach,
BNnÉ 229.1
. ná léig mé ar na raonaibh romhainn
the way before me
,
TSh. 2113
. raen na carbut
chariot-road
,
Acall. 2348 n.
= rót, Lism. dacuadar rompu maraen | go
teach Hirúaith ar gach ráen `over every road' (i.e. by the
shortest route?),
Ériu iv 176.5
. tic frit as cech roen
opposes
thee in every way
,
MR 14.13
=
FDG 92
.
snigid snechta do
cech róen,
LL 298a26
.
(b) used loosely of surfaces, spaces and in other derived
senses:
mor d'eniuch dorigne os raen,
ZCP viii 272.12
(= on
the earth, while alive?).
compert Mugain . . . os róen ruamach
ré | in nÁed sáer sluagach Sláné,
LU 4325
=
LL 145b45
(
SG
84.40
).
nocha tāinic ar mag raon | laech nā naem rob ferr,
ZCP vii 304.8
. luaithreadh ┐ denngur dona maghraenaibh
field-routes
,
CCath. 3143
. an raon atá idir an dá ghualainn
the line
from shoulder to shoulder
,
Eochairsg. 38.32
. raoin dearga na
gcúig gcridhe
tracks, marks
(of the wounds of Christ),
A. Ó Dálaigh xxiv 9
. raoin uaigneacha an iúil deireit `desert tracks
of secret lore',
Content. xxii 27
; cf.
xxix 8
. os róen na ndrúad
find `above the ranks of the noble druids',
Metr. Dinds. iii 230.67
.
i Temraig os raenaib rind
rows of spear-points
(?),
LL 298b41
.
réalt i raonaibh aedhreamhla
the tracts of heaven
,
Keat. Poems
70
. ráon na slíabh
the range of the mountains
,
Job xxxix 8
.
ro bris ráon catha for fórmna mathe na Tróianda `a battle-breach',
TTr.² 164
.
(c) r.¤ madma (techid) (
the way of
)
rout, flight
:
ba raen madma
ar Ulltaib,
Acall. 1193
.
ro maid roen ro-madma ar Gallaib,
Cog. 190.26
.
gluaisis roimhe i raon madhma,
TD 1.36
.
rus
leic a ráon madhma ┐ ro-theithidh é,
Fl. Earls 232.2
.
raon
madhma ria n-uathadh . . . for ilchédaibh,
AFM vi 2288.11
.
Seldom in pl.:
dorochratar hi rraenu ro-mádmai,
Alex. 130
,
cf.
146
. In
SR 6788
: ría ṅDauid trén derbdai rainn | dosrat
hi rén ro-madmaim; the use of the dat. of maidm is due to
rhyme.
(d) hence absol. a defeat, rout
, with FOR (AR) of vanquished,
RÍA of victor:
for a muintir ba fír-róen,
SR 5092
.
menbad
Chonall is forainne bad róen,
CRR 55
.
an tan ba raen fair . . .
in tan ba raen riamh,
TBC-I¹ 2679
.
dia mbad fair bhad róen,
TBC-LL¹ 5880
.
is rempu bud roen,
LB 123b51
.
dia mbadh forra
badh ráon ria bFeraibh Bolg,
Leb. Gab.(i) i 148.2
.
la líonmaire
na sochaidhe batar i raén rempa,
AFM vi 2132.1
. ba róen ille
┐ innund in comrac
rout (havoc) on both sides
,
TTr.² 1349
.
Oengus ocus Midir . . . rucsat ar in ríg in raen `had overreached
the king',
Ériu vii 227 § 62
.
raon gacha ruathair,
TSh. 6660
.
pl.
ni fess nach ḟorm bus ráena,
LL 296b13
. birt a ráena forru
(of a game),
LU 4985
=
roena,
TBC-I¹ 495
YBL. In sense of
falling:
in t-usce sís ina raín,
LL 298a24
.
feib no betis tigi na
cathrach ic raen ┐ ic ro-tuitim,
CCath. 783
. Cf.
annró,
seachrán, fadhban, raon,
Eg. Gl. 24
. raon úaithne (name of
a metrical fault),
IGT Introd. 2.28
may be a fig. use of this
sense.
Compds. in various senses above
(a) with adj.
¤abbaig
(apaig)?
neart ag ár naem-abaid | os gach recht raen-abaig,
ZCP viii 203 § 22
(=
ripe for defeat, overthrow?
).
¤dírech: i
ródaibh raoíndírge na sein-Mhidhe
straight, direct
Hugh Roe
26.13 (f. 7b)
, cf.
for ródaibh raoín ndírghe na Midhe,
AFM vi
1920.19
.
(b) with subst.:
dar róendes richid,
SR 1018
(
des .i. ordugud,
O'Dav. 759
). téid . . . a raonfōd Rómha
on the road to Rome
,
BNnÉ 240 § 172
. mac Ruide co róengaí `of the victorious spear',
Metr. Dinds. iii 300.34
. nī rād rāingo
deceitful
(?),
RC xxxvi
262 § 9
=
roengo (: oenló),
LL 45b13
. róen-guba `wail for
defeat',
Metr. Dinds. iii 240.16
.
i roenmaig rindnime,
SR 510
.