n (crob) gender and infl. uncertain, crobhaing
.b.,
IGT Decl. § 13 (66.10)
in section listing fem. nouns
appar. implies existence of a masc. -ang also in class. verse,
cf.
DDána 9.6
infra (leg. -ang ?),
IGT Decl. ex. 1222
infra
(g
s. -aing). See Marstrander,
ZCP vii 397
and
Festskrift til Prof. Alf Torp, 239-252
(Best Bibliogr. ii no. 338).
(a)
cluster, bunch (of nuts, fruit, etc.):
crobung iii n-uboll,
RC ix 468.z
(ICM).
cét cróboing for slait, cét cnó in cech
cróboing,
Airne F. 354
-
5
. o chall cháin na crobang cas
`
nut-clusters
',
Fen. 396.11
. gan chnaoi ccaoich 'na
chrobhoingibh `in whose clusters was no blind nut',
Bard. P. 27.4
.
In generalised sense: gur' thoit 'n-a crobaing 'san cath
`until fell he destroyed in the battle',
MacCarthy 418 § 6
.
(b) More freq. in transfd. meaning of family, race, kindred
etc. in laudatory sense:
in crobang . . . / Tuatha De Danand
do chéin,
LL 974
(=
crobhaing,
BB 31a41
).
na trí
Ruadcind . . . / láechda in crobaṅg
,
LL 6433
. C., S. . . . / co
coibne na crobung,
Gorm. May 15
. fiú an chrobhaingsin
nochar chin / riú a comhaimsir a ceirdibh the equals of this
band (see fíu ),
IGT Decl. ex. 1222
.
don chrobhaing
ghlan (: Athar),
DDána 9.6
(see above).
crobhaing dhileas
dhron,
Duan. F. ii 184.5
. M. cnú ós crobhaing `renowned
above heroes',
AFM v 1636.7
.
crobuing oir,
LL 394.1
. caem
crobung (chev.),
Gorm. Nov. 8
.
Compds. With adjj.
mes crobang-caomh,
Bruss. 2569,
66a
(cited
Contribb. 523
).
barr cnúais ar chraoíbh
chrobhuinnghil,
O'R. Poems 594
. With vb.
gach sgaoi
cnuais do chrobhuingéirigh,
DDána 89.21
.