adj
expld. as good, etc. Prob. an inference from passage(s)
containing 1 búan:
Buanand . . . am buan .i. is bón .i. dendi is
bonum . . . .i. maith o ulc,
Corm. 6
=
Corm. Y 104.
See Búanann.
buan .i. maith . . . buan caire as na berar om biudh,
O'Dav. 220
= buanchaire as ná berar úidhbhreth, na oimbreth everlasting (?) cauldron,
Ériu xiii 26.10
.
do feisidear
breatha buaín ┐ ambuaín,
Laws iv 62.15
, glossed
tairister
bretha buain . . . na mban dligthech . . . buain .i. maith .i.
dagban,
64.18
,
19 Comm.
buain .i. ben dlighthech, etc.,
O'Dav. 307.
fria ben .i. fri boin, fria maith,
Laws ii 350.1
Comm.
buan .i. bonus . . . geinid buan o ambuan,
O'Curry
86
(H. 3.18, 64).
buan .i. indlicced . . . ar is buan berla nadi
n.a.,
O'Curry 153
(H. 3.18, 87a32). nī fola tódine (.i. āiremh)
a būan (.i. a maithusa) (B. na f.),
ZCP v 487 § 12.
? bera boin
mbuain indlaeg ar eamain sair sedrada `a good in-calf cow',
Laws v 60.21 Comm.
?
in ben b.¤
,
Metr. Dinds. iv 68. 139
.
?
gabdait idain in mnái ṁbuáin,
Ériu vii 223 § 36.
See 2 bun.