n (older úatne ; acc. to O'Rahilly,
SGS iii 67
a singulative of úat `wood,' later fúat, q.v. Cf. fúatne)
(a) a post, a prop, a support, a pillar : úaithne úaidhne
úaidne m.
IGT, Decl. § 2
.
uatne .i. uait (v.l. uaid) suigdigter
(v.l. suidigtar) in deilb,
Corm. Y 1279
. gabhal fulaing,
posd, úaitne, más `a base, pillar, undersetter'
Kirk
(
Eg. Gl.
365
). Of the supports of a house : grianan in enuaitne
(v.l. enuaine)
the name of one of the houses at Temair
,
FDG
27
(
MR 6
). ro ḟorchongair an caislén do chor ar uaithnedhaibh iar sin, ┐ ro leccadh go lár (a ref. to props used
while undermining the walls, foot-note)
AFM v 1316.10
.
foraim [viz. cenn Duinn Bó] ar an fhuaithne úd thall `place
it on yonder post,'
TFrag. 46.13
.
nicon facatár nech and
acht catt bec boí forsind lár oc cluchiu forsna cetheóraib
úaitnib lecdaib bátar and. no linged di cech úaitniu for
araili,
LU 1705
-
6
.
luid arísi co rrabi fora úaitni,
1723
.
Of the support, post of a bed or couch :
benaid a cló n-argit
ro boí ina láim frisin n-úaitni créduma inna imda,
LU 8273
.
iss and bátar for uaitne cerna in cholbai,
LL 306b1
.
uaithne
don iobhar āluinn | fám iomdhaigh,
KMMisc. 366 § 7
. tarla
mh'ucht fan uaithne ccorr, ib.
atconncadair tri huathnedha
... aga himfulang .i. uaitne i ndath snechta ...,
RC x 185.24
.
comhard re húathnibh na leaptha,
Feis Tighe Chonáin
1567
.
cetra huaithne um gach leabaid | d'ór is d'airced
coimecair,
SG 112.5
. the foundations of the earth :
an
té noch chroitheas an talamh as a áit, agus go ccriothnuighid a úaithnighe,
Job ix 6
. Of the supports of the discus :
mias adbulmor iaraind no umaidi ar uaitnedaib
iaraind 'na lamaib,
TTebe 2470
. Cf.
gur ab iad [viz. na
subháilcidhe bunadhasacha `cardinal virtues'] is Toibreacha, bun, ┐ ... Uaithnighe do mhórán Subháilceadh
oile,
Donlevy 198
.
(b) fig. or metaph. (of people) : da uaithne agha ┐
iorghaile fer nE. (of Cú Chulainn and Fer Diad),
TBC-LL¹ 471
n. 6
.
úaidne Moighe cáoim Chédne (: cúairdne),
IGT,
Decl. ex. 1172
.
uaitne na sgol lé bhfuil gach fáidh-ḟile,
Ir. Monthly 1920, 482.5
.
aoidhe sgeoil uaignigh anduibh
| d'uaitnibh an eoil ḟuaramair,
1919, 456.14
.
tú an treas
uaithne don oineach,
1928, 609.20
.
dá uaithne oinigh
Eireann,
L. Cl. A. B. 111.16
.
dá uaitne teanna an
talmhan,
Ir. Monthly 1923, 587.15
. lán ... | an teach
d'uaithnibh iorghoile `pillars of valour,'
1919, 105.37
.
le huaithnibh catha Cláir Laighean,
1920, 209.15
. na
n-uaithnedhaib imresna `pillars in the fight,'
O'Gr. Cat.
502.17
.
uaithne oir na nÉilech,
AU iii 582.23
. Cf.
ML²
1579
.
uaithne briste berne baoghail,
AFM v 1636.10
.
in
dara huatni airechais ... Erend,
Cog. 52.23
.
ceithre uaithne
... oirechais Alban,
MR 248.9
.
in t-uaithne airechais,
Acall. 64
(of Patrick).
da uatni congbala ... flathamnais
Erend,
Cog. 70.9
.
uaithneda fíchdha F.,
ML² 1362
. Cf.
ML 100.27
.
uaithne ót inis d'imthigh ...,
Hackett xiv 13
.
giodh truagh liom fuainne na faire `the prop of vigilance,'
Ó Bruad. i 176.18
.
fuainne ós fearaibh,
ii 60.9
.
d'éag
mo nuair an fuainne d'ḟuiling | anntrom cháich ...,
180.13
.
As a legal term : huaitne (in a list of 26 grades of
dignity),
Laws iv 344.5
(sequel to Críth Gabhlach).
huaitne ;
fonluing ocus frisellaghar in fer .i. friseillget troigh ocus
aidheilgen ; fer foloing einechgresa chin imluad fine,
Laws
iv 350.24
. see
Manners and Customs iii 519
where tr. `a pillar
of endurance and attendance' (i.e. `a term applied to a man
appointed to attend to and supply the wants of the wretched
and homeless poor ; the relieving officer of the ancient Irish,'
ib. Gl. Index p. 604
).
(Of the legs of a boar) :
ro éirigh in muc ar a
huathneduib dímóra derid
,
Fianaig. 66.17
.