n
d, f., also m. n
s. breö (disyll.),
Ält. Ir. Dicht. ii 25.9
,
bréo (monosyll.),
Fél. April 15
.
flame
lit. and fig.; very
frequ. of saints, heroes, etc. in complimentary sense: inna
briad gránna gl. piræ . . . diræ
,
Lib. Hymn. i 34 n.24
.
breo
.i. lasair,
Thr. Ir. Gl. 131
s.v. primda (
Fél. April 15
).
bréo .i.
teine no lasair,
O'Cl.
breo di thein,
LL 18143.
is bréo do
loscud (hell),
LU 2448.
in tech ina thuir trichemrūaid ┐ ina
briaid adbulmōir `a huge blaze',
MacCongl. 105.3
.
breo taitnemach amail caindil,
Laws i 142.z Comm.
cóic cét déc do
breoaib tened,
Alex. 702.
cathair Ch. do loisc sain / dá thoisc
gur bris na breoghaib,
Caithr. Thoirdh. 33.36
. ro mheabhaidh na bairilledha ina naén b.¤ lasrach `burst into one blazing
flame',
AFM vi 2012.8
. In phr. b.¤ t(h)ulcha lit. fire on a hill-top
, see 1 tulach I (b), oft. simply large fire. Of burning as punishment for unchastity
(cf.
nach ingen dogníd buís . . . no
breotha,
PMLA lvi 941.20
=
LL 37043
): donither . . .
bréo tulcha don merdrig iarsin `a hill-fire',
Fél. 98.32
. Note
further:
breo tulcha do denum . . . ina tusmit do genib
toratharduib . . . d'uililoscud,
CCath. 943.
bogeb-sa br[e]ó
thelcha tend. / nom loiscc eter chend is choiss,
LL 29549
(taken as bró quern,
Ériu vii 223 § 34
).
Fig. Patraicc . . . / breō batses genti `a flame that baptized
heathen',
Thes. ii 322.5
(Hy. iii).
Brigit . . . / breō órde
óiblech,
325.15
(Hy. iv). a Stefan . . . a b.¤ náob `O Stephen . . .
holy fire',
Mon. Tall. 131.16
. b.¤ digla / drech curad (of
Lóegaire) (rhetoric),
LU 8610
(
FB 46
).
mo siur mo brathair
beó (sc. Brigit ┐ Fintan) / ana da (sic leg.) b.¤ fri cech ró,
LL 4764.
Barra bréo n-eccna `a flame of wisdom',
ZCP i
64 § 73.
Findachta . . . / breo chet ninsi,
IT iii 14 § 29.
ān
breō cin brēthir mbraisi `a glorious flame' (of a hero),
Ériu ii
16 § 7.
in brēo bāgach / in glēo gnimach (sc. Crimthann),
RC xxxvi 262 § 3.
brëo fri brūach `a blaze' (of a shield),
Ériu xx 192 § 1.
bréo neime 'a lethal fire',
BDC 132.438
(of a boulder). a bhreo (: cheo) dearg (to Aodh Óg),
DDána
110.51
. bréo ar bhfírfheirge `the flame of our indignation',
Studies 1921, 589 § 5
. (B. na f.) ac proceapt na mbréo (of a
devout person who attends religious worship),
ZCP v 486 § 8.
co rē na mbréou ┐ Aoda Dorndine (= Oirdnide, ed.) (? B. na
F.),
viii 103.6
=
co haimsir na næmh ┐ Aeda Oirdnidi,
Ériu
ii 186.24
.
In cheville:
breō do rath,
Ériu vi 122 § 13.
Compds. With nouns. slicht cen breobail `without
flaw (?),'
Arch. Hib. ii 54 § 1.
teine do bhreóghabhail isna
bairillibh púdair `flared up',
Hugh Roe² 306.25
.
brogsat
brudni breogaili,
RC xxii 395.15
(
BDD 69
Appendix). 'na
breólasair `like a bright flame',
Studies 1923, 422 § 5
.
ionann . . . Brighid ┐ breo-shaighead .i. saighead teine,
Keat. iii
765
. (n. pr. f.)
cona mnai Breóthigirnd,
LU 10953.
breo
thuair, etymol. gl. on
brāthair,
Laws ii 346.14 Comm.
With adj.
a Loegairi . . . a bethir breóderg,
LU 8111
(
FB 8
).
With verbs. ní do bhreoghoin Seon `wounded J. sorely',
Ó Bruad. iii 128.9
. breoagit (= āgit ?) .i. immeclaigit they
fear as one fears fire (?) (`etymology' of Brigit),
Thes. ii
325.28
. Brigit .i. breosaigit `they flame-seek',
327.18
.