(see greimm) vn. of con-greinn.
apparel, equipment; appearance, bearing
:
congraim .i. culaidh .i. culaidh .i. glés no
gliocas,
O'Cl.
a crúth a écosc a chongraim,
LU 8588
(
FB
44
).
8326
.
crúth chéill chongraimmim,
8302
. coṅgraim
n-án ferdaide forro `of splendid manly appearance',
TBC-LL²
3696
.
a ndrechta togai, a metrida āille, a congrimma,
Ériu
iv 163.18
. fo chongraimimm cháin .i. brat uanide léine . . .
(of Fergus),
LL 32893
, cf.
ACL iii 5.22
.
hi comgraim rigna,
LU 10313
. ba dochruid a congraim `his apparel' (of Dagda),
RC xii 86 § 93
.
fo lántrela[m] gaiscid ┐ chongrami,
TTr.²
1095
. ?
congreim . . . fo coir a congrema,
O'D. 2201
(Nero
A vii, 139b). Cf.
a Morainn a mainigh a mochda, moruath
anfis congrem natirus,
924
(
H 3.17, 656
). Fig. congraim lag
(chev.) a poor show,
Content. vi 135
. In title of tale:
Craeb
ingen Congarmna (Congrama, v.l.),
Anecd. ii 56.7
.