n
u, m. one who is outside or not
bound by the law:
esrecht .i. ni thairchilla recht,
Ir. Gl. 18
=
esricht .i. ni taircella recht,
Corm. Y 515
. Esp.
applied to persons or animals or articles not amenable to
ordinary rules (e.g. as regards distraint), as: (1)
kinless
persons (2)
idiots
(3)
pet animals or toys
(the more usual meaning in legal material,
EIF 181 n. 162
). (1)
eisreacht .i.
dilleachta,
O'Cl.
(2) ro boí mac fir an bhaile ina obhloir
┐ ina eisrecht (of an idiot)
MR 274.21
(cf.
rob aiti...eisdrecht ┐ obhloire,
Acall. 3183
). (3)
cin cach eisrechta (.i.
na petadha),
Laws i 156.29
-
160.8
;
162.23
-
166.1
.
eisrecta tiscena (.i. na heisrechta becca...i. coin ┐ cait
becc[a]),
v 250.4-15
.
milchoin ┐ eisrechta olchena,
Corm. Y 1018
(éisrechta Bodl.
estrechta
LB).
im esrechta
macraide .i. catín no lúb no bacán no liatróit,
O'D. 502
(
H 3.17 c. 405
).
Laws i 124.13
. re henaib
┐ re huanaib ┐ re heistrechtaib in tighe household pets
Laws
iii 416.9 Comm.
The eisrecht may be a wild or a domesticated animal:
is leith .u. seoit ┐ sesed eneclainne isin eisrecht
n-allaigh .i. leith in neich dobertha isin eisrecht cennaigh,
O'Curry 351
( =
H 3.18, 193 (b) b
). intí romill
immum in estrecht truagh (of a pet fly)
Moling 74
.
Cf. eisdreacht, m.
IGT, Decl. § 24
(é- ?).
eisdeacht fada
as fada dhamh | ar aba an eisdreachd abadh,
ex. 844
.