n
o, m. (Lat. portus) port (g
s. n
p. puirt, d
s. purt),
IGT Dec.
§ 67
. part (g
s. n
p. poirt, d
s. port),
§ 68
.
(a) a place, spot, locality, gen. of a restricted area:
port a
porta
,
Corm. Y 1047
=
a portu
, LB. dús cia port indib maith
oígedacht in what place the hospitality is good,
Wb. 26b24
.
dos-rala dú itá Forggnaidi indíu. `Is maith in port thís' ol
P.,
Trip. 84.25
. iss ed ainm in puirt sin Slechta S. is the name
of that place,
TBC-I¹ 276
. do chách phurt i canar for every place
in which it is sung,
Fél. Ep. 187
.
connach fúair port fo gréin
gil | cen chorp ind ḟir fora muin,
Metr. Dinds. iv 94.20
. cend
na mna for indara burt [port v.l.] ┐ colann for in burt n-ailiu
in one spot . . . in another,
Cáin Ad. § 7
. a purt i port tiar is
tair from place to place,
LL 148a13
=
o phurt do phurt,
Ériu
ix 49 § 33
.
nír léiged sinn port i bport,
Caithr. Thoirdh. 13 y
(of troops hemmed in by their enemies while encamped; `we
were not admitted to fight on equal terms', transl.; we were not
allowed to shift our quarters ?). Cf. do ghoradh . . . gacha
grianphort every sunny spot,
MR 100.14
. i nglennportaib a
ghnuisi hollows (of eye-sockets),
116.22
.
Used as semi-adv. folld. by a rel. clause:
port hi fuirsitis
inn elit arimbad and furruimtis a n-eclis,
Thes. ii 242.9
(
Ardm. 18b1
). bágais C. port i faicfed Meidb dobérad chloich
furri wherever he might see M.,
TBC-LL¹ 1456
=
port i n-aiciged,
TBC-I¹ 813
; āit, St.
Folld. by defining gen.: rucad láeg mo bo a purt éicne `out
of a place of safety',
CRR 3
(i.e. a place whence it could be
taken only by force?). bid é so do phort eisirghe place of
resurrection, Life of S. Finbar (
Cork A. and H. Soc. J. ii 87
).
asin purt monad bog,
Laws i 132.4 Comm.
; cf. Gadelica i
56.22
.
tochar puirt (.i. mona),
Laws v 474.6
,
33
.
a rí pairtech
puirt parrthais,
Lec. 553a17
. port na bpian (i.e. hell),
Measgra D. 77.8
.
(b) a place occupied by some one, a stead, abode
:
mo duma
mo dín . . . mo phort idan án,
LU 9885
(of Duma nDergluachra).
atrullaí uadib assin phurt,
LL 169b12
(`out of the dwelling',
SG
ii 513.16
).
iss ass tánagus . . . a parrthus, a purt Ádhaimh,
Anecd. i 34 § 72
. port na n-apstal 's na n-abb (i.e. heaven),
ZCP vi 270.2
.
Panuhél puirt Dé,
KMMisc. 255.9
. port
pecthach the abode of sinners (hell),
ACL iii 240 § 43
.
Partholon puirt Gréc,
LL 127a11
(`of the Grecian land',
MacCarthy
144 § 6
).
gan port na laech, gan Luimnech,
ZCP viii 219.3
.
Freq. of a chief's residence; in late lang. of a stronghold,
fortress: cuit an phuirt cetadaig Cuirc `the meal for the residence of Corc',
Metr. Dinds. iv 336.4
(
LL 198a6
). ailénphort
Néill Noígiallaig (of Tara),
Ériu iv 92 § 4
. ?
tri cuind tairismi
dlegair don ríg . . . .i. tri puirt,
LL 188b16
.
tanic ind rigan oc
dul do phurt in rig,
ZCP xiii 25.16
. ? etir a portaibh sium ┐ a
airgeda `among his storehouses (?) and his cow-yards' (of the
king of Munster),
Lism. L. 2916
(prob. enclosures of some
kind). hi bport airechais Ui Ferghail `the chief mansion-seat',
AFM vi 1964.22
, cf.
1960.14
. v
s. a phuirt na bpríomhfhlaith!
Keat. Poems 1473
(of Cathair Dúin Iasc). daingion phuirt
áird do bhalladh the fortress of the high fort of thy walls,
Isaiah
xxv 12
. tri puirt do trinsidhibh talmhan `three entrenched
forts',
AFM vi 2192.2
. ro muradh . . . an port iomcoimhetta
`watching-fort',
2022.2
. batar na Gaill . . . isna portaibh
gabhala in ro ghabhsat fos (buildings they had seized),
Hugh Roe 68.15 (f. 18b)
. do loiscedh leis a mbailti puirt `their fortified places',
AU iii 64.1 (a. 1412).
Of a monastic stead or settlement
: cf.
ro gabsat mo brathair
portu .i. epscop Mél ┐ Ríoc,
Trip. 84.23
.
céne connoither mo
thimna-sa isin purt-sa,
Mon. Tall. 6
(Mael Ruain of his
monastery). airchinnech glan cráibdech . . . níp espach a
phort `his monastery should not be idle',
Ériu iii 106 41b
(Rule
of Ailbe). naomh as neimhnighe puirt `most heavenly in respect of city',
BNnÉ 286.3
.
mórfaid puirt Maodhócc,
263.24
.
(c) a bank, shore (of river or sea); perh. the oldest use and
the one nearest to the Latin.
ro snausa in farrci | co
mboí isin phurt,
LU 9437
.
ini docuirither i port dilis .i. in
duilesc,
Laws i 170.13 Comm.
(what is cast up by the sea on
a shore in some person's property). im ethur bís oc imorcor a
purt i port from bank to bank,
i 126.1
. is ann gabais port curach
Coluimb Chille came ashore,
Ériu ii 222.9
, cf.
Mon. Tall. 66
.
is é port do gabhsat ag Beind Etain they landed at B.E.,
Ériu
iii 170 § 29
. o thánic Patraic i part from the time P. landed,
LL 130b16
(: bratt).
gach arrthrach rachus . . . go Toraig o
port do port,
ZCP x 342 § 10
. A landing-place, haven
:
i purt
na hindsi,
Lism. L. 2359
. do ranic . . . co himeall in mara ┐ co
port na hindsi (i.e. the spot for crossing to the island),
ZCP
xiii 219.6
, cf.
220.8
. ac cur long . . ..a purt imurchuir srotha
Stix `ferry',
CCath. 1462
.
ó purt ind Luimnig,
Ériu iv 154.3
.
port Duiblin[n]e,
BColm. 80.19
.
is port Alban oiregda bid
linta da ardchrabud,
ZCP x 340 w
(prophecy of Iona). So in
many place-names, see Hogan Onom. (Fig.) conus-tuicce tre
lín in tsoscelai dochum púirt bethad the haven (shore) of life,
Trip. 28.7
.
Cablaigh Mor (idon Port na tri namat),
AU iii
30.17
(the haven of the three enemies, nickname given to a
woman who had married three husbands who were enemies).
See also caladphort, tráchtphort s.v. 1 trácht.
(d) a bank, mound, entrenchment
(late use):
teilgidh port a
n-aghaidh Ierúsalem,
Jerem. vi 6
.
do rinneadar puirt 'na
haghuidh timchioll,
2 Kings xxv 1
(of siege of Jerusalem).
Of a defile or pass
:
dul tar na portaibh re n-abar Ciserei,
ITS xix 78.3
(= transire portus Cisereos).
(e) Of persons
:
an port iomarchair uasal aingleata na nGaoidheal re a nguasacht pheacthoibh, .i. Pādruic an prīomh-abstol,
Acall. (Leabh. ó Laimhsgr.) i 10.26
. ?
bean ro badh port cothaighthe ┐ congbhala truagh ┐ trén,
AFM vi 2222.13
(leg. post? cf.
AFM v 1684.7
). Meaning is uncertain in the legal expression port fiach
in Laws Comm.: ait ata port fiach ni dechus for in ferund
ainnsin,
Laws v 500.32
, cf.
502.28
,
508.10
; possibly the techn. expression for the man who has become responsible for the debts of
an absconding fellow-tribesman,
p. 501 n.
Compds. (a) with adj.:
¤glan:
ag techt Parrthaloin portgloin,
MacCarthy 310 § 3
(
BB 13b29
). assi[n] Spairt portglain
portréid of shores (havens) fair and easy of access,
LL 233a2
(
TTr. 1166
). os ferlannaib portglana in prephir `over the fair-banked horizon',
MR 112.11
.
¤rathmar: do chlaind portrathmair Puin `illustrious' (? of prosperous abode),
Aen. 1573
(= rex genus egregium Fauni,
Aeneid vii 214
).
¤réid,
LL
233a2
, see -glan. (b) with noun:
¤immarchurthid a ferryman;
of Charon
,
LL 241a22
(
TTr. 1809
), cf.
CCath. 1462
v.l.,
TTebe
1649
(-immarchoirthid).
an portiomarchurtaigh,
Hugh Roe
26.21 (f. 8a)
.
¤linn: ro gabh B. simhin luachra asin portlinn
luachra `from a rushy pool on the bank',
BNnÉ 42.2
.