n
o, m. Later also cur, car, cora, cura, cara. Vn. of
fo-ceird. c.¤ car (an tsíl ┐ na bḟíach ┐ na sligheadh ┐ fuaras . . .
┐ atá orum) . . . c.¤ (an eich . . . car an eich .l.) g
s. -uir, m.,
IGT Decl. § 69
. cur (an tsíl) g
s. cora m.,
§ 70
. cura cora
cara (an tṡíl) m.,
§ 2
.
Verbs § 58
.
c.¤ a curvo
,
O'Mulc.
369
.
in c.¤
,
499
.
fuirmeal .i. cur,
O'Cl.
1 act of putting, placing; setting up, etc. in a wide variety
of contexts: mórfessiur . . . oc c.¤ cacha h-óenslaite (of building
a house),
LU 8059
(
FB 2
). áes feig . . . do ch.¤ i n-óenfecht
dia saichthin to send,
6145
(TBC). gan Aenach C. do c[h]ur
not to hold,
Ériu xviii 62 § 20
. ?
ar c.¤ bissexa,
LL 17463
.
a chur ind `it shall be forfeited',
Laws i 160.15 Comm.
bid
teora bliadna os úir gen a cur (of transplanting trees),
Marco P. 165
. gan cur ná treabhadh soisgéoil planting,
Mac Aingil 5005
. ? ac cur na sáraighthedh dictating the
cases of s.,
O'Gr. Cat. 120.2
. clú M. ar c.¤ a caemna `has
established her protection',
Studies 1920, 419.12
. c.¤ eich
spurring on a horse,
Aithd. D. 77.27
. gan inghean . . . ré
cur síoda ná gréis `wearing silk or embroidery',
Keat. ii 2770
.
an fhuinneóg . . . ar a mbī cur cléthe nó gráta = garnished
with a strong grate of iron,
RSClára 93b
. ag cur chru `shoeing
a horse',
AFM iv 694.18
. ? sciath . . . do chur ber ┐ sleg ┐
saiget for . . . warding off(?),
LL 24895
.
2 In figura etymologica: ní chuirfi c.¤ búada de `will not
win thereby',
Trip. 78.9
. noconfōicher c.¤ dia chind he won't
stir his head,
TBC-I¹ 706
(cf. ni lamad c.¤ de he dared not
budge,
LU 726
). co rolád c.¤ isin dúnad take a turn round the
camp,
154
(LU). asbér is c.¤ roda lláus immudu that I have
simply lost it,
TBFr. 168
. ba he met rolad c.¤ dia indtleacht
na hingine such an impression was made on the girl's mind,
ZCP xiii 262.20
. is níor fhéad c.¤ do chur dhi could not stir it,
DDána 102.25
. Note further: do ghrádh ód thriath ná till
ch.¤
`turn not by a single point thy devotion away',
Magauran
2362
.
3 act of throwing, casting
:
c.¤ .i. urchor,
O'Cl.
di ch.¤ cruinn
da-cer dul issa mmuir `from casting (the) lot' (gl. de ligno
sortis),
Tur. 132
. c.¤ cloiche (a game),
Celtica viii 149.21
.
cur clach,
Cóir Anm.² i 179 § 10
. cur
liac putting the stone,
RC ix 454.18
.
c.¤ ṅdeiled,
Ériu iv
30.10
.
ag cur dhísle,
Studies 1923, 599 § 15
. foscaigthe na
crann do chur fó thuaid don gréin that the trees were casting
shadows,
CCath. 1581
.
gan fhuil a chnis / do ch.¤
,
Ériu xvi
134 § 53
.
le car snechta,
IGT Decl. ex. 246
.
lé linn . . . na
gceath soin do chur,
Keat. ii 2287
. Hence of feats, etc.: oc
cur in rothclessa
performing
,
LU 8844
.
ag c.¤ iomána,
RC
xxix 116 § 13
. Note also: le cur claidem by plying the sword.
Hy Fiach. 190.z
. Of sounds:
c.¤ ndelma,
Ériu xvi 82.34
.
a ngair ag a cur uttering cries,
RC xiii 7.7
. Freq. of battles,
slaughters, etc.: robu coscrach dia chur / a gleten fri diäbul
`he was victorious from fighting his battle',
Blathm. 175
.
dotháet c.¤ mo diberga de,
LU 7067
=
BDD² 658
(`plundering',
Gloss.).
gan cath do c[h]ur,
Ériu xviii 62 § 23
. ar cur
āir after inflicting slaughter,
BColm. 90.19
.
fer cora
choscair,
IGT Decl. ex. 729
. Note also: corrthuafail (= c.¤
thuaithbil ?) gaoithe
whirlwind
,
Corp. Astron. 112.17
.
gaotha
corr-thuaithbhil,
160.24
.
4 act of letting go, discarding
:
grís chaomh ar car a smáil,
IGT Decl. ex. 1066
.
ag car chnúais,
ex. 594
.
gach cnú chorr
ag cur a bláoisce,
KMMisc. 172.31
.
5 In a variety of idioms with prepp. (only a small selection
can be given from a very wide range, especially where the
later lang. is concerned): c.¤ lame ardodced getting involved
in misfortune,
Wb. 29b18
. car Mhoighe Aoí ar aitreabhadh
renewing husbandry in Mag nAí,
MS. Mat. 564.21
. c.¤ ar
comrād fri canōin `intentness on (?) conversing with the
canon',
Ériu ii 65 § 11
.
barr do chara ar an gceól gcrot,
Studies 1919, 612 § 6
.
dom char ort,
DDána 90.12
`commending me to thee',
Ir. Monthly 1920, 53
. ag cur mheic ar
ḟer nÍ. imputing to,
IGT Decl. ex. 1266
. cur chuca `interfere
with them',
TSh. 10169
. eolas gacha conaire no cingfitis
do chur go crích doibh to lead them all the way wherever
they went,
BNnÉ 51 § 40
. ainm in míl-sin cen chur de
(chev.; in full? precisely?),
Metr. Dinds. iii 428.41
.
cen a ch.¤
de,
ZCP viii 268 § 44
. atá an chruinne dom chur (v.l.) dhí
is discarding me,
Dán Dé xxviii 24
. c.¤ gortha don ghalldacht
`they undertake to set the Pale ablaze',
Studies 1920, 417.14
.
ag cur do chum an bhaile do ghabhail attempting,
AFM v
1846.1
.
C. . . . do ch.¤ do cum báis,
vi 2368.15
. xx tunda
fina do cur fo tir were cast ashore,
Ann. Conn. 1310.10
. ic
a cur for dail mbicc treating it as a small matter,
CCath.
5014
.
dám thrír táncatar ille / dá cur ra (= fri) Find,
LL 29302
`sich . . . zu gesellen',
Festschr. Stokes 9
. cur ré
tuicsin cumacht an Airdrig to attempt to understand,
Ériu
ii 146 § 165
. decair c.¤ ré draoidheacht ndéin contend with,
Duan. F. i 40.21
. cur red chlú ní chúala adding to, competing with, the equal of(?),
A. Ó Dálaigh iv 1
. With i n-agaid,
see agad, aiged ar c.¤ hi far selbad-si `putting ourselves into
your possession',
Wb. 8d26
. is c.¤ anma [ ] i mod
confuses the spirit,
Ériu xx 196 § 21
. cara im cheann to
oppose me,
Dán Dé xix 20
. Cf. 1 cenn dia c.¤ i cóic dividing
it into five,
Ériu iv 154.6
. a chur a gcrích uile = the whole
disposing thereof,
Proverbs xvi 33
. cach dá chur sin a n-ingnad
air everyone marvelling at that,
BCC 85
. gan iad féin le
chéile ag cur `that they pull not together',
O'Gr. Cat. 408.10
.
rígh is sochair lén doirbh cur whom it is difficult to oppose,
Content. xiv 55
. gan c.¤ le gan laghdugadh without addition,
ZCP ii 350.10
. c.¤ do sétche uáit putting away thy wife,
Wb.
10a21
. iar n-a chur roimhe rí Alban do ghairm de féin
proposing,
Keat. i 206.70
. do ch.¤ súlae taris `to cast my eyes
over it',
Mon. Tall. 136.22
. in c.¤ tar cenn gl. euersio,
Ml.
36d23
.
72b12
.
99d7
. huan ch.¤ dar cénn gl. auersione,
118a15
.
6 With follg. adv.: iar na chur amach . . . co `after it had
been reported . . . that',
AFM vi 2226.16
. ?
Íosa 's a dhá
asbal déag / deacroide cur re a gcoimhéad / brath 'n-a
mbun ó thigh do tigh / cur a-mach ar an muinntir,
Dán Dé
xxi 22
. ? is ferr do neoch a ch.¤ ass to give up (of unrequited
love),
LU 3943
(
SCC 44
). ni bhi ga chur as ach sibal an re
there is nothing interfering with it,
Ir. Astr. Tr. 102.10
. ar
mhórán do reachtaibh . . . iar n-a gcur síos written down,
Keat. ii 4739
. teampall chille R. do ch.¤ suas `was re-erected',
AFM iii 590.16
. cur suas de Dhia to renounce,
O'Rah.
295.16
. óna neithibh atá agam' ch.¤ timcheall = a circumdantibus me,
TSh. 4264
.
Transferred meanings.
7
leap, twist; throw
(in wrestling):
ro lá c.¤ n-iach n-erred
de i n-arda,
MU² 952
, cf. 1 eó, eú
. c.¤ fo laim [no prep]
(of a horse),
Laws iii 180.17 Comm.
tuc léim láidir ┐ car,
SG 26.28
.
troid beó fa comthruime cur,
IGT Decl. ex. 529
.
c.¤ arrachta `a powerful throw',
Stair Erc. 1136
. Cf.
rolá in
scrín . . . curu dí,
Fél. 76.38
.
8
twist, coil
:
anncoir gorm fa choraibh do chábla, óir,
MR 349.z
.
snas donn a cúil 'na caraib,
Prolegomena 45
§ 27
.
c.¤ d'irbull in dragun a timcill an leogain,
ZCP vi
61.16
. ro latraigseat curu imm na cathaib `umkreisten',
Alex. 247
= ro lasat curudu, etc,.
ZCP xxx 113
.
9
twist, detour, circuit in road, etc.: curu gl. giros,
BCr.
18b2
. do bretha c.¤ n-imruill fothuaid ┐ fodess do na sluagaib
were led astray,
LL 7931
(TBC). ar doirthi na c.¤
`des
Weges',
ZCP xxx 136.10
(Alex.). téid c.¤ seach an gcathraigh
neamhdha `takes a course past Heaven',
Dán Dé xxxi 21
.
c.¤ sligheadh,
PBocht 3.25
. c.¤ fo chosán = cenn fa eite
(punctuation mark in Ir. MSS.),
O'Don. Gram. 434
. Fig.
do choraibh trúagha an talmhan vicissitudes,
IGT ex. 770
.
biaid cur da findfam there is a way of finding out,
MU² 879
.
c.¤ .i. cuairt,
O'Cl.
10
tune, melody
:
c.¤ .i. ceol,
O'Cl.
cass c.¤ cuirt[her] guth
ín luin,
IT iii 19 § 53
.
do sinn slithi senma cuir ┐ puirt,
Fianaig. 58.14
.
lucht athlaimhe ar choraibh ceoil,
DDána
17.19
. ag senm a ch.¤
(a bird),
IGT Metr. Faults§ 61
.
?
nōnbor āesa cerdd[a] ina sessam imbi oc cur na clīara,
Corm. Y 141
=
occantain (no ocur),
Corm. 7
.
11 In phrases: in cursa this time,
LL 7650
(TBC).
na
bris dúin cairptiu . . . meni bethe ar in t-ṡluagud-sa a ch.¤sa,
8211
`now',
TBC-LL² 648
. den chursin `in that moment',
Mon. Tall. 148.14
.
don chur sa,
LU 6303
. dind ara chur `for the
second time',
Metr. Dinds. iii 4.33
.
cedna cur,
AFM ii 800.2
.
ar ch.¤ éigin = aliquo modo,
Rial. S.F. 1691
. ar éunch. at all
(after neg. vb.),
Parrth. Anma 2448
.
gan a deunamh ar ch.¤
ar bith,
Rule of Tallaght 27
.
ar aonch.¤ ar bith,
Párl. na mB.
308
. ar chor oile = aliter,
TSh. 6482
. ar an uile ch.¤
in every
way,
A. Ó Dálaigh l 2
. ar dhá ch.¤
`for two reasons',
PBocht
13.21
. ar gach c.¤
in every way,
Measgra D. 70.15
.
as gach
cur,
Anecd. ii 62
. ar an gc.¤-sain thus,
Dán Dé xviii 19
.
ar
an gc.¤-sa,
O'Hara 1413
.
ar an gc.¤ gcéadna,
PBocht 13.19
.
ar an cc.¤ ad-chluinti `in the way you have heard',
O'Hara
3098
. Cf. is é c.¤ ar a ráinig ríoghacht Éireann C. this is
how, etc.,
Keat. ii 3701
.
imon c.¤ cedna,
Ériu viii 36.25
. c.¤
fri c.¤
together (?),
ZCP v 487 § 15
. c.¤ nach ffiorfa an fháisdini
`so that he shall not bring the forecast true',
Duan. F. ii 56.31
.
ar ch.¤ nach feas dó,
TSh. 740
. In phr. ar chur in the power of,
at the mercy of, at the disposal of:
coíca laech ara chur,
Metr. Dinds. iv 320.1
.
ar mo ch.¤
,
Content. xiv 53
.
ar chur ┐ fa
smacht Easpuig na Rómha,
Keat. iii 11
. Hence in Keat. c.¤
ar
power over: cur ┐ cumas aige . . . ar an eagluis (Peter),
Eochairsg. 6.37
.
cur ag an mbás ar na seacht ndrongaibh
úd,
TSh. 7893
.
Legal.
12
contract
. `Irish equivalent of the stipulatio of Roman
law, the solemn verbal contract',
Críth G. p. 81
. Freq. c.¤
bél (where bél simply limits the general meaning of cor act
of putting; not properly verbal as oppd. to written contract
,
which does not occur in early Irish law, Thurn.
ZCP xv
307
-
8
). Later in more general sense of
bond, bargain, agreement, guarantee, undertaking
, etc.: c.¤ bēl,
Cóic Con.
71.15
.
cuir ┐ cundartha,
20.10
.
for curu bél,
Críth G. 279
.
cur (d
s.)
┐ chairddiu,
373
. cintaib cuir (coir, MSS.) `to
liabilities arising from contract',
339
.
ni c.¤ c.¤ for nemthe. for
eglais. for fhlaith. for éigsi,
Ériu xiii 23.26
.
cair cis lir
chuir dochuisin? Nin. A do; sochar, ┐ docor,
Laws iii 4.5
.
acht na cuic curu ata taithmechta la feine,
i 50.y
. tellach
tar curu bel `entry notwithstanding verbal agreement`,
v 210.2
.
raith fuasluictar coraib `a surety who is freed from contracts',
340.18
.
fiadnaisi .i. fiadæ ro nass in c.¤
,
O'Mulc. 499
.
dentar
lib iarṁbes cech cuir/ . . . / edpart matinda,
SR 4401
. o
roscarsatar ar cuir since our bargain no longer holds (?),
1725
.
in c.¤ amra ronenaisc .i. comruc re hēnfer,
TBC-I¹ 1185
.
c.¤ . . . ┐ faesam rīg Hērenn . . . fair-sium protection (?),
Fing. R. 939
.
fā choraibh ag cliaraibh,
O'R. Poems 2036
`under
bonds', Gloss.
ná táeb ré c.¤ Conaillech,
IGT Decl. ex. 713
.
liom gé madh maith an c.¤ chuinghim
request
,
Measgra D.
61.103
. gurab uime do rinde se cuir re lucht na cathrach
covenant,
ZCP xi 140.12
. aitherrach cuir do ch.¤ don choróin
`to transfer the crown',
AFM vi 2258.13
. c.¤ nō oibliogāid
riagla . . . S. Clára = the obligation of the Rvle,
RSClára
145b
. Of
marriage-contract
:
issé dorigne curu a mathar fria
athair,
BColm. 6 § 7
.
tucusa c.¤ ┐ coibchi duit amal as dech
teít di mnaí,
LL 7589
(TBC).
maith risin mnáoi si amuigh /
amhuil mur snadhmar a cuir,
KMMisc. 346.19
.
13 Later in sense
surety, guarantor
(cf. aitire, naidm(m), 1 ráth):
caide c.¤? tricha fear; caide arrae cuir? coic fir déc,
O'Curry
347
(
H 3.18, 191
-2).
c.¤ .i. urraidh téid an urradhas,
O'Cl.
it cora a fine fadeisin forra,
Laws v 128.18
.
fiacha do thobairt
a laim an cuir,
O'Curry 299
(
H 3.18, 165
). cata cuir condaigi? . . . Na trí gillai etc.,
MU² 72
.
Rauphel lium doráith /
os cind cecha cuir,
KMMisc. 255.1
.
cuir ┐ rátha,
Duan. F. iii 246
.
ná (leg. na?) cuirsi do dheimnigh dún / na
cuisne eighridh d'ḟadúdh,
IGT Decl. ex. 368
. Note also:
coro greis in t-ōclach na curu i cenn in rig .i. muir ┐ gaeth ┐
grian ┐ eoitheoir ┐ firmaimint,
Dinds. 81
(
RC xvi 32
).
Less explicitly:
tecait cura daingne dó,
Metr. Dinds. iii
178.153
. ni epér . . . co m-bet cuir dam fria `pledges',
MacCongl. 23.1
.
neart ar do choraibh ┐ ar do shlāntaibh,
Feis Tighe Chonáin
996
. In follg. late exx. the pl. form prob. means
guarantee(s),
undertaking, term(s):
ro naidhmsiot a ccura . . . amhlaidh sin,
AFM vi 2172.2
. gur ro naidhm a cura fris `league',
iii 126.13
.
tugadar cuir ┐ slána do Mhogh N.,
ML 8.12
. ro naidhmset a
ccura friss `they . . . fixed terms with him',
Hugh Roe² 132.13
.
In later lang. in various transferred and Fig. meanings.
14 Attrib. g
s. cuir. Precise meaning unknown. See
TD
1.6
note.
go Cruachain cuir,
Fen. 182.20
.
C. P. na g-call
g-cuir,
Hy Fiach. 46.10
. Of trees etc. (us. transl. planted):
a lubhghort cuir,
SGS iv 66 § 29
. an dá chraoibh chuir
`those two firm planted branches',
Magauran 2064
. Of
buildings: teaghdhais chumhang na gcloch gcuir `piled stones',
PBocht 27.19
. sluagh na síodh ccorrbhroghach ccuir
`strong round-terraced elf-mounds',
O'Hara 3329
. asin cloich
cuir (in wall),
LB 157a63
. Note further:
fear . . . go gcuirnín
cuir,
Hackett xliv 48
.
ón chliabhán chuir,
Duan. F. ii
62.y
. in treas cleitin cuir `casting javelin',
24.17
. for cai cuir
`upon the road of a circuit' (of poets),
Auraic. 2221
. ? cá
bhfuil fós caomhnuime gcuir (not transl.),
Content. xxviii
62
(see cunnuimne).
a haon trí céd cadla cuir,
AFM i 562.1
.
15 act of overthrowing, defeating; defeat, reverse
: a ch.¤ do Bh.
`he has been outdone by B.',
Magauran 225
. tearc flaitheas
nach fuighe c.¤
`few kingdoms escape unshaken',
Ir. Review
1912, 376 § 6
. fuair T. c.¤
`reverse',
Content. v 101
. ?
don
tsaoghal so an chuir,
Párl. na mB. 2179
.
16
state, condition, plight
: dia do ch.¤
`awful calamity',
PBocht 1.19
.
c.¤ an phobuil,
DDána 35.9
.
an c.¤ do-chiam
fúthaibh,
26.2
. cruth cen chēill, dōiriu cach c.¤, is neime i
n-ōrlestar worse than anything,
ZCP vi 267 § 2
.
trúagh c.¤
chloinne Hādhuimh,
ii 583.16
.
17 act of tiring; tiredness, fatigue
(late; always cur): on
brig arna cur = a virtute defatigata,
Rosa Angl. 272.19
.
a h-aitli tsaetair no cuir,
RC xlix 5 § 2
. daóine do chur
to weary men,
Isaiah vii 13
. ?
cen séis, cen cur, cen cumsanad,
Laud 610, 25d
(Plummer MS notes). ?
bean is clann gá cur,
IGT Decl. ex. 1117
.
18 V. freq. in later lang. in adv. phr. car(a) (seldom c.¤)
in cháemlaí (-laithi)
all day long, the livelong day
:
car an
chaomhlaithi,
IGT Decl. ex. 132
.
car gach aon laithe,
Fl. Earls 142.32
.
car an chaoimhlaoi,
A. Ó Dálaigh l (50) 34
.
cara(?) in caomh-laī,
Feis Tighe Chonáin 379
.
c.¤ an caomlaoi,
Grail
2759
. Also: car an chargais during the whole of Lent,
BNnÉ
149.38
.
c.¤ ind erraigh,
Caithr. Thoirdh. 77.34
.
car an
ḟaghamhair,
IGT Decl. ex. 950
.
car an geamraidh,
ex. 339
.
19 Meaning doubtful or obscure:
is blicht la mnāi cur ar is
donaite cach tua[th]bel,
O'Mulc. 754
.
dia coraib,
Anecd.
i 6.4
(
SCano 156
`agitations?' Gloss.).
ba ard cīsel choscair
chain / Cormac co n-āni a chuir,
ZCP xi 109 § 21
. in
mbuithib (leg. inb-) cor a saithe `at the time of the departure
of his own swarm',
Laws iv 190.13
.
fear saor is a bhladh dá
bhrath / dá char gion gur caomh a dhreach,
DDána 91.6
(to 16?). thainig [siad] do'n chur to the place(?),
Oss. vi 62
.
ocus tuille: car beg da derbad inntaithmech in focail is
aireacht the analysis of the word a. gives some additional
proof(?),
O'Curry 2272
(
Eg. 88, 20 (21)c
). trí fichid . . . gan ch.¤
and no more(?),
Keat. Poems 1185
.
20 Compds. ? measam cundrada carlínad `the worst
bargain is fulfilling a contract',
ZCP xvii 69 § 7
(
ACL iii
230.153
). crithre corphort sparkling melodies,
Studies
1923, 598 § 11
. ? ba rechtaid críche / corsir `long enduring
in contract',
Celtica vi 234.y
(
coirsear,
Laws iv 16.22
) =
corsir .i. focard gulla .i. clocha, a cennaib a aile siu ┐ tall iar
ngabail a tirí,
O'Curry 849
(
H 3.18, 385b
). conclanna . . .
corshnadmanacha (in wrestling),
MR 254.26
. See abratchor,
1 gúala, tenchor.