n o (perh. modification of a compd. of com + 1 rann. Cf. comrann. Second element perh. ferenn ( ferenn ), Breatnach, Celtica iv 206-7 ). Treated as n. in: cuibrend n-éroll, LL 3721 . i trí cuibrend chommóra, 19446 .

(a) portion (us. of food): tairmchell corn ┐ cuibrend, LL 34309 ( LMU 1 ). dobeir . . . luch for cuibrend cech ḟir díb, RC xiii 446 § 27 . rogha cuibhrinn, xii 340 § 31 . lucht cuibrind, Auraic. 1964 . in maistred dognith B. ros fodail in díb cuibhrennaib déc, Lat. Lives 69.x = i nde rainn deac, Vita Br. 12 . teasgadh ceart ar gach cuibhreann `every portion was justly cut', Celtica ii 163 § 24 . na céd chuibhrinn annsna fésduidhibh, Luke xx 46 . Fig. nīrbo c.¤ drochlaige `a coward's portion', Fianaig. 12 § 13 . Of land, etc.: Tir da Locha, . . . / . . . cuibrend buadach, Auraic. 5106 . rosbia a thúath féin saer ┐ mo chubrendsa féin dó, LL 38609 . ata in chrích 'na cuibhreandaib gan aen rig uirri `has been divided', Hy Maine 134.10 . Note also: cuibhreann dom ré `much of my life', Magauran 1137 . ? M. réile ch.¤ , Rawl. 82b30 .

(b) Freq. in phr. i c.¤ sharing with, in the company of, together with: dlegair i cuibrind rīg raith / brethem is fili is flaith, ACL iii 223.20 . ni caithi[m]sa proind dogres . . . can cæcait am chuibhrind, IT iii 197.16 . mar do ith seachd miaich shaloinn 'na chuibhreann, Desid. 3810 . a cuibhrenn an imper, ZCP vi 63.20 . go mbíodh i gcuibhreann na muc fán meas `feeding with the pigs on the mast' (Gloss.), TSh. 3451 . i gcóirchuibhreann do chuiris / . . / an cuire together, DDána 20.24 . da mbeth si a cuibrinn astigh = una ex discumbentibus, Smaointe B. Chr. 1543 .

(c) Of persons company, band, crowd: deichenbar c.¤ in ríg a king's company, O'Gr. Cat. 579.3 . cuibhrionn comhchródha, Duan. F. i 17 § 6 . ag ceileabhradh don chuibhreann, Aithd. D. 14.5 . cenn cuibrinn a[r] a fine fein, AU iii 272.1 . a ínnarba[dh] . . . lesna cuibrennaibh sin `by those allies', ii 470.28 . trúaille críadh uman ccuibhrionn (our) companions, Bard. Synt. Tr. 210.13 . atāid fēn ┐ ughdair iomdha ele i ccuibhreannuibh im leabhraibh iomdha are on different sides regarding, Celtica i 98.349 .

n o, m. a thong or band used either for a belt or a garter: firend [ferend LB, feirenn, Hy Maine] .i. id bis im c[h]olpa niad ... verbi gratia ferind [ferend LB] ōir im c[h]ois rīg, Corm. Y 586 . fireann .i. idh bhios im cholptha deaghlaoich, O'Cl. See ZCP x 401 . Ferend [didiu] ainm do chriss bis im duine, Corm. Y 586 . ferenn .i. crios, no sliasad do réir druinge, O'Cl. feirend cris cengail, Metr. Gl. 13 . induxit nivem ... pertinguentem ferenn , Ardm. 5a2 ( Thes. ii 260 ) = Trip. 284.2 . pl. is di dognitis na ferinn , Thr. Ir. Gl. 20 (= ferniu, Corm. Y 586 ). usque fernu uirorum , Études Celt. xxix 358 . tacmaic snechta ferna (no fairnniu add. LB) fer, Corm. Y 586 . ferais snechta ... co fernnu fer, LU 4777 (= TBC-I¹ 284 ) = co formnaib fer TBC-LL¹ 626 (go ferna St). ro ferustair in snechta co toracht fernu fer (= ad zonas), Lat. Lives 9 = Trip. 56.2 . sneachta co fernu fer, AU 854 . sirit fuil fernu blood seeks girdles (i.e. rises waist high) RC xvii 133.15 . co tanic fernu fuil ZCP viii 319.9 . cath ... dia fich fuil feirniu, xii 235 . atgaith dom ... .x. fernu (.i. idh bīs im cois nía), Ériu ii 4.6 .

adj io-iā laech f.¤ foidmin ` manly ' AU 867 (poem) (hence (?) fearnaidhe .i. fearrdha, O'Cl.). Perhaps the meaning is girdled (cf. ferenn ). Cf. congraim n-an n-eicside foraib ot e ferrnaidi, TBC-I¹ 2808 . The corresp. reading in TBC-LL¹ is cited s.v. ferdaide. Or is this gen. of the n.l. Fernach ?