n [i], m., later f. Arch. cōirt-, see compds. c.¤
, -rd, f.,
IGT Decl. § 42
.
I
(a)
circle, ring; circuit, circumference:
ánus cuáirt `a
circle',
Sg. 59b13
. in chuartai frithsuidighthi gl. oppossitique
orbes,
Ml. 39c12
. dun chuairt gl. giro,
84a9
. a chuaird
corcorgemmach its circlet of crimson gems (a brooch),
LU
7400
(
BDD 100
). cuaird (cuairde v.l.) bec . . . amal circáill
ḟeta (necklet worn by Morann),
IT iii 190 § 15
.
cuaird
uilche aos na fer midba,
O'D. 1952
(Cod. Clarend. vol.
15, f. 7, p. 2 col. b) (see compds.). fochress cach cúaird
immalaile etc. arranged themselves in concentric circles,
LU
7060
(
BDD 72
). Cf. cuaird .i. buidhin ┐ is buidhen ar chath
sunn . . . .uii. chuarda . . . ┐ .7. nimdha, etc. (=
FB 55
) ┐
isíat na .7. cuárda .i. .7. catha Ulad
taken to mean
troop,
battalion
,
H 3.18, 608b5
,
7
,
8
(
O'Curry 1324
). do ḟiannaib
Erenn, cach cuaird im araili im Temraig `each (band) encircling the other around T.,'
Ériu xii 182 § 13
(TE2). tanic Fiac
┐ a chuairt leis `circuit' (sc. the poets or druids on F.'s c.),
Thes. ii 307.15
.
(b)
circuit, globe (of heaven, earth); area, territory, district;
inner space, enclosure: no línfed . . . in n-ule cuaird in talman
gl. omnem terram,
Ml. 25a8
,
11
.
rígi inna huili cuarta,
Trip.² 2106
`of the whole globe',
Trip. 180.8
. cuairt ind
richidh co noi ngradaib aingel `the circuit of the celestial
vault',
Ériu ii 106 § 17
. dá arrig dec . . . / cach for a chuaird
. . . / for dá thuaith dec Israhél district (?),
SR 7011
. caille
comhfhada / cladh na cúarta-sa `circuit' (enclosure or
district (?), cf. crioch, 4),
BS 98.10
.
cru tire do telluch
.i. cuairt in tíre .i. guirtt .i. cro .i. ime,
O'D. 415
(
H 3.17,
317
), cf.
Laws iv 20.5
. uii. cúarda . . . ┐ uii. n-imdada o thein
co fraig circular compartments (?),
LU 8730
(
FB 55
). for
cuairt an rígh .i. istigh i mbi an Rí (under heading dámh
cháe na ngradh ffileadh),
Ériu xiii 52.10
. See midchuairt.
cuairt .i. crich . . . ma rofiastar a ratha a mignima in-óen
chuairt urraduis .i. i n-aon crich urraduis sin `in one circle of
urradas (the customary law of freemen)',
O'Dav. 503
. iter
da cuairt ingelta ro marbad é (a dead beast),
O'Curry 2102
(H.
4.22, 76a). See comaithches, comingaire, comingelt, ingelt .
(c)
circuit; a turn around, revolution
: cuaird cech laithe
a daily circuit (of horse-races),
LL 25101
. en cuairt o oirrcir
co hiartar an domain
revolution, course (of moon),
Ir. Astr. Tr. 108.22
. ? do chuir sé c.¤ air ághaidh a naigéin = he set a
compass upon the face of the deep,
Proverbs viii 27 (1827). Hence
of a
recurring event, turn
:
in cuairt muilinn,
Ériu xvii 64 § 1
n. 4
`the circuit (`rotation') of the mill', see
62
,
63
.
tossach
cuarta in so doridisi,
76.5
. timchelsat teora cúarda cech
ḟir díb ir-ríge .i. lxiii. (of 3 kings who held sovereignty in
turn for a septennium),
Dinds. 161
. conom thí de chind
chúarda till it is my turn,
LU 6699
(TBC). in tan rosiacht do
Chua . . . c.¤ a cometa `his turn of guarding',
Dinds. 157
.
táinic naí cuarta fó[n] cath attacked the host nine times,
CF² 1111
.
(d)
circuit, tour, visitation, journey
and related meanings:
a cuardaib ane .i. a caí uird inna fíraí .i. inna fíréicsi poetic
visitations,
LL 24320
(see
RC xxvi 18 § 25
).
for chuartaib
cloth,
Ériu xiii 38.15
. ni far cuairt parche do-coid `diocesan
visitation',
Wb. 21a12
. ɔral c.¤ fuirib-si gl. praeter[i]ens
uideam uos,
7a4
. do dechaidh . . . / du cuaird is naibh
hifernoibh `went . . . on a visit to Hell' (of Christ).
Blathm.
696
. Felix fuair cuairt (cuaird, v.l.) céoldai `sojourn',
Fél.
Jan. 22
. rolá P. cuairt Lagen = migravit . . . ad fines L.,
Lat. Lives 61 § 53
.
D. comarba Patraic for cuairt Muman,
AU i 486.11
. mac in chléirig ar in cuairt `let the cleric's son
go on the circuit',
Ériu ix 49 § 29
. congbail tsenad na hEclaisi
oc cuingid cuarda `visitation',
Laws i 158.18 Comm.
dia
ndeochaid . . . ar cuaird ardrīg i nInis Bretan,
Corp. Gen.
132.19
.
tinoilis H. . . . slog mor . . . amal tísad for cuairt
rig,
PH 844
. cuaird Erend do chur co n-acamar a ndingnu,
etc.,
Anecd. i 9.26
(
SCano 293
).
dochoid side (sc. a poet or
druid) for cuairt i Connachtaib,
Thes. ii 307.14
. cuirit . . .
inn ēgis mórchúairt Hērenn ┐ Alban dia fochmurc the poets
make the great tour of Scotland and Ireland to seek it (sc. the
Táin),
ACL iii 3.25
.
dā mbeirt[h]ea dán lat bothúaid / . . . /
nī budh lúgha let ale / nās ō chūairt Érenn uile,
ZCP viii
109 § 9
. luidh-siumh (the young Molling) . . . do c.¤ na
Lúachra wandered about L.,
RC xxvii 268 § 15
. ropo chūaird
`a visit' (of a battle),
Arch. Hib. ii 63 § 65
. mithigh cuairt
a gceann Fhiacha it is time to visit F. (a patron),
LBranach
2181
. logh an chuairt-se do-chuamar the visit I paid (to a
patron) was payment,
DDána 67.49
. taispenad a cuarta (.i.
a n-imdeachta) `their journeys',
Auraic. 193
. Of reconnoitring, etc.: luid Conall ┐ Bricriu du chur cúarta to search
(for shelter for the night),
LU 10579
(
Comp. CC 3
).
dolá
F. cūairt co tarrla docum tighi,
ZCP v 501.12
. gin a cuairt
do cur without making a tour (of inspection) of it (a green),
Laws iv 196.6 Comm.
(e) With following descriptive gen.: cuairt buadha `a
triumphant visit',
Ériu iv 112 § 1
.
dia cuairt cairte .i. cuairt
flathamnais,
O'Curry 480
(
H 3.18, 250
). a c[h]uairt certaigthe
= his Visit iuridicall,
RSClára 130b
.
ar cuairt chrábaid,
SG 39.25
. dolluid . . . do chūairt ectra la Ulto `went upon
a round of adventures in U.',
Death-tales of the Ulster heroes 4 § 3
. cuaird erlama
`the visitation of a patron saint',
Laws v 450.8 Comm.
gl.
sen-dliged,
4
. for cuairt gemridh a farrud rígh Osraigi (of a
fili),
Ériu xi 47.4
.
O'D. 952
(
H 3.17, 666
). níor mhian
leis an lá do mhair / gan chuaird ollaimh 'n-a ḟochair (in elegy
for prince and his ollamh),
DDána 73.21
. cuaird retha
canait / cínticha clíí (a division of poetry),
IT iii 31.18
.
is
amlaid ro chiṅged ri Temrach for a chuairt rigi,
RC xxiv
176.25
. lodsamar ar cuaird selgga `went on a hunting round',
vii 304.1
.
luidh-sen . . . do chuairt teglaig co a tiagherna,
Anecd. ii 42 § 2
. See s.v. amsaine , cáe, cenél, rígdomnacht , 1 selg,
scís.
(f) What is levied, or requested on a c.¤
,
tribute, dues,
claim
(otherwise
Contribb. 544
): cuairt fer Midhe etir
chill ┐ tuáith `visitation of, etc.' (i.e. collection of tribute
from them),
RC xvii 345.3
(Tig.).
Moling . . . / dligidh
cuarta ┐ cealla,
Anecd. ii 23 § 14
. rocind . . . cūairt do-som
uáid fēin a tribute was fixed for him from, etc.,
BColm. 88.10
.
tabrat a cuart dom catraig `tribute' (claimed by ecclesiastic),
Fen. 80.16
. co ttucc a lán chuairt etir screpall, ┐ edbarta
`a full visitation tribute',
AFM ii 894.17
.
(g) As attrib. and descr. gen.:
i n-a cēidi c[h]uarta,
ML²
1133
. mur ollamh cuarta . . . / na mes misi a mic Siobháin
do not look upon me as a poet on a round of visitation,
ZCP ii
348.18
. Note also:
Fergus file . . . esgra márchuarta,
Ériu
xiii 30.14
. ar ḟior gcuarta visitor or guest,
DDána 110. 21
.
(h) In legal contexts:
ordaib neimid nuither cuardaib,
Laws iii 26.6
.i. ordaithter . . . iar cae uird . . . cidbe cuaird i
mbe `circle',
12 Comm.
ni cuirithur cuaird for gablu fine
`the succession shall not devolve upon, etc.' (of property),
78.20
. cuairt .i. tiumarguin . . . airbert i cuairt cach slan
`restraint',
O'Dav. 405
. ?
cuairt saigeas a comnaidm la fear
foirgeall fiadnaise,
Laws iv 8.24
.
II In adv. and prep. phrases. Preceded by imm (fa) + an
(
GOI 517
, 1 imm ) imma(c)cúairt
round about,
around
; im na insi immacuairdd (ma over line, note),
Ml.
89d18
. forda-rubai . . . F. imma cúaird strikes them all
around (?),
MU² 1017
.
secht n-imdai ó thein co fraig . . .
imme cúaird,
Fraech 66
.
im chomm,
Laws i 124.4
.i. ima
cuairt,
134.3 Comm.
is mar so gerrtur an crann sin fácuairt
co gar do talam `round about near the earth',
Maund. 160
.
atá folach i sléib Fuait / do chuirfedh Eirinn má cuairt
`set . . . on the move',
SG 180.y
(Acall.). a himpod ima
cuairt `to whirl it (the discus) round',
TTebe 2471
. ben fuil
astu . . . fo guairt (maguairt, v.l.) le tingin `extract the blood
all round' (from warts),
Rosa Angl. 206.5
. imthighios fá
gcuáirt = that goeth about,
Proverbs xx 19
. Note: áonrotha . . . ┐
sé ima ccuairt = so compassed,
RSClára 92b
(appar. the
Engl. (= contrived etc.) was misunderstood, Gloss.). With
follg. IMM, etc.: fuslegar de immandelg immecuáirt `it (butter)
is smeared all round the thorn' (in charm),
Thes. ii 248.7
(Sg.
Incant.). atacordat . . . imacúairt imon torad sin `roll about
in the fruit',
Ériu ii 192 § 3
. isiarsin dodechatar na fir
immacuairt immi `then came the men all around him',
RC iii
181.30
. tangas ma ccuairt orrtha `they were . . . surrounded,
etc.',
Rel. Celt. ii 202.37
. go mbeinn mágcuarda / idir na
daoinibh duarca `should live with sullen men around',
Ó Bruad. i 130.y
. In phr.: don ch.¤ sea (aniugh, v.l.) on this
occasion (lit. visit), at this time,
Mer. Uil.² 149
. In prep. phr.
i cuaird bethad brigadbuil `around the . . . world',
Hib. Min.
39.5
. birt būaidh [n]-eaccna hi c.¤ Ēirenn all round (?) Ireland,
ZCP viii 197.11
.
Compds. With nouns. cuart-anáir (: uachtaráin) Bhanbha
`honour-circuit',
Content. x 13
. inna cuairt roth `in its
circle-wheel' (of particles of the host in the form of a cross),
Thes. ii 255.4
(Stowe M.). See Plummer,
KZ xxvii 445
.
With
¤sel
rotation, gyration, whirl
(see
Wortk. 47
,
Celtica
i 378-80
):
is cicul dūn ol in duine quasi dixisset is cuairdfell
dun son,
Corm. 10
cicul = cūairtfell,
Corm. Y 264
.
a
gyrando on cuairtfell bis fuirre `circular flight' (of a goose),
Corm. Tr. 88
gigrand. a coirib cuairdill `from whirlpools',
Laws iii 422.11 Comm.
a ro-domain,
v 298.10
.i. caire
cuairt-bill ┐ a murlochaib,
17 Comm.
coirt-tobe gl. circumcissio,
Wb. 23d24
(a prima manu).
¤ulchaige beard encirclement (the stage at which a boy becomes an adult)
Críth G. 90
,
ZCP xliv 167
. co cúairtulchaigi (-ulcaid
MSS) lit. `encircling beardedness . . . or read c.¤ n-ulchaige ?'
(Notes),
Críth G. 67
, see
p. 90
. With adj. delb chuairtchruind `shape of a round circle',
Ériu ii 106 § 17
.
ropo chúairddulchach
,
Críth G. 68
.