n [iā, f. and io, m.?], also dinnra (Lat. dinarius)
(a)
large mass, weight or measure used as a
standard (see
Hermathena xxi 3
):
d.¤ ainm tomuis, acht ni
hinann gach d.¤ dibh .i. Gall-d.¤ ┐ d.¤ glasaigh, ┐ d.¤ umaidhe,
┐ d.¤ Patraic,
O'Dav. 679
.
lestar lulaice, da dirna dec ind,
O'D. 903
(
H 3.17 645
). Cf.
dinnra clasaighe, .i. tomus bis
'con lucht claides ín clais,
O'Curry 2083
(
H 4.22 70a
).
diorna .i.
nuimhir no tomhas,
O'Cl.
luin oc elaib, unga oc dīrnai
(dirnaib, MS.) crotha banathech oc cruthuib rignai (rignaib,
MS.) an ounce compared with a dírna,
Corm. Y 69
.
luin o
cheolaib uingi o dirnaib (dirna ainm tomais moir),
LU
330
(ACC).
fordomdiur tri dírnu di argut ar teora férba,
Corm. p. 20(s.v. fir)
=
fortomidiur tri dirna do argat arræ ar
teoræ ferbai,
Corm. Y 585
. lóg ndirnai di sainchrund the
worth of a d.¤ of private property,
Ériu vii 156.14
.
mensas
numulariorum (.i. inna dirnae),
ZCP viii 174
. Hence in name
of a celebrated stone:
d.¤ .i. cloch, ut est d.¤ in Dagda,
H 3.18.
650b
.
d.¤ .i. cloch in Dagdai,
Triads 237
.
(b)
crowd, large number
(perh. through confusion with
dírma, q.v.):
rogabsat díorna don dreim sin | dana dfogloim fora ccuairt,
Leb. Gab.(i) 238.29
. The following could belong here, but see fo-ceird III (e):
focherd d.¤ mór dint slóg,
TBC-I¹ 213
.
rola d.¤
dina cathaib ┐ dina sluagaib ac déscid in láich sin,
TBC-LL¹ 5391
(
TBC-LL² 4489
), but cf.
dirmæ
TBC-I¹ 3288
,
diorma mor don tsluagh mar tainic isin telaigh,
TBC St. 4302
.