n
io, m. (1 brú). Note g
p.
bruinnech,
CCath. 5937.
bruinde m.,
IGT Decl. § 2.
(a) Used in sg. and pl. in sense of
breast(s), bosom, chest:
for a bruindib .i. suis mammillis
,
Corm. 7.
don bruinde gl.
pectus,
Gild. Lor. 200.
b.¤ .i. cliabh,
Ériu xiii 66 § 65.
figor
in bruinni `of the breast' (in symbolism of particles of the
Host),
Thes. ii 255.6
(Stowe M.). bís tar bruinniu ógae gl.
uirgo fasciae pectoralis,
Ml. 144c7
. beim a [ar, MS] bruindi
`striking of the breast',
Ériu xix 60 § 11.
tara bruinde tara
gnuis / tabradh airdhe cruiche Críst,
i 193 § 3b
=
tar a
broinde,
ZCP vii 310 § 2.
cech duine etc. is a bél ban (of the
asa b.¤
monstrous posterity of Ham),
Rawl. 76a48
(see Carney,
Studies in Ir. Literature and History 109.20).
la tabairt
forgoba inna bruinni,
LU 4369.
donnochtat (sc. bantrocht)
a mbruinni friss,
5199
(TBC). a ciche nochta ┐ a mbruinde
(mothers lamenting),
PH 394.
do chuir lámh fá n-a bhroinne
bhá(i)n `hoary breast',
Ériu i 28.19
.
brunni gabra D.,
LU
9684.
urchur . . . co m-bói i m-bruinnib in fhir,
RC xiv 243.7
.
an bruinde mílla is maith dath `bosom',
Ériu iv 218 § 24.
don mhac shaor do bhí ar do bh.¤
(to the Cross),
DDána 2.15
.
Fig.
Tailtiu bruine oenaig ain,
LL 1008.
osna gaoithe go
n-duibhe b.¤
,
Hard. ii 190.15
.
Note also: b.¤ .i. brod, ut est, b.¤ désghér ina láimh an armful
,
Ériu xiii 65 § 56.
(b) Less freq. in sense of 1 brú:
nonbur cloindi . . . no dus
beridh si gacha bliadna . . . do mac E. . . . o bruindi,
BB
257b32
.
cor torrach Muire mātha[i]r / . . . / Gabrial re bruindi
nīr ben,
ACL iii 244 § 12
`
womb
',
Aithd. D. 49.12
.
Iossa
Crīst ar n-a duiniugadh . . . a mb.¤ na naomh-óighe,
Fl. Earls 150.27
.
(c) In extended application front; centre, surface (?);
brink; limit: co m-bruinde di carrmogal (priestly raiment),
ZCP xxx 107.8
(Alex.). iaich Berba b.¤
`salmon of Barrow's
bosom',
RC xiii 46 § 29.
d'iascc oc irsnamh na b.¤
depths (?)
(of river),
Anecd. ii 23 § 1.
tar bruindi a lunga `the bow of her
boat',
Dinds. 81
(cf. 1 braine). co mbetis a mbruindi for tir
`
prows
',
Aen. 2432.
a mbruinnedha (braineda, v.l.) i
n-inadhaibh a n-errais,
CCath. 1959.
a bruinnibh bechlann
from the interior (?),
AFM vi 2224.3
. cos bruinde front foot (?),
O'Mulc. 246.
Prec. by prepp. of position, etc. d'a brunnib from (in front
of) it,
Metr. Dinds. ii 80.11
. cissi daoire . . . acht ani rosiass
diar mbruindib-ne in our presence (?),
ACL iii 326.22
. gan
lón do bheith fa a mbruinnibh before them,
DDána 20.22
. for
bruinnib Emna Mache on the confines of E.,
Corp. Gen. 282.25
,
ZCP viii 217.13
. delc narcuid isin brot ara bruindib in front
of him (?),
TBC-I¹ 3367.
fer for a bruinnib `one (dwarf) on his
breast' (`breasts',
Ériu xvi 38 § 4
),
Laws i 72.4
.
for a brunni-si,
Fing. R. 194.
ar b.¤ slóigh,
DDána 110.34
.
ar bhruinnibh
Th.,
Keat. ii 4584.
cros dé bí . . . / ra b.¤ cach uilc fó thrí
against every evil,
SG 390.9
. fal fri bruinde in fir amuigh
a bar against the man outside (plaintiff) (in recovery of possession),
Laws v 500.15 Comm.
re bruinnib a m-bidhbhad
`in fronting their enemies',
MR 154.3
. os b.¤ in Braga above (?)
the B.,
MacCarthy 184 § 1
.
Of time: fri bruinni naenaig ar uin `at the approach of a
fair-day',
Laws i 202.22 Comm.
ar chind ḟogamair / fri b.¤
buana,
Leb. Cert.² 1078.
ré bruinnibh báis at the very moment of
death,
TSh. 6188.
With follg. gs. betha, brátha: for bruinnib
betha in the world,
Fél. June 29
. co bruinni mbratha ┐
betha till the day of doom,
LU 6348
(TBC).
fri bruinni
mbratha,
Rawl. 69a13
.
In n. pr.
for banais Eoin bruinde,
Ériu ii 200.5
. Eoin
maith b.¤
`J. the loved disciple',
Ó Bruad. ii 194.8
.
Compds. ceōla fer mbrundederg of the redbreasted robins,
K. and H. 24.
D. bruindi-gel ban,
H 3.18, 730.26
.
See bruinnechor.