n
ā, f. adharc f.
IGT Decl. § 12
. See
ZCP xxv 11
.
horn (of an animal). hua nadarcaib gl. cornibus,
Ml. 63b17
.
tob di humu fochosmailius nadarcae,
2b16
,
116c8
.
is and ro
lásat a n-adarca díb,
TBFr. 427
. co mbertatár a puple inna
n-adarcaib and carried off their tents on their horns (of cattle),
LU 6208
(TBC).
isin adhairc go na slibac,
Laws iii 370.8
Comm.
caithchi cethra . . . caitce a nadhairce,
iv 146.6 Comm.
dobeir les tarb ┐ a aiderc i na laim,
Aen. 1069
. gúal adhairce
charcoal made from horn, see gúal. is gnáth úirlis uí Dhubhda
gan adharca bruic `badgers' horns' (something imaginary, non-existent),
Ó Bruad. i 76 xiv
. adhlacadh a adhairce níor
fhéad i gclais `he never could bury his horn in a ditch (i.e. cannot
be prevented from exercising charity)',
ii 206.7
. a chocóil
na hadhairce (of a cuckold),
O'Rah. (1909) 296.13
. Of
a colour:
tri .l. c. n-anart n-imda / co ndath n-a.¤ mirrda mán,
LL 296a23
. (
SG 362.14
).
si glaucus . . . .i. madh ata a ndath
ghlaucus no mar adhairc sholuis,
23 K 42 , 120.8
.
Drinking-horn:
do bi a.¤ . . . ar altair . . . do theighedh tri gloine dfhin
. . . san aidhirc sin,
L. Chl. S. § 22
.
Inkhorn:
an adharc
duibh,
ZCP x 230.27
.
do lebar ┐ t'adharc ┐ do pend,
Acall.
608
.
Cupping-horn:
aran inadh a curtar na hadurca,
Rosa Angl. 24.11
.
curtur adurc maille fuiliugud ar cul in cinn,
204.10
.
gibne .i. a.¤ lege,
Corm. Y 732
. Horn as musical
instrument: gilla adhairc gl. cornicen,
Ir. Gl. 1018
.
adarca
fur[ḟ]occra,
CCath. 5616
. foran adhairc nfurfhocurtha `on the
warning trumpet',
Stair Erc. 173
.
adharca áigh ┐ cuisleanna
catha,
TSh. 6703
. Part of the shaft of a weapon:
manaís
bréfech o mimusc co hadairc,
LU 5638
(=
TBC-I¹ 1159
).
in cnairseach da dorn deg itir a hiarann ┐ an baile a negarthar
a hadharc fuirre a fochair .i. a hurlann,
Laws iv 226.10
.
aurlond . . . ainm d'oreill gae .i. ind a.¤ dub bis mon gai,
Auraic. 1621
. Perh. confused with adart in: claideb ōrduirn
foa choim cech ḟir, ferbolc impu cotici a ndī aithircc, ardarcc
(sic)
ōir bric im chechtar de,
TBC-I¹ 2852
. See
TBC-LL¹ 4397
cited s.v. frithadart.
In phr. aidherc reithe, name of a metrical fault consisting
of the absence of a stressed word between the consonating
and rhyming words of a couplet:
aidhearc reithe i nda aisde
.i. i rrannaidheacht big ┐ i rannaidheacht moir,
IGT Metr.
Faults §§ 34, 35
.