n
io, m.
I a faggot, a bundle:
fasciculum id est
ere vel grinne, Reg. 105a11
(
Thes. i 2.16
).
fascud a faisce,
ōn grinde,
Corm. Y 623
.
fascud a fasce .i. ō grinniu
,
O'Mulc. 496
.
Tarclam Ainge grinne nglan | ... cach crand
... | isin grinne buc barr-úr,
Metr. Dinds. ii 58.5
,
8
. Of some
part of a chariot:
rosuidiged in carpat sin for dá n-echaib
... fo grinnib áillib a ḟén,
TBC-I¹ 1974
;
2334
;
2557
. ?
aill
is grinne fidlo find,
ZCP xi 110.30
. dimin. a
pl. amal na
grinnenu .i. bite im chrechtu (gl. on fasceolas),
Ml. 144c5
.
II a crowd, a company, a troop of soldiers: ingnadh
leisin ngrinne ngorm `a marvel to the swarthy host,'
Ériu
iv 114 § 15
.
barclan do ṡlógaib ┐ do grinnib ocus do leigionaibh,
CCath. 4965
.
tri catha Gaeidilech ┐ grinde Gall do
indrudh Con[n]acht,
RC xviii 57.17
. armdattus grinni
Gaedel `the armed-fighting men of the G.,'
Ériu viii 69.52
.
doriṅgni cruadchippi grinni bec di she became (as it were)
a small hard phalanx (?),
IT iii2 514.724
. bheith a ngrinne
ghlan, | is gille óga it fharradh `to be in a choice company,'
BS 58.11
.
grinne a congregatione
,
O'Mulc. 662
. Acher
... Dondobur dōel, Gabrōn, grinne for Findubair a company
[of 3 brothers] over F.,
Ält. Ir. Dicht. ii 13 § 2
.
Grinne fairne
F rainc, Frig,
ib. i 31 § 48
. grindi sengan a swarm of ants,
Anecd. i 53 § 20.