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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.