n
o, m. Later iubar, iobar.
(a) a yew, yew-wood: ind ibair báis neimnich gl. taxus,
Sg.
33b11
. ibhar gl. taxus,
Ir. Gl. 561.
iubar .i. éo-barr .i. īarsinnī nat scara a barr friss,
Corm. Y 734.
co ndernui iarsin
.iiii. flescca ibir ocus scrípuidh oghumm inntib,
IT i 129.21
.
tre oghum hi cetheōra flescae iphair,
ZCP xiii 373.28
.
gell
... di arggut nó uma nó ibur,
Críth G. 283.
ibar .i. ab
ebore .i. ō cnaím elefante ar dath ┐ suthaini. Nó i.¤ ab hibernis
locis .i. ō locaib imechtrachaib mundi, ut periti dicunt
,
O'Mulc. 700.
mong ... iubair ēou-glais of a green-trunked
yew-tree?,
K. and H. § 13.
fidhbadh inda[la] leath di,
ibair ┐ daraig mora i suidiu,
RC x 72.2
. Describing the
Cráebrúad:
erscar do dergibar and,
LU 10122.
ructa
iarom hi tech ndarach cúachlete ┐ comla ibair aire,
1443
.
is do i.¤ as ainm siniu fedaib `oldest of woods,'
Auraic. 5593.
airigh fedha quidem .i. dur, coll, ... ibur, gius `chieftain
trees ...,'
1153
. In a comic name:
Dorn Ibair hua Cipp
Goband ┐ Fadb Darach hua Omna,
CRR § 18.
Of a house:
rogníth do derg-ibur druimnech,
Metr. Dinds. iv 106.63
.
ar mecnaib ibair on the roots of a yew-tree,
BB 299a15
.
As symbol of great age:
saoghal na slaiti iubhoir,
Gleanings from Irish manuscripts
115 § 12.
do thollfadh oirdne iobhair would pierce pieces
of yew-wood,
DDána 78 § 2.
(b) Frequent in place-names:
Ibhar Cinn Chon,
ScM.
R § 19
.
a hIbar-glind,
LL 207az
.
abb manach Ibhair
Cinn Trachta,
AU ii 136.16
.
Imleach Iubhair,
AFM ii 1146.4
.
See Onom.
(c) In plant names: iubhar beinne
juniper
, O'R.
fructus
iuniperi .i. caera an ibhuir craigi,
RC ix 234.8
.
Ballsamita.
Gamandrie .i. iubar lena,
ACL i 335 § 74.
Pursibatum
Timus .i. bilur Muiri .i. fraech .i. ibur lena .i. fochluc,
334 § 30.
iubhar sléibhe
mountain sage
,
P. O'C.
ambrosia
, O'R. iubhar
talamh
juniper
, O'R. iubhar thalmhain
rough spleenwort
,
P. O'C.
(d) an article made of yew-wood?: ni saig dilsi for eachaib
na hibraib cu seachtmain ... .i. nocha tairiseand dilsi for
na heachaibh fireanna anas ar na haigcideadhaibh iubair
tra ... re teacmaisin na seacainme isin neach, no caechadbaidh (? leg. —bair) no dluighisidhe isin n-iubhar `against
the occurrence of dry blemish in the horse or of rotten material
or a tendency to split in the `iubar" (Plummer MS. notes),
O'Curry 1863
(<
23 P 3, fo. 20a
). cinnas sin ┐ cur marbdile
in t-iubar sin since that `iubar' is an inanimate possession,
O'Curry 634
(<
H 3.18, p. 306
).
na huile marbdil ... is dechmad
a niubail cenmotha in t-iubar,
O'D. 1685
(<
H 5.15, p. 29b
).
See ibas.
COMPDS.
¤dabach a vat made of yew
:
beoir i n(d)ibhardabhchaibh,
IT iii 91 § 129.
¤lestar a vessel made of yew:
┐ mo ibair-lestair ocom,
Ériu iv 134.14
.
ro choisricsat in
biad [┐ tucait a n-éna ┐ a n-íbairlestair dá n-ionnsáighidh],
Acall. 110.
¤derg
red with yews:
san iodhainleirg ... |
n-ealaigh n-iobhairdheirg,
DDána 74 § 47.
¤donn:
géabhaidh Domhnall ... Éirinn n-iobhardhoinn,
105 § 36.
¤dos
yew-tree:
gurbho socair sadal robhaoi Suibhne isin iubardhos,
BS 132.19
.
¤draignech: rī Achaid Ūir ibairdraignig bristling with yew-trees,
Murphy Metrics 15 § 14.
¤sciath
a shield of yew-wood: marbh ri Cermna ... in aine na nibharsciath in the play of yew-wood shields?,
BB 47a18
=
in áne
na n-armsciath,
LL 128b13
.
¤shlat: mac Céin da gcláon
iobharṡlat `for whom the yew-branch bends,'
TD 31 § 1.