n
ā, f., n
s.
medair,
Thes. ii 290.9
,
Fél.
219
,
AU 918
(poem).
medar,
SR 2899
,
5445
,
5949
;
Gorm.
May 6
,
Nov. 26. g
s.
medra,
SR 2795
,
LL 162b1
. ? g
p.
medar
ṅglan,
SR 7826
(perh. n
s.). Occas. treated as neut. in cheville.
meadhair, f. (g
s. meadh-ra, -rach),
IGT Dec. § 161.
meadhar
o, m.,
§ 17
, g
s.
medhair,
ex. 722
(same word?). In early
Mod.Ir. often meidhir.
(a)
speech, discourse, talk, conversation, occas. used in pl.
meadhair .i. caint no urlabhra,
O'Cl.
ni m.¤ mall immasech,
SR 2899.
cen medra mael without pointlessness of speech (i.e.
without wasting words),
2975
.
Marcil, mín a m.¤
,
Gorm. Nov.
27.
lúad cech medra burden of all discourse,
Metr. Dinds. ii 82.
am mait[h]-si . . . occ [ḟ]uacra medair in challenging colloquies,
ZCP xiii 268.8
. nech . . . imbera ficeall medar frit who will
keep up the contest of wits, ib.
22
. ní mó is medair fire fuigli ┐
formolta . . . na filed neither are the saws and panegyrics of
poets a discourse of truth,
MR 190.4
. do chualaigh E. meadhair
chosnamha aga chathaibh heard his troops expressing eagerness for the fray,
ML 78.8
.
do ionnsaighedar . . . a cheile . . . le
medrachaib misgne,
128.13
. Freq. in chevilles:
m.¤ fír,
SR
5949.
m.¤ n-úag,
5445
.
m.¤ adbuil,
LL 36a43
.
m.¤ n-inmain,
36b6
. dian medair (medar, meadhar v.l.) `a vehement saying',
Fél.
Prolegomena 219.
Transf. of animals: fommchain coí menn
medair mass the clear-voiced cuckoo sings to me—beautiful
chant,
Sg. 204
(
Thes. ii 290.9
).
re meidhir a chon,
Oss. iv 12.24
.
(b)
social merriment, conviviality, mirth, enjoyment:
inmhain
medhair a mac ríogh,
O'Gr. Cat. 474.17.
cian ó do bí meadar
mas | oc ōl meda,
Ériu viii 157.10
. beith gan medhair 'na
righe (curse on a king),
BNnÉ 262.27
.
buí Eamhain lán do
mhuirn is do mheadhair,
Content. xxviii 49.
bec cech glór is
cech gredhan | acht medhair mor na Muman,
ZCP viii 561.26
(leg. medhar).
ac fledhól . . . ac muirn ┐ ac medhair,
Comp. CC 83.22
(
Med. and Mod. Ir. Ser. iii
).
mairg dogeibh an nglóir-si,
gerr mhaires a meadhair,
ZCP ii 584.3
. ro maoladh mórán dá
medhair their spirits were greatly damped,
AFM v 1524.22
.
do
mheadhair na beatha so,
TSh. 2034.
a daíne da ndáilter rath |
ris nach bec mét a medradh `that deem the measure of its
fruition all-sufficing',
O'Gr. Cat. 357.26
(Gofraidh Finn) =
meadhrach,
IGT Dec. ex. 2030.
mo mhéidhir a's mo shólás,
Oss. iv 168.11
. (as attrib.)
ann bhúr gcathair mheidhir,
170.
18
. ba thu a meidhir their delight,
O'Rah. xxii 191 (1911).
meadhair na hEorpa (of a person),
Hard. i 6.4
.
Compds.
¤cuairt a circuit of visiting (hospitality):
tug . . .
meadharchuairt Leithe Cuinn,
Keat. iii 2626.
(fig.)
meadharch. mheasgáin mhearbhaill,
TSh. 5948.
¤mesce the
hilarious stage of intoxication:
ni do denam uilc. . . . acht ar
medarmesci,
LL 268b5
=
MU 42.21
.
With adj.:
¤caín, in expression mesc m. `
gloriously drunk
':
gorbo mesc medarchaín é,
TBC-LL¹ 3026.
Acall. 5507.
corbat
mesca medarchaíni,
CRR 13.
ZCP xi 61.14
.
MR 28.15
.
Marco P. § 79.
Leb. Gab.(i) i 206.9
(medarcaoin).
oc ól fhína ocus meda ... ocus cách díb oc innisin a chomrama is iat medraig, medarchaín,
Cath Almaine 10.131
.
¤ciallmar
exhilarated:
mesc medarch. do lind,
LL 167a24
.