n Also dréën, etc. wren: dreaan (dreean, v.l.) .i. der ┐ ēn bec derōil, no drui-ēn .i. ēn donī fāitsine, Corm. Y 475 . Called magus avium eo quod aliquibus pr[a]ebet augurium, V. SS. Hib. ii 200 § 22 . dreaan .i. dreollán, O'Cl. dreoan, RC xxvii 302 v.l. (dreollán, text). dreen enaig inmhain cách | 'c ar n-acallaim cach entrath, LB 108b66 ( GJ v 40b ). tinoilis lán a chúig mér | da ingnib donna in dreén, 70 (41). doghair in fiach ┐ in fhennóc ┐ in dreán, SG 56.19 . madh anairdes gaires an drean, Ériu viii 122.25 . droen (in én-ogam), Auraic. 5694 . As n.pr. m. Giolla na naomb ua Dreáin aircinneach Arda Carna, AFM iii 298.21 . Cf. dreol(l)án.

n o, m. IGT, Decl. § 35 . cuin benfas dar n-esrán inn | an chnesbhán..., ex. 907 . inmhain a hesrán 'sa haoibh | 's is inmhain sestan a sluagh `its welcome and its amenity' O'Gr. Cat. 474 . bádhadh oinigh is easráin, Ir. Monthly 1920, 109 z ; dá chúis doghra... | dá dhomhna an easráin d'adhuint ib. § 11 . Possibly a colloquial form of es(s)air (q.v.) in the sense of a `spread' of food , or a comfortable resting-place, hence hospitality . Cf. esráin ?

n u, o, n., later m. isdadh estadh (g s. -aidh) IGT, Decl. § 11 .

(a) treasury, storehouse: fo chosmailius...daingnigther imm etsad n-infolgide about a hidden treasury (gl. ad instar thesauri abditi) Ml. 51d8 . tegdasi adamra co scrinaib...co n-itsadaibh mbrechtnaighib, Hib. Min. 7.226 (co n-istodoib, Harl.). Fig.: audsud n-ecnai amal Solmhoin a treasury of wisdom (of a saint) Trip. 62.4 . etsud n-ecnai, 256.19 . istud ecnai 482.24 . estud n-eccna, Anecd. ii 19.8 . estud ecnai, iii 42.20 . ro ḟaillsigestar a histadu uli do A. (a ṡeodu v.l.), Alex. 794 .

(b) an abode, dwelling-place, residence; retreat: Temair Luachra...iss inti atát na histoda ┐ na forgnama, LL 264b15 = MU 18.22 . istudh flatha...in cathair sin an abode of sovereignty (of Babylon) CCath. 21 . ba dúnárus adhamhra ┐ iostadh flatha dia cenél-somh an caistíall, Hugh Roe, 32.12 (f. 9a) . iostadh aoibhind airerda (of Tower of Breogan), Leb. Gab.(i) i 208.30 . léicc in cathraigh ina histudh coitchenn atraibh as a common dwelling-place between you CCath. 1669 . Parrthus talmhaidi...doberta foran n-istadh sin that abode was called the Earthly Paradise (of a palace) Marco P. 12 . leth an istudha robai ocin Féind in comfat robítis a Temraig, Acall. 5310 n. sé histudha flatha (i.e. Assyria, Media, Persia, etc.), CCath. 1 . doronad istada re broinn seilgi lais a ndiamhair in ḟeda...do boicshimnibh hunting-lodges Marco P. 49 . robatar fasaighe foda mon cathraig...gin duinti gin istada leo, 28 . inmhain tlacht a hisdadh n-úr `of its bright apartments' O'Gr. Cat. 474.17 . Fig.: dob é a esdadh do bhrú bháingheal, IGT, Decl. ex. 355 . istudha na hanma .i. áe ┐ inchinn ┐ craidhe..., CCath. 2094 . re hinnarba h'anma a cuas-istadaib do chuirp, MR 294.2 .

Cf. dligid cach tir autsad di neoch suidigthir fris every territory should have [i.e. provide] an abode Laws iv 188.11 . autsa[d] .i. aiti soidh ut est cidh forsa suighedh techta cana tafuinn do autsudhaibh thuaithe .i. aite soidh nó aitib na mbritheman, O'Dav. 101 . etsad .i. eitsoad, O'Mulc. 459 . COMPD. istad-loc place of treasure, treasury: dabach humai, istudloc, SR 4198 . ní thalla ar mataidecht ar ndís isin istadluc-sa `in this treasure-house' (humorously of the stomach) MacCongl. 101.16 = LB 219a72 . istu[d]loc toghaidhi do ecna Dé (of a saint), BColm. 104.26 .

adj i (6 muin)

I

(a) dear, beloved: inmain .i. inmāinight[h]e é, Corm. Y 762. inmain .i. is cosmail do seirc mnā, O'Mulc. 750. ind fíróg i.¤ , Thes. ii 326.1 ( Hy. iv ). i.¤ nainm ... Aeda `beloved the name ... of Aed,' 295.8 ( SP v ). i.¤ súil glass carddais mná, IT i 79.5 . Íssu i.¤ áge `beloved pillar,' Fél. Prol. 339. i.¤ acht la Demon | Eugenia for domun, Fél. March 16. Issau ... robo serccach la Issác, is Iacob ... ropo i.¤ lía mathair, SR 2828. a braithre inmuini hi cCrist, Lat. Lives 109.5 . áit i mbaí a hadba i.¤ , ScM. 24e . batar comalta carthacha dún. Ba hi.¤ in fíanlag, BDD² 506. fa díl ┐ fa hinmhain leis hí, Ériu iii 150.12 . binnither toirm tét n-umi | sephnait aingil inmuini, iv 96 § 15 . turus inmuin tic cucaib `a fond visitation is coming to you,' viii 122.29 . in comfhat bís in madrad ina chuilén, atmaid-se a máthair ┐ is inmhain leis hí, PH 7416. i.¤ la diabul cech peccad, 7437 . i.¤ cāch isa c[h]orpān so most dear, CCellaig 564 . ionmhuin troigh atá ar na goin, DDána 26 § 24. i.¤ ráith áoibind innḟúar, IGT Decl. ex. 353. tabhair, a mhic ionmhain, do chroidhe féin damhsa, TSh. 2193. má is ionmhuin leo Sláinte shíorruidhe a nAnma, Donlevy 470.x .

(b) worthy of love, loveable, excellent: ro pad i.¤ oenḟer forsa mbetis na tri dath ucut, IT i 71.17 . aided nárb i.¤ , ScM. 24d . i.¤ samail frisnid cosmail a nadchīusa ... carpat Finde Becce ingine Echdach, TBC-I¹ 2874. robad i.¤ lem in firt | diambad Chú no bet it richt, LU 3751. robad i.¤ lá mád fír | ricfed Cú Chulaind mo thír `it would be a happy day,' SCC 108 (= LU 3316 ). i.¤ trā hi tuladar fianna iarum don chath for Gāirich, TBC-I¹ 3534. faoilte ionmhuin, DDána 73 § 17.

Compar. and superl. ba hinmuniu lé-si Mac Con andate a secht maic, Fianaig. 36.4 . in rop ailliu lim fo nim | ocus an rop inmainib | rucais úaim, IT i 80.6 . Fremain Tethbai bá inmainem lais do duinib Herend, LU 10714. i muin cach set bes inde, do neoch bes inmuine, Laws v 382.9 .

Adv. dogab co hi.¤ ailgen aga hagallaim ` affectionately ,' TTebe 1068 .

II As subst.

(a) love: tuc do rogrādh im anmain | co rob lomlān dot inmuin, Ériu iii 31 § 23.

(b) a beloved person: sochaidhe bhias gan ionmain, AFM ii 914.20 . o do báided mac Crimthain | nocha nfuil m'inmhain dá éis `one that I may love,' SG 113.21 . muna dtíosainn lem ionmhain, Measgra D. 44.36 .

Dimin. Inmainén npr. m. g. Flaithbertach mac Inmhainen , AU i 462.17 . Flaithbheartach mac Ionmhainéin abb Inse Cathaigh, Keat. iii 3081.

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 .

o, m. (reb+-rad); also u, m. (regarded as a vn. formation), sport, diversion, frolicking : ranac-sa rem rebrad rān, SCC 33 ( LU 3666 ). drémm oc cantain chíuil . . . drémm eli oc rébrad, LB 136a36 ( Todd Lect. vi. 54.4 ). [iss é] reabrad dodeitbir dognitis, Lism. L. 4832 (of a practical joke). aig sin r[e]abrad daroini | macam min na mor-oigi (of the infant Christ), ZCP viii 563 § 22 . ar reabhradh mac `boyish play', MR 44.16 . ag reapradh ┐ ag raingce, Fl. Earls 56.17 , cf. 68.16 (reabradh). ris an bpeacthach bhíos ag reabhradh, TSh. 8671 . dogní [an laeg] reabhrad mar áon fríu (sc. with the other calves), BNnÉ 4.14 . inmhain rebradh a gcon, O'Gr. Cat. 474.18 . Ironic of sword-play: in rebradh ┐ in scannradh tuc P. for sluagaib na Rudulta, Aen. 2536 . reabhradh na nGall ngaiscidh, Duan. F. ii 160 § 26 .

g s.

(a) eólaige rebraid `skilled in pleasure-seeking' (of women), Tec. Corm. § 16.79 . os roí rebraid `field of exercise', Metr. Dinds. iv 106.62 . radharc reabhraidh ┐ cluithide na ndaoine uassal, Fl. Earls 80.12 . for a baothréim baoísi, ┐ for a chuairt macdachta ┐ reabhraidh, AFM v 1860 z . mac réidh Ronáin reabhroidh `sportive', Duan. F. ii 174 § 4 .

(b) ra érig Hectoir . . . ar a baethair baísi ┐ ar a luagaill rebartha, LL 230a16 ( TTr. 951 ). in dernais lanamnas rebartha ri mnaí aile?, 273b21 (of an unnatural union).

n [u,]m. Later slacht, q.v.

I

(a) covering, protection: os talman t.¤ , Snedg. u. Mac R 10 § 14 . a tabairt fo thalman t.¤ | iarsin mo Dia dil tarmart, SR 4743 . noco tard in tarim (leg. talam) t.¤ | tar mac bud danu daenacht, BB 401b41 . (Hence : `tlacht' talamh comhádhbal cain, Metr. Gl. 14 § 27 ). co mbert in macc | co tart fo th.¤ ina thétluing, Arch. Hib. ii 70 § 3 . t.¤ .i. diten, ut est imtongat uill tlachta nobles swear by defences, O'Dav. 1512. conastacmaing t.¤ in trefocuil so that the protection ... encompasses them, Auraic. 1960 . eite lúidh 's t.¤ ar dtreisi, L. Cl. A. B., 256.111 . créad é an t.¤ so ar cheannaibh Éireann ? grief , ITS iii 140.1 .

(b) ornament, finish, beauty: in t.¤ ós ligib, Hy. 4.10 . potestates delbda a t.¤ , SR 695 . for tir, for talam, treb tlácht | coragab fír flathemnácht, 6636 . eirgit sluaig Temrach na t.¤ , SG 368.2 . t.¤ ní thig cen ruad polish , Metr. Dinds. iii 54.7 . ro-choillset torad is t.¤ | i cóiciud chlíarach Connacht, 382.22 . inmhain t.¤ a hisdadh núr ` decoration ,' O'Gr. Cat. 474.18. ní comhrádh ar a bhfuil t.¤ | nach diongnadh do Chorc dúthracht ` plausibility ,' Content. xiii 10 . teacht mar saorchuairt tar sál soir | le t.¤ ó aobhacht an fhir, Rel. Celt. ii 276.26 . aighthe féinneadh feirrde a dt.¤ , L. Cl. A. B., 239.50 . tólaib t.¤ (cheville) SR 15 ; Metr. Dinds. iii 224.13 ; ML² 55 , etc.

Hence skin, hide: t.¤ olla fíraille co cinél cacha datha trít, Cóir Anm. § 38 . brec, dub, odar, tes a t.¤ , `warm was their coat,' Metr. Dinds. iv 170.15 . t.¤ taighleach ó carr go h-ardghoilmhioch air, ML 38.31 .

II garment, clothing: cit úallaig ríg talman | i tlachtaib at glainiu, Fél. Prol. 246 . hi fuil Chríst trea curpu | docóemnachtar tlachtu (: balcu) `they had washed their robes,' Jan. 4 . immutsa co mbánt.¤ , Ep. 331 . do cholcthib gelaib ocus di tlachtaib etrochtaib, LU 1712 . co ndaimtuigdis tlachta áilde ildath, Ériu iv 163.15 . co lluid tarsin t.¤ corcra ┐ tresin léine baí im Ailill, TBFr. 238 . roclaemclai clí, leth an smacht | dorochair di a coemth.¤ , SR 1296 . ronbáe biad, ronbai t.¤ , 1557 . fri tindrem t.¤ , 2495 . bui ingen Ecit i cathair cumtachtai ┐ t.¤ derscaigthe impe issin tig, Irish Texts i 33.7 . tabairt bíd do bochtaib Dé | t.¤ (sic leg.) do nochtaib, BColm. 100.11 . rogha iomdhaigh a nEamhain Macha ... ┐ a t.¤ ríoghdha ró-mhaiseach uirre, Ériu viii 135.8 . tuchtach a t.¤ , Anecd. i 60 § 83 . i t.¤ etrocht, § 89 . at lassar rígthigi di leirgg a tlachta (sic leg.) ┐ a n-errid ┐ a n-éttaid, CRR 28 . doberad a tlachta folaig ... do uilib aittib, CCath. 4318 . do ben in t.¤ carcra de, ML² 534 . aircellad tlachta na dithle tuinech `taking away raiment is every pilfering of tunics,' O'Dav. 1531. t.¤ .i. édach, 1505 . tréigidh a t.¤ iasochta, Studies 1918, 453 § 13 . t.¤ na nemmarbdachta, PH 3520 . ag buain tlaicht taitneamhaigh na ngrás de, TSh. 7003 . t.¤ álainn do cor ar an nanam ccédna, Ó Héodhusa 120.11.

Compds. ¤balc with stout covering, mailclad: túath toimsech t.¤-balc, Metr. Dinds. ii 34.94 . ¤chrích fair land: fa thuathaib, ocus fa thlacht-chrichaib na talmhan, MR 114.13 . ¤dillat clothing: don t.¤-dillat ... do bretha dó, TBC-LL¹ 2586 . ¤mag ornamental lawn?: fá'n gcladh dtlacht-maige, O'Gr. Cat. 508.8. ¤Mide fair Meath: re tuathaib ... t.¤-Mide, MR 124.11 . ¤múad with fine hide: Muc Mic Dá-Thó, t.¤-mūad torc, Sc.M² 22a . ¤réid?: corbo th.¤-réid (macc réid, L.) a menma | macc-Néill mullaig máel-Themra, Ériu iv 98 § 28.