n
o, n. (
Ml. 89d18
,
108d15
), later m.
I The meanings are
(a)
surface
and (b)
middle
. But the distinction is not always
clear-cut, and the following classification must be regarded
as to some extent arbitrary.
(a)
surface, ground, floor
: ond
l.¤
gl. ab solo patrio,
Ml. 22a3
. indiles lair gl. proprii soli,
34d11
. do l.¤ sudigthir ditiu du græs. du l.¤ nime dano
sudigter ind uisci `a covering is always set against a floor,
so then the waters are set against the floor of heaven' (gl. solo),
120d9
.
amal bentair foltchíb fri l.¤ talman co n-altain,
LU 8619
(
FB 46
).
co torchair béim n-asclaing don pheist . . .
oc rabe for l.¤
,
LU
9109
(
FB 86
).
gebid lamchloich do l.¤
thalman,
TBC-LL¹ 1181
.
smútgur in láir,
5057
.
a ṅglúini
fri l.¤ doib,
5199
=
fri talmain,
TBC-I¹ 3165
. slechtais C.
dochum láir `C. bowed himself to the ground',
Mon. Tall. 7.
draigin . . . / fri tōeb in lāir leith-lessi `by the site of a half-ruined fort',
Ériu vii 2.16
.
do toccaibh B. do lar hé,
BNnÉ
49.4
.
tucadur uile a n-gnúisi ré l.¤
,
RC xxiv 377.24
.
iter
neam ┐ lar,
Fél. 6.28
. is nephthortech a lar (of Hell),
Ériu
iii 6.1
.
cassraca tenedh . . . ic loscud lair ┐ luibi,
BB 240a49
.
nir' lam in mac do gabail cuici do lar `she durst not take up
the boy from the ground',
RC xxiv 190.13
.
nach sluic in lār
uili ind,
ACL iii 242 § 9
.
dia taethsad nem for an l.¤
,
BColm.
70.11
. do líon neamh is do lom l.¤
`emptied the earth' (of
blood from side of Christ),
Dán Dé xxix 8
. ar an l.¤ lom
`bare floor',
PBocht 20.39
.
gemar ó l.¤ ag tacmuing trénḟeda,
IGT Decl. ex. 622
. Other applications: amail bogṡimind ar
l.¤ srotha surface (middle?),
TBC-LL¹ p. 369 n. 3
. gach dara carn
ar a l.¤ / gach dara cúach is copán `on its base(?)',
Duan. F.
ii 294 § 161
. eoin is a leabtha ar a l.¤
`side' (of engraved
goblet),
Aithd. D. 9.7
.
(b)
interior, middle
:
congarar C. . . . co lar in rígthaige,
LU 8778
(
FB 60
). tabair in ṅ-gabail dún do l.¤ ind átha from
the bed of,
TBC-LL¹ 754
.
boruaraid C. in certgae, delgthi do l.¤ a
dernainni,
3938
.
tanic reme tri l.¤ fer ṅ-hErend,
4453
.
oc
dul di dar l.¤ in taige,
IT i 67.6
. as trághadh lacha asa l.¤
(an
impossible undertaking),
IGT Decl. ex. 1036
.
Iarusaléim
. . . / l.¤ na cruinne ceithiordha,
TD 17.25
.
i gcaladh Chairrgi
Ferghais / atá l.¤ a fhlaithemhnais,
L. Cl. A. B. 68.82
.
ón ló loisgfidhear do l.¤ / ┐ ghéisfeas do ghormchlár,
DDána
50.22
.
as l.¤ na cúirte amach,
AFM iii 242.16
.
a raibhe . . . isin
tuaisccert do tabairt less atuaith tre l.¤ adhergnamhad,
352.15
.
no chuirdís slógh uí D. ciomhsa an champa . . . ina cheirt
medhon ┐ a lar ina leithimel `those who were in the centre',
vi
2030.16
.
dá leagadh . . . go l.¤ long-phuirt . . . Luicifeir,
TSh. 4065
.
cialluighidh l.¤ na haltóra bás Críost . . . is é l.¤ na
haltóra is meádhon di,
Eochairsg. 37.12
. lethat a lair
`breadth of its middle',
O'Dav. 117.
Fig. do luig na lic ar mo l.¤
`presses as a flagstone on my breast',
O'Gr. Cat. 361.17.
II In phrases.
(a) With preceding vb. and prep. léicid fo l.¤
abandons:
ro léig fo l.¤ a ḟoghuil ┐ a dībeirg,
Fianaig. 76.8
.
mo dhuine féin . . . / meise fa l.¤ ní léigfeadh `he would never
abandon me',
TD 12.60
. téid re l.¤
becomes void
:
rann de do dul
re lar ar sgath aithgine,
Laws ii 6.7 Comm
.
cutruma na satha
deiric na cneidi do dul re lar,
iii 434.4 Comm
.
ma ro feas na
hindile icait itir smacht ┐ aithgin, mane feas teit re lar,
O'Curry
691
(
H 3.18, 335
). ni deachaid mian aen n-duine fa l.¤
no
desire . . . went unsatisfied,
Oss. v 108.4
. teid gal . . . na
laech . . . re l.¤
is overthrown,
CCath. 1698.
léicid co lár
subdues
:
lé leagand tú go lár ar gcuirp chomh-mbrúite agas ar bfeōil tso-bhrisde,
Carswell² 73.2533
.
(b) Prep. phrases: a(s) l.¤
from among, out of: Aodh . . . do
dhol a l.¤ a aisi ┐ a neirt . . . docum na Romha `in the midst of
his age and power',
AU iii 494.20
=
as l.¤ a inmhe ┐ a aoisi,
ALC ii 208.21
.
Iomur . . . do chor an tsaoghail de as l.¤ a
cloinne ┐ a chonáich,
AFM iii 406.6
. di l.¤
from within:
in corp
da lār is lāthach,
ACL iii 238 § 5
.
dá l.¤ do lingeadh an
Traoi,
DDána 119.13
.
gleann na ndéar an talamh trom /
. . . dá l.¤ is soibheirthe sionn,
45.3
. do l.¤ na fairgi `from the
middle of the sea',
Laws v 298.20 Comm
. for (ar) l.¤ . in the
middle (midst) of, in:
ocht ngemma . . . for l.¤ a da imlisen,
LU 8676
(
FB 51
).
ar lar a dá imcaisne,
TBC-LL¹ 260
.
for l.¤ na
firmaiminti,
Laws i 26.24 Comm
. for l.¤ na Róma `in Rome',
PH 543
.
ar l.¤ a tṡluaig,
Acall. 6944
.
Laidhgnen . . . do
marbad for l.¤ Trín Aird Macha `in the midst of the Third of
Armagh',
RC xvii 346.4
(Tig.). lēic ar lār in fīr[ḟ]ōit ind put
me on the true path,
ACL iii 241 § 4
.
lot ar l.¤ síothchána,
TD 18.122
. ar l.¤ Gaoidheal among the G.,
L. Cl. A. B.
233.76
.
Ferna mór ar l.¤ Laighion,
BNnÉ 284.22
.
leitir . . . /
nar las ar l.¤ na teineadh,
PBocht 20.25
. lebar chilli mic
nEnan, / ro geabhtha ar a lar . . . / fis gacha dala in it,
Fen.
346.5
. Of point of time: ar l.¤ na haidhci at midnight,
Études Celt. i 90.15
. ar lar in lai `at midday',
Aen. 822
. i l.¤
in the
middle of: toirthe 'ga gcur do chrannaibh / . . . tug 'na l.¤
ubhla a himil puts the apples at its extremity in the centre,
L. Cl. A. B. 73.71
.
don uisce do bhí i l.¤ an tsrotha,
Keat.
ii 4712
.
a l.¤ a ṡuain,
TD 29.46
.
coimhéadíad a l.¤ do chroidhe,
Proverbs iv 21
.
go n-dearna da roinn dhé iona l.¤
,
Atlantis iv
200.35
. iona l.¤ san in the midst of it,
Ezekiel xxii 22.
In n. pr.
Cath Maige Nathrach ria nGlún-i-llār,
Arch. Hib.
ii 62 § 55.
(c) Adv. and other phrases. bél fri l.¤
bowing down
: cách
. . . / 's a mbéal re l.¤ an lá-soin (of Day of Judgement),
DDána
29.16
. Cf.
tuc a bel re lar ar umla do Chormac,
Irish Texts iii
6.19
. co l.¤
to the ground
:
cassla derga . . . impu co l.¤
,
LU
2199
(
FA 28
).
no-t-léic sís do'n beind aird-se . . . co l.¤
,
PH 4830
.
gur tholl a lethleith co l.¤ don láech míleda,
Comp. CC 98.20
. Cf. fríth nech dia lenmain co l.¤ (: ár) `enough
were found to hunt them home' where however Ed. suggests
l.¤
= lór,
Metr. Dinds. iv 50.110
. co ngeiltis a ḟér ┐ a suth co l.¤ ┐
co lántalmuin (of birds devastating a plain),
ZCP v 501.2
.
Note also:
ré traostbhualadh . . . a gcorp fá l.¤ ┐ fá lán-talamh,
TSh. 5578
. fo l.¤
wasted: aithesc fó l.¤
`ineffectual',
AFM iii
230.17
. fearta Padraic tra do ind[i]siu dibsi . . . is uscí fo l.¤
labour in vain,
BB 211b29
=
uisce do loch,
LU 274
. for (ar) l.¤
ruined, overwhelmed
:
croinn abhla ar l.¤ ag luighe,
L. Cl. A. B., 105.127
.
féach meadh ar lochtaine ar l.¤
,
PBocht
13 § 42
(`weighed down to earth'). gaoth mór . . . gurro
roisistar coirce Erenn uile do neoch tarruidh ar l.¤ dhe blew
about all that it found reaped(?),
ACL i 226.17
(`injured all the
oats that it found standing').
asal bhíos ar l.¤
,
TSh. 4752
. go
raibhe an creideamh ar l.¤
`had lapsed',
Keat. iii 5505
.
laochraidhe Laoighse . . . ar l.¤
,
Keat. Poems 572.
Note also:
nír fidir neach d'uair nó tráth / gur gabh úatha ar l.¤ in lá
`till the day had gone by',
Duan. F. ii 246 § 24
.
dursan a
oinech re l.¤
,
ACL iii 304.21
. ó mullach co l.¤
from top to
bottom, from head to foot: erradh rígh . . . o mhullach co
lar . . . dhó (of dues given to a cleric),
Lism. L. 3152
.
fiche
céad laoch lán d'éideadh ó mhullach go l.¤
,
Ériu i 84.5
.
ro-scoilt bend-chapur in tempuil i ndíb lethib ó mullach co a
lar,
PH 2896.
Attrib. gen.: tús ┐ deireadh gan chleith / is rann láir gacha
duaine `the middle verse',
Content. xxviii 5
. consuini láir an
fhocuil a consonant in the interior of the word,
IGT Introd. 3.4
.
Compds. With nouns.
¤medón very centre
:
co rucatar leo é ar l. medón
a catha fodéin,
CRR 47
.
rucatar sidhi . . . co l. medhóin
(leg. lármedhón) ind átha,
Fianaig. 88.13
.
¤thalam: dofuit
for larthalmain `upon the very earth',
MacCarthy 66.20
. In nn. loc. Muir Lárthalmhan Mediterranean,
Keat. ii 491
.
¤úachtar:
ín sdablaing . . . doberthea do L. do laruachtar eanbruíthi coírí Concubur,
BB 257b42
(=
YBL 177a51
). With
adj.:
¤cháel:
ned is eala / as druth lemna lairchael / clerigh
ar cuairt cross,
IT iii 82.22
(
BB 291a13
).