v (commám): fuarais chrois . . . / marbhnaidh re cois commámhthair (sic) is joined thereto, DDána 65.7 .

f. g s. creicce, crecca. vn. of crenaid (see críth and GOI 454 ). creic f., IGT Decl. § 42 . Verbs § 81 .

(a) act of buying, purchasing : meise recce no crecce, Laws v 516.25 . cach crec, cach rec, ii 282.x . fomeilt fri creic trying on before buying(?), v 486.20 . muc creice a purchased (i.e. valuable?) pig, ii 368.8 Comm. ni cúach cen chreic dait in cúach thucais you paid a good price for the goblet, LU 8989 ( FB 74 ). cāine ailme / ardommpetead / ní 'arna chrec, K. and H. 30 `unhired', Murphy Lyrics 8.30 . na tesed uaide i crec iná i n-aisced by purchase(?), RC xii 62.3 . gusan creic loige ita do reir dligid `with the purchase price', Ériu xvii 70 § 10 gl. 2 . ba creic cētmuintire ┐ fochraic tīre `Kauf', ZCP xv 311 § 7 . crece for briathraib cundartha `Käufe', Cóic Con. 19 § 11 `d.h. in den Geschäftsfähige und Bürgen eintreten', note. soitheach dheit . . . / [nocha] bhia achd ga chreic `in exchange for a price', Aithd. D. 62.16 .

(b) act of selling : creicc airgait ┐ ōir, Corp. Gen. 199.20 . occa creicc i tirib (.i. namut) fo daire selling them into slavery, Alex. 1099 . in fil loimm ocaib oc a creic `for sale', Todd Nenn. 53.4 . creicc no cennach do dénam = emere aut vendere, Lat. Lives 92.13 . aca creic ┐ ica faiclead babein (sic) `selling and hiring', Cog. 152.5 . beith . . . / dot chreic, a Chríst, BS 26.x . gan chreic ndúan, IGT Decl. ex. 1208 . Verbs ex. 762 . éisdidh re marbhnaidh Meic Dhé / dá creic ar talmhain go dtí, Dán Dé xxvi 1 . creic ┐ ceannaighecht meadha, AFM v 1550.10 .

With follg. prep. FOR (AR) denoting price and FRI (LA) the other party): dia creicc for indmas, PH 2149 . a creic fri Greco ar or, BB 252a47 . Crist do chreicc for argat, LB 145by . ni thibhre neach uaib a cheand / gan a chreic re rig E., MR 62.22 . ag creic a amhsaine la hiarla D., AFM vi 2170.6 . Note also: oc creicc a indmais de chind bíd, PH 1052 .

(c) In follg. perh. in more general sense of trading, buying and selling : monadh . . . re creic ┐ re cundradh, CCath. 3859 . co . . . maine n-anaithnaidi fria creic ┐ cundradh `for trade and traffic', Marco P. 3 . caisleoir na crec `high- priced', MS. Mat. 578.2 .

In n. loc. cúanu ó Chreicc Éscne, LL 37996 . In n. pr. Oengus Chreca, Cymmr. xiv 126.6 .

See crenamain.

adj -nd- io, iā (1 cúan). Orig. belonging to a pack or family, but us. in vague laudatory sense dear, precious, fine, handsome, etc.: cliatha cuanna certa (of rows of oars), CF 40 . re conairt ch.¤ croibhdirg, Acall. 1792 v.l. fa cuanna an c[h]abair `noble', Ériu xvii 18 § 5 . ceitheirn c.¤ `the fine troop of foot', TTebe 1147 . C. cuanda `the comely', ML 144.13 . is cūanna ┐ is brígach an lánamain, BColm. 36.2 . c.¤ ar n-a leadradh a lámh (of Christ) `fair', Dán Dé xxvi 21 . lenti . . . cuana coema, Cog. 160.30 . cūanda ad-cīthir / stūaga in rīgthig fa rēlltandaib, ACL iii 235.14 . trilis chuanna na cæm-dos ` lovely ', Metr. Dinds. iii 424.40 . i nDoire chuanna, Measgra D. 46.10 . ? cuanna séad (a drinking-cup), Aithd. D. 9.1 . cuanna bleidhe, bleidhe an fhir, 10 (perh. subst. ` beauty ', Ed. Notes).

Compar. as superl. tabhraidh bhar n-óidh / re marbhnaidh as c.¤ ad-chídh, Dán Dé xxvi 2 .

As subst. an ch.¤ . . . chóir (of a lady), Hackett² v 10 .

n ā, f., (marb + nath), later marbna. marbnadh, -nath, -nad, -nat, IGT Dec. § 12.20 . marbhnuidh, -naith, -nuid, -nuit, § 13.5 . marbhna, § 3 . An elegy, a threnody: ro chan in m.¤ -sa ic sádud na cloiche fil for a lige, LL 44b43 . dorinne in marbnadh so, TBC-LL¹ 4460 St. mac ind Fháthlega dia ndernad in marbnaid erdraicc, MacCongl. 91.26 . hi marbhnaidh Cuimine Fotæ, Corm. Y 673. ar airmidin molta ┐ marbnaide [marbnada LB] Senáin, ZCP iii 225.2 . ag denum a marbhnaide, AU iii 310.9 . adubairt B. an marbhna bhecc so, Cog. 88.17 . adubhairt an file an mhairbhne a bháis, Maguires of F. § 99. gebhad marbhnaei, Miscell. Celt. Soc. 410.9 . Common as title in bardic poetry.