n
u and o, m. See
GOI 198. 1
-
3
. Wagner,
Beiträge 294 n.13
,
ZCP xxviii 238.
Also brách. b.¤
m. g
s.
-áith, -átha, no pl. inflexion,
IGT Decl. § 38.
Judgment, esp. the last Judgment, Doom, Doomsday:
brath
.i. combrec din donni is braut .i. judex. is la brethemain din
a ænur in laethesin in brátha .i. Jesu Christi
,
Corm. 6.
brāth a bratio, ar is ed būaid dēdenach bīas .i. lāithe mbrātha.
Bratiium didiu mind doberar for cend mīled iar coscar: sic
breth brātha iar forcinn gnīma cāich,
O'Mulc. 123.
bairesc .i.
forcend mbrātha,
179
, cf.
O'Dav. 308.
lasnahí dofuircifea b.¤
i mbethu `the Judgment',
Wb. 25b16
. isamlid dorriga dia do
b.¤
`even so God will come to judgment',
28
. co iar mbrath
`until after Doom',
Ml. 128b1
. immi co tíssat do brāth
(:cāch) that led by him (sc. Pátraic) they may come to Judgment,
Thes. ii 316.4
(Hy. ii).
donnesmart i mb.¤ a brithemnacht .i.
arin brithemnas bratha,
322.9
,
28
(Hy. iii). dogoa bethaid
no brath he chooses life or doom,
LL 19069
(
Misc. Hib. 17 § 3
).
baramhail ar bh.¤
(of a futile attempt),
ML 98.12
.
sgela . . .
an bhracha,
KMMisc. 316.27
.
smál borb an brátha,
IGT Decl. ex. 993.
ar cinn bráith (: -tráith),
ex. 994
.
Legal:
brath .i. bríad .i. fuigheall. ┐ fuigheall on mbreithir
brath,
O'Cl.
b.¤ Cai
Judgment of Cae (name of a mythical
lawgiver, see
Laws i 20 f.
Introd. to Senchus Mór), a legal
precept
,
O'Mulc. 125
cited infra; hence law inherent in such
a precept, customary law
(
Bürgschaft 75.16
):
ba Cai ba
breithem laisin luingius uile (sc. luinges macc Míled). Inde
dicitur Brethcath no brath Cai . . . brath amh inn cach
brethi . . . amuil asberur brath . . . don brath deighinuigh
beirius Dia for a duile,
Laws i 22.4
-
7 Comm.
bráthchæi .i.
brethcheo ǽi. aliter quod est verius .i. Cǽi Cænbrethach . . .
nach tan bíther can ríg isna tuathaib is bráthchǽi fogniad
forru fri hurradus. dia mbe imorro rig is rechtge són amail
as maith lais,
Corm. 7.
Cf.
a mbreith Chæi Chaenbrethaig,
9
s. clithar sét.
nach tan din mbithe cin rí is na hib (sic)
tuathaib is brácai fogni eturra fria urradus dia mbe imorro,
ri is rechtgi son amail is maith lais is aire din isberar Cae
caoinbrethach de fo bith it bretha rachta no beri,
O'Curry 2278
(
Eg. 88, 20bb
).
brathcae .i. breth .i. aithgin ae .i. dire,
2757
(81a1),
O'Dav. 244.
brathchai .i. bretho Cai, ainm aicepta
bēlri,
O'Mulc. 125.
amail isbeir a mBrathchae: anad cach
athgabala, etc.,
Laws i 210.28
.
it cetheora urrathas docuisin:
urrathas bratha cai, ┐ urrathas cana, ┐ aurrathas cairdi, ┐
aurrathas fri neimtiu,
260.14
.i. a cin a brethemh[n]acht Cai
Cainbrethaidh urris .i. is fair aratus a cin is in riaghuil,
274.
29 Comm.
it cetheora arag fristobngiter na ceithri aurathais;
aithgabail fri brat[h]a Cai, giall fri cain, aitire fri cairddi, gell
fri neimthiu,
260.16
(see Bürgschaft loc. cit.). See
Jn. Celt. Stud. ii 195
-
199
,
ZCP xxxi 39
,
Celtica x 51
.
In phrr. día (lá) brátha, see 3 día, lá: fri laa brátha gl. ad
iudicium,
Wb. 29a28
.
cu llae .m.brátho,
Thes. ii 239.14
(Ardm.). b.¤ bennachtan a sentence of blessing (precise
application in TBC not clear): bia foind animsin co roseacha
brāth bennacht (
bennachtan,
LU 6100
)
fort,
TBC-I¹ 1629
(Cú
Ch. to the Morrígu).
dombertsom brāth bennachtan furi,
1752
=
b.¤ bennachtan,
LU 6254.
is é brath forgell (compound bráthḟ. ?) bennachtan Domnaill . . . ro briathraigestar
as á bheol `it was in reality the influence of the blessing of . . .
D.', etc.
MR 298.8
.
In adverbial phr. co b.¤
, co dé mbrátha (see 3 día)
till
Doomsday, for ever; in neg. sentence never: cech nóeb bói,
fil, bías / co b.¤ . . . `up to Doom',
Fél. Ep. 290.
méraid co
dé ṁbratha (: rrátha),
Prol. 174.
adopart Áed aidacht . . . du
P. cu bb.¤
,
Thes. ii 242.19
(Ardm.).
co brāch nō īar mbrāch,
ZCP x 345.2
.
ni ba fer dam-sa co brach thú,
vi 34.6
. 'na
ainbheas go b.¤ ná bíod let them never be ignorant of it,
Dán Dé
ix 21
.
co dtī an brāth,
ML² 163.
In wider sense doom, destruction:
brath .i. milleadh,
O'Cl.
ō thuc b.¤ do Ch. `dealt doom to C.',
Hail Brigit 5
. is bēimm
do brāth (: āth) ma robīth destruction (Meyer),
Bruchst. i 55
§ 123
;
AFM ii 648.24
. co mbi brāth do thúathaib ┐ do ecailsib
`ruin to peoples and churches',
Ériu i 218 § 3.
brāth for buidne
(of a warrior),
TBC-I¹ 353.
b.¤ ┐ digal,
LL 32665
(
TTr. 1873
).
fá díothúghadh deagh-dhaoine . . . an brath céad ┐ ceann ┐
colann `the loss in men', etc.
ML 130.25
.
daíg ni b.¤ dar
brúach,
LL 10333.
an brath tar bruachaibh `the (man of)
destruction over the border',
CF 307.
Attrib. g
s.: tene bratha
`the fire of Doomsday',
Mon. Tall.
129.37
. In vague general meaning great, terrible, awful:
blascbeim brátha (in collision of fighting bulls),
LL 12372.
tonn bhrátha an talmhan ar troimnimh (of Vikings),
SGS iv 66 § 28.
Compds. With nouns and verbal nouns:
aga buaidred, ┐
aga bhrath-aimsiugad,
MR 268.30
.
brath-airlech na mbuiden,
238.9
. bráithbemenna mára deadly blows,
LU 10459.
bar a
bráthbalcbemmennaib,
LL 107846
(TBC). o brathbuilleadaib mora mileta `lethal blows',
TTebe 2531
. noco cumgaid . . .
a aisneis in brathlai bodba dorocair ar lar na Troi day of
doom,
BB 444b4
.
in brathlecc bidbad,
LL 8220
`the des-
tructive stone of enemies' (sc. Fergus),
TBC-LL² 657
. ro fotraicsidar . . . an mbrathluirg `the lethal club',
TTebe 1003
.
U. cona brathsluagaib `destructive horde',
Caithr. Thoirdh.
45.17
.
cona bhrathsocraite,
49.34
. leis an mbráith-theine
with the fire of Doom,
TSh. 4003.
With adjj. derived from nouns:
beithir . . . braithbéimniuch,
MR 278.25
.
braithbheartach .i. mórbhuilleach,
no móirbhriathrach,
O'Cl.
buarach brath-bodb[d]a `mighty',
MR 296.10
. mac Aeda bratbuillig (sic) `warlike',
292.11
.
a bráthbullig Midi (subst.),
LU 8111
(
FB 8
).
buidni brathgonacha,
ZCP xxx 114.31
.