n
ī, f.,
rust, corrosion: meirc, gl. aerugo,
Sg.
52a12
. mergach .i. romgab meirc són, gl. corrugatus [aerumnis],
Ml. 132c8
(`wrinkledness' Thes.).
ebrón ima-muinither
m.¤
,
Corm. Y 536.
ferr uma cech aidci aird, | . . . ní geib m.¤
it does not rust,
Ériu ix 48 § 26.
atá bhur n-ór . . . air nglacadh
meirge,
James v 3
. Often fig., with various meaning: Mac Dé
dorat m.¤ tar Meidb lethdeirg, tar Meidb ndeirg `who brought
decay',
Metr. Dinds. i 48.
ní ros-aisneid nech fo m.¤ | gnimrada
Samsóin,
SR 5337
('stain, decay?' Latin Script and Letters 170
).
cen m.¤ fri ciallrad
comlán,
6282
.
na trí múir . . . tadbain a n-airde cen m.¤ | ó
thalmain co firmimeint,
423
; cf.
277
.
Mogorb a Mumain cen
m.¤
,
LL 128b38
=
MacCarthy 186
(`without defeat'). do chuingid mná cen m.¤
`a stainless wife',
Ériu vii 222.16
. fri mnaí
coím cen m.¤ cen mairg `free from eld',
Metr. Dinds. ii 18.
fuaim
cen m.¤
`fame without decay',
22
. ro chúala seilgg . . . cen m.¤
ocus cen míbal `
oblivion
',
iii 150
.
lín bérla cen m.¤
,
LL 2b20
.
gan m.¤ ┐ gan mhírún,
Acall. 2017.
ó mheirg na mailíse,
TSh.
1814.
?
dusnicc dím meircci muirecha mertnecha di cluais mo
dhá ó,
ZCP vi 258.15
(a prayer).