n (1) iron: ebron .i. iarnd, ut est isna Brethaib Nemed: ebron ima muinither meirg, Corm. Y 536 . ebrón .i. iarann, O'Dav. 773 . gle fo erc n-ebron .i. toingfe fo nem, ni ba geall dam an iarand, 1026 . eabron .i. iarann P. O'C.

n (2) a cauldron: ebrón .i. coire, O'Cl. conberbar bracht [i] n-ebron bru, Laws i 140.37 , cf. O'Dav. 1026 . Auraic. 4542 , and see Hermathena xx 62 . eabhron copper or brass, a copper or brass pan or cauldron P. O'C.

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).

v dep. ebron ima muinither meirg .i. ima timc[h]ella meirg ┐ imma n-ith, Corm. Y 536 = ima muintear, Corm. p. 19 s.v. ebrón; the same quotation occurs H 3.17 c. 519 ( O'D. 711 ) with gl.: ima muinither meirgi .i. imtimchill in meirg imon muin; perhaps goes round, surrounds , from a root *mon- denoting motion also found in: dia tomna .i. dia tí, TBC-I¹ 1044. Cf. also: na filid nā fitir so | ni muin fedm eicsi forro, Auraic. 2007 (the poetic function goes not on them = is not theirs?).