adj [io, iā] (aigred). Also aigertha. icy, frozen: cochaill gerra aigreta impu, LU 2180 ( FA § 26 ). talam . . . urcrom aigreta, 2233 ib. gēisidh lec uar aighreta, Anecd. ii 24 § 10 . nogo rainic an sliabh neimhnech n-oigrita, Ériu iii 166 § 22 . fuacht oighreata an fhuatha, TSh. 1236 . an ailt oighreta, Fl. Earls 86.z . na da cris . . . oighreta the two frigid zones, MR 112.13 . i coicrichaib . . . ind uarda adhuair aigreta bathuaidh, CCath. 5223 (cf. SR 157 ). as in uillind . . . aigeartha iarthar-thuaiscertaig na h-Eorpa `chilly', MR 114.21 . Fig.: dā rosg āille urarda oighreata uainidhe 'two beautiful, noble, icy, green eyes', BDC 230.137 .

v (bláed) shouts, cries, roars: in tan blaidfait na craind ic maidm (of trees struck by lightning), LL 24846 (= RC xxvi 46 § 230 ).

Vn. 2 bláedach. Note also: na huili ainmidhi muiridhi . . . ac sírblaedhadh (-blaoghadh, MS.) ┐ ac gairm, RC xxviii 310 § 4. ? cu mblaedhad (or leg. mblaedhail, ed.) . . . na ndeman neimhnech ` shouting ', Lism. L. 3640. See bláedgal.

adj i

(a) hungry, starved : g.¤ .i. gortach, O'Cl. cú g.¤ elscothach, IT i 41.9 = avidus, Lat. Lives 69.20 . narub saithech narub g.¤ , Fél.² lxxxv May 10 . ni aurberta bith comat guirt `till thou be hungry,' Rule of Tallaght 78 § 56 . dia mbat g.¤ bid fann do chlí, O'D. 992 ( H 3.17, 855 ).

(b) (primary sense Celtica xxi 281 ) bitter, sour, salt, sharp, keen : g.¤ gl. acidus, Ir. Gl. 637 . tene ... langoirt, IT i 191.13 . ba gnim guirt, LL 204b50 . serb ┐ g.¤ , PH 7247 . bíad g.¤ cen dig, Triads 70 . níor chaoin a ghalar g.¤ gnáth, DDána 46.16 . gnáithphiana géara goirte, TSh. 4166 . a Bricriu báeth briatharguirt, RC xiv 424.x . oirfitiud serb-g.¤ cen cheol cen áinius, PH 8138 . g.¤ an sdair, DDána 31.25 . gol-gháirthe guirte, TSh. 5574 . Corcach i fil cluca binde | g.¤ a gainem, MacCongl. 15.16 . ní ar a scerter (salann) acht maíne scerter ar mo theangaidh arecha nucu n-ecean is coirt cheana, BB 299a12 . comad estib sin nofhásad in muir marb sin, ár is g.¤ ┐ is serb h-í, LB 159a22 . géar gharbh gh.¤ leó an sáile, Atlantis iv 136.36 . an tuisci bis a talmain g.¤ `salt earth,' Ir. Astr. Tr. 40.17 . gáeth garb g.¤ , LU 2184 ( FA 26 ). da shleig ... is iat nemnecha faeburgoirti dia ruamnaitis rind, LL 189b17 . saigti gera, goirti gunecha goirti keen, bitter, wounding arrows, Cog. 158.17 . buille don glaedhe gherg.¤ , Stair Erc. 1324.

Adv. is and sin roráid Laég g.¤ romgaet, etc., RC iii 178.26 ( LL 121a3 ). co nguilet co serb g.¤ , IT i 191.23 . ro-s-cói co serb-g.¤ , PH 682 . raghuirt do luigh m'oire air, DDána 31.18 .

Compar. Of cream : co neperar de na bi goirtai inni (= indiu) ol bui ane, Laws ii 254.6 ( ZCP xiv 356.5 ). Superl. in cainti ba geriu ┐ ba gortiu ┐ ba hamainsiu bai i nHériu ina aimsir, Hib. Min. 65.4 .

Compds. ¤bíad salt food : began goirt bidh do ┐ terci lenda, Lism. L. 310.11 . ¤bríathrach sharp-tongued : neimhnech goirtbhriathrach ó erlabhra, Cóir Anm. 263 . ¤gním : tré ghoirt-ghníomhaibh na haithrighe do choimhlíonadh austerity , TSh. 8815 . ¤gréchad bitter screaming : an guirt-ghréachadh dorónsad na hairechta sin, CRR² 29 (84.16) .

o, ā. (1 and 2 nós) adj. meaning variously

(a) customary and hence according to precedent, in good form, of good behaviour (disposition),etc. , and

(b) notable, remarkable ; it is not easy always to decide between the senses.

nosmar gairther in gairm rig in due form (?), Fen. 228.4 . an dáil budh nósmar ag Día `pleasing to God' (?), BNnÉ 142.60 . do ráidh lena cloinn go nósmar ` courteously ', 138.50 . superl. mac righ is nosmuire ┐ is gnimaichi do bi do Breifnechaibh `best disposed and most accomplished', AU ii 446.9 . O Ruairc ri nosmar nemtlaith ` reputable ', MacCarthy 434 § 2 ( BB 51a43 ). tucadar cath neimhnech nósmhar . . . da chéile `heroic', Ériu v 190.499 . h. Conchobair do imtecht co beoda nosmair isna Tuathaib, Ann. Conn. 1330 § 3. dā deil . . . niamad nosmar . . . forru, BB 241b53 . is nósmhar na srólltuir ar ghréis doghnídh (of a lady's embroidery), Keat. Poems 103. róimh nósmhar `famous pile' (of a ruined mansion), KMMisc. 50.23 = Measgra D. 57.34 . ar leic nosmair Naile `famous flagstone', Misc. Hag. Hib. 111 § 35. tug siad ar dhu[i]blēid nósmhar fashionable, modish Celtica iv 110 § 14 .