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)
.