n o, m. Also eachrann.

(a) thicket, tangled undergrowth (the orig. meaning, O'Rahilly, SGS i 34 ): i measg dhrisleach nó acharainn na gcoillte, Trompa na bhF. 6861 . do theigéamadh i laithigh nó i ndris nó i gcloich nó i n-achrann éigin oile é, TSh. 10421 . In phr. i n-achrann entangled hence firmly fixed : i n-achrann ionna gcroíthibh, Trompa na bhF. 116 . ag sin an peacadh i n-achrann i n-bhar n-anma, 560 . dochum bhūr gcongmhāil i n-achrann ┐ i nglasaibh aige féin, 4346 .

(b) strife, dissension: plé, clampar ┐ achrann, Trompa na bhF. 757 . feidhim dhlighe achrann (eacrann, achruinn v.l.) ná pléid, 7528 . buairt ┐ achrann, 3276 . eachrann uadha ní hannamh éilmhighthear `not seldom is he challanged to fight'(?), Ó Bruad. i 80.y . an uile achrann . . . a réighteach every dispute, O'Rah. xxxii 41 .

n n, f. See Lochlann ii 212 . Later also airsan. n s. aursain, g s. aursainne, a p. aursainde, O'Curry 810 ( H 3.18, 374b ). g s. ursainde, MacCongl. 59.5 . door-post, jamb: aurso .i. or-sīn.i. ala n-or di i teg. a n-aill fri sīn. Aliter: aursa .i. airisi .i. arsisidar in tech fuirre, Corm. Y 35 . irsa .i. airisiu .i. is fuirri thairisius in teg uile . . . ostium latine , 782 . innill .i. in ello .i. indtus .i. i n-ursae, 764 (cf. innill .i. urasa, O'Cl.). i n-aursain n-airthir thige, Críth G. 216 . fo far n-ursannaib, SR 3918 . fora aursainde ┐ a airinchiu, O'Curry 810 ( H 3.18, 374b ). ónd ursaind díarali (of a house), LU 1708 . ni facbatis ursaind na comla . . . cen mhinugad, LB 156a55 . a di ursaind irard . . . ar dorus, IT iii 51 § 94 . ursanna cre[d]umha, Ériu iii 156 § 9 . leth-orsa gacha tigi oil, Fen. 166.1 . sé san orsain ar ursgáth, A. Ó Dálaigh 1 37 . le hosnaduibh elbhadh / a n-orsanaibh oirbedh stakes(?), IGT Decl. ex. 156 .

Fig. an bás san orsain agat, DDána 1.1 . do bhris ortha ursana (ursanda prohibited form) he defeated them, IGT Decl. ex. 1887 . i n-orsain ar n-ealadhan `in support of my cause', Content. xxi 23 . níor loc ó orsain éin-ghliadh, ib. n.7 . géabhad orsain don iomarg `I will undertake to sustain the fight', xxii 23 .

Of persons: anté as ursa don imshníomh who causes anx- iety(?), DDána 121.29 . dá ursain bhiadhta na mbocht, Ó Bruad. iii 214.10 . badh é ursa ar n-adhmholta, A. Ó Dálaigh xxxi 4 . mar ursain chirt, Hackett xl 151 . ursa chogaidh chríche Breagh, TD 17.55 . cia an Cú Chullainn bhus ursa re plé iompa? `a Cu. C. to act as their advocate', Ó Bruad. ii 4 iii .

x see plé(idh).

n (Eng. loan-word?), also plé . Pleading (a suit), arguing, disputing: cia an Cú Chulainn bhus ursa ré plé iompa? `to act as their advocate', Ó Bruad. ii 4.10 . cléirche Chailbhín . . . gan pléidh a peataoi ar phópaireacht haranguing (?), iii 88 = gan phlé, O'Gr. Cat. 518.29 . chum seasaimh i bpléidh `to stand in the contest', O'Rah. xxxv 11 . pléidhe (plé) m. and f. `contending, wrangling, . . . litigation', Dinneen .