n
n, f. Note d. sg.
b.¤, , Fél. Ep. 464
, ZCP lvii 156
. n
p. (? as g-stem) brugha (= alvos),
23 K 42,
26.1
. Later n
s.
broinn,
Anecd. v 22 n. 5
. b.¤
f.,
IGT Decl.
§ 97.
g
s.
bronn,
ex. 1773
.
(a)
abdomen, belly; bowels, entrails:
amal sōeras Ionas fāith/
a b.¤ míl mōir,
Thes. ii 304. 5
(Hy. i).
de b.¤ céti magni,
Fél.
Ep. 464.
a bróndaib in tríir from the bellies of the three men,
Trip.² 2120.
niruho herosai . . . den laec[h] imdecht lie mét a
bronn `owing to the bigness of his belly',
RC xii 86 § 93.
a
bruindi a tir Arabia: a bru a Lodain `his (Adam's) belly',
MacCarthy 25.4
. im stáic do broinn B. `for a steak off B.'s
belly' (a man in the shape of a pig),
Metr. Dinds. iii 388.20
.
giamtar lana na brondanda `though the bellies were full',
CCath. 2579.
faisbedgarnach na mbruinnech ┐ na mbronnann `of the . . . bellies',
5937
. inne a brond `his bowels',
RC iii 181.16
. céin robo beo ní thaudchaid a b.¤ for cóir (an
injured warrior),
LU 6078
(TBC). fíce secda brond `dry
internal piles',
Mon. Tall. 152.9
.
co ceanglann an reubarbrum an b.¤
,
Rosa Angl. 290.6
. sgaoileadh . . . bronn looseness
of the bowels,
TSh. 1729.
See menad .
In sense of bruinne:
bru arna tromghuin,
IT iii 96 § 150.
og tabairt do an gai a broind an maic,
Anecd. i 16.13
.
dorecgmaing 'sin scíath ósa broind `over his breast',
TBC-LL² 1128
.
b.¤ ealae (B. na f.) breast of a swan,
ACL iii 310 § 4.
Note also
broinn ar bhráighid `
side by side
',
Bard. Synt. Tr. 24.25
.
Esp. womb: cid hua b.¤
gl. ab utero,
Ml. 75d9
.
isin mbroin
mathardi,
44a10
.
i mbru a mathar,
71c15
. figor cuirp crist
rosuidiged hi linannart brond maire (of the Host),
Thes. ii
252.10
(Stowe M.). teuir oenaidchi fo b.¤
`three nights (were
passed) in the womb',
Thes. ii 291.6
.
compert maic Dé . . . i
mbroind (bru, v.l.) Muire óige,
Ériu ii 198.15
.
cotombertsa b.¤
sóer,
LU 8280
(
FB 22
). fot broinn / búredaig `in your
bellowing womb',
Celtica vi 222 § 67
.
inna broind,
LU 10602
= it bruinn (Eg.),
IT i 139.23
(
Comp. CC 5
).
níra alt
Banba da b.¤
,
LL 11034
`nor has B. ever nurtured',
TBC-LL² 3594
.
coro thoed a b.¤
`till her womb should have fallen' (with
childbirth),
Dinds. 94
.
toircheas bronn na banóighe,
DDána
9.11
.
an lá gheintear neach i mbroinn,
TSh. 2388.
med do
ghail ar broind o mB. `relationship on distaff side' (note),
Magauran 2526
. do fágbadh i mbroinn `was posthumous',
O'Gr. Cat. 351.4.
(b)
body (or part of it) consuming food, hence appetite,
gluttony:
srīan frit broind,
ZCP vi 264 § 5.
mar lán mara
a-mach 's amuigh / bídh b.¤ gach aoinfhir amhlaidh,
Aithd. D.
80.36
. As seat of consciousness, emotions, etc.
roscé anni
robi ina broind `he disburdened his heart',
RC ii 197.18
. is
maith cach broinn i mbídh in bēlrad aidhbind .i. teibernighes
aircetal ūaithi mind (?),
Anecd. v 22 note 5
.
do ghabh . . .
'na broinn . . . rún ro dhaingean,
Desid. 2155.
? In B. na f.:
mo b.-sa ris nī berba, / gorab en lemno luæ,
ACL iii 310 § 5.
dlicht sāer sāerus broind,
Anecd. v 22.17
.
(c) Extended meanings interior, cavity; front (etc.), surface
of things, ground, etc.:
asréracht . . . / Íssu a b.¤ thalman,
Fél.
March 27
. cusin bhfialluch ngaiscid bui 'na mbroinn
`therein' (in `war-castles' mounted on elephants),
Marco P.
114.
ros tóccbhaidhther tú a broind áoilich from the middle
of a dung-heap,
BNnÉ 325 § 42
. b.¤ dhealbhnathrach serpent-shaped hold (of a ship),
Measgra D. 48.33
.
(d) In prepp. phrs. With AR (FOR), FRI, TAR: thūaidh atā
an cethrar calma / as féile atā ar broinn Banba over B.,
ZCP
viii 109.29
. ar brū na bearna `facing contest' (Gloss.),
O'R. Poems 395.
ar broinn an chatha `in the battle-van',
Aithd. D.
26.21
. doronad istada re broinn seilgi `for hunting',
Marco P.
49.
dá sluagh . . . fri broinn (re hagaidh, v.l.) catha do chur
`on the point of joining battle',
BNnÉ 7 § 23
. re broinn shollamhna mar soin `at the approach of such a festival',
Ériu v
54.19
. atracht . . . neart Cruithneach ┐ Gaedeal dar broind
Bretan across B.,
Todd Nenn. 72.5
. dar broind mionn, ┐
comairgeadh `in violation of relic-oaths and sureties',
AFM ii
1072.21
. With DO:
pógadh ban do bhroinn a bpósta | peacadh már do gach mhac óg 'kissing women before they are married is a great sin to every young man',
Giolla Brighde 242 § 24
.
Compds. With nouns: arhirchus bronnbuar oc bánfethig
(rhet.),
ZCP viii 306.32
; big-bellied cattle
Studia Celtica Upsaliensia ii 62 § 11
. ?
coire breth . . . con-berbha bretha
brúchaire breithemhan,
Ériu xiii 26.10
. Ioin . . . brunndalta Ísu `beloved disciple',
PH 1454.
Cf.
Eoin bruinde,
8421
.
bronndalta do bhí ag Colmán `a beloved fosterling',
Studies
1918 , 99 § 10
.
fora bronnfine (.i. . . . fora macaib) on her
immediate family (bosom-kin of sons, grandsons, Thurn.),
Ir. Recht 28 § 31
,
Stud. in E. Ir. Law 111.
ni mad chine / nad
choisc a bronnḟine,
LL 19127.
sruth ... ṡiris bronnghaotha 'den ... Strom, welcher die Bauchwinde durchwandert',
Akten Linz 137 § 5
.
gríss bronn-galair glanas
broinn `the fever of an abdominal disease, etc.',
Triads 224
.
go bronn-lár nó go bolgán na bruidhne sin to the very middle
of that hostel (sc. hell),
TSh. 6649.
With adjj.: ar losaid bhronn-áird `in a deep trough',
Tribes of Irel. 46.9
. do láigh breacca broinddearga red-chested fawns,
Acall. 94.
a mbárca . . . brondḟarsiuṅga,
LL
32149
(
TTr. 1338
). do b[r]ithemnaib bronngaethaib `
wise-hearted
' (Gloss.),
SR 4566.
an chíoch . . . bhruinngheal,
Aithd. D. 85.11
. ba bronnlan longa na Lochlannach with
full holds,
Caithr. CC 77.
.l. gabur . . . it é . . . bruinlethain,
LU 10812.
brighmur broinntseng bríatharcert `
emaciated
'
(a saint),
RC xii 320 § 1.
With part.
broinn-tesctha,
ML² 1797.