ā, f. vn. of sernaid. sreath (an arbha),
IGT Decl. § 39
(91.15)
.
I Act of strewing, spreading out; that which is strewn, laid
out: s.¤ gl. struo, strues,
Sg. 50b5
.
55b10
. hi far srethaib gl. in
stratis uestris (i.e. beds),
Ml. 20d9
. Of furniture, etc., forming
a normal part of the equipment of a house (see Críth Gabl.
Gloss.):
indles . . . cach s.¤ as chórus for lár,
Críth G. 223
.
a sretha sét,
243
.
sretha córai isin tig, a[i]ribor cach[a]
méit[e] ┐ iarn cach gníma ┐ humalestrai im chaire i talla boin
co tinniu,
404
.
indles . . . cach amur ┐ cach s.¤ olchena, cach
ni srethnaigter and do mindlestraib na cerdcha,
Laws iii
190.z Comm
. According to Thurneysen this is the basis of the
meaning in Cóic Con. Fug. (`das Hinbreiten, das Hingebreitete',
hence `die Unterlage, Grundlage'), but perh. merely series,
collection (of legal judgements, etc.): s.¤ (sretha, v.l.) faillsigthi
na conairi fugill is fir: lia do fír fri sena n-anbal . . . .i. is é ní
sre[th]nai[g]ther d'faillsiugh forin conair fuigill is fior `die
Grundlage für Aufklärung auf dem "Urteilsweg", der fīr ist
(heißt)',
Cóic Con.
16 § 3
. cuic conair[e] fuigill . . . sain a conair, sain a
cina, sain a s.¤ . . . .i. is [sain] a s.¤ faillsigthi fuil re aithne cach
conairi fuigill dib r[e] cele `verschieden von der andern ist die
Grundlage zur Aufhellung, die zur Erkennung jedes Weges
besteht',
30
-
31 § 17
-
§ 21
.
sretha failsighte na conaire fuigill is
fír, no is e inní is coir d'ursundud no d'faillsiugud forin conair
fuigill is fír,
36 § 46
. See
p. 5
.
II Usually
row, line, series, arrangement, order
.
(a) sretha[ib]
sina .i. rom-didna ar cach ṅgalar intí riasa ro[ṡr]ethnigtis na
sina `arrangements of weather',
ACC 107
(
RC xx 278
). tar
sálmuire sretha `over ranges of mainseas',
Fél. Ep. 238
.
co
n-accatár . . . teóra sretha isind [ḟ]raigid . . . s.¤ . . . di bretnasaib
óir . . . ┐ s.¤ di muntorcaib óir . . . in tres s.¤ di claidbib,
LU
1708 ff
. mana[isi] . . . co sreathaibh semann with rows of
rivets,
TBC-LL¹ 5518
.
atchonnarc na saltracha | na sreith táeb ra
táeb,
LL 298b16
(
SG 367.12
).
trí nói s.¤ fíacal fata,
Ériu iv 102
§ 45
. ō cech tricha cēt | dlegar for sēt sreith `by various routes',
KMMisc. 272 § 57
. a cóic cethri deich data | ar sreith óenaig
allata `glorious fairs in succession',
Metr. Dinds. iii 12.138
. 'na
srethaib | trí hídail chloch fo chethair `ranged in ranks',
iv
22.45
. ba lōr d'ōebnius ar ōensreith in one series,
ZCP viii
272 § 62
. fosernd clothrī Connacht īer cūl, cáine sretha the
noble King of Connacht places himself behind, excellent the
order,
108.7
. cóic sretha do rámhaibh `five ranks of oars',
CCath. 1941
.
go dtráigh sibh an sreith ndabhach,
Aithd. D.
11.20
. s.¤ braon `drops streaming' (i.e. rain),
O'Gr. Cat. 453.20
.
ciabh na sreath hair in waves,
DDána 75.8
. sreath do linntibh
fuairbhreath `a series of ruthless measures',
PBocht 18.25
. s.¤
bagún is brannrad `a procession of bacon and trivets' (i.e. to the
house of a chief),
Studies 1920, 417.x
. do shinneadar sreatha
síorbhinne . . . téad mbeannchrot `bouts',
Maguires of F. 56.16
.
(b)
ranks, lines of people, soldiers, etc.: M., C., | co ṅaidbli
a srethe `with the vastness of their train (?)',
Fél. Dec. 4
.
gnúis
fri gnúis ina srethaib ┐ ina corónib,
LU 2047
.
etir sretha sīl
Ādaim,
ZCP iii 23.28
. do chuirib, do chóem-srethaib `for
companies and gentle ranks' (notes),
Metr. Dinds. iii 278.38
.
.u. coin geala na nglansreith,
BB 277a4
=
cóic eich ghela
'n-glan sreith,
Leb. Cert. 178.16
.
lánamhna is ógha is feadhbha | . . . |
'n-a dtrí naoimhsreathaibh ar nimh,
DDána 29.35
. sreatha
seilge hunting-bands,
Hackett liv 21
. Of armies, etc.: la sreith
slóig Z. `with the series of the host of Z. (?)',
Fél. Aug. 24
. dá
trichait marc min | . . . | concert-sa in dá sreith the two ranks,
LU 9953
. imrim each imasernar s.¤ slúag (sic leg.) (rhet.),
RC
v 202 § 20
.
rosernad . . . cech slog . . . i n-a sreith,
MacCarthy
56.24
.
mas ar druim ech ṅdond atáit | droṅg s.¤ sniit,
MU² 443
(see note).
batar . . . na Rómanaig imon catrig ina srethaib,
LB 154a35
. sretha sirthe risin saimgrēin ranks of skirmishers
in the summer sun,
ZCP xii 290.21
. Cf.
co roibe crīch Breg i
n-a comar creach ┐ i n-a cēidi c[h]uarta ┐ i n-a sreathaib
sirthi dona suidight[h]ib sin,
ML² 1133
. a fhir dodechaid
atúaid | co srethaib `surrounded by troops',
Metr. Dinds. iv 2.2
.
tanic . . . | aníar ar slicht na srethi `on the track of the convoy',
54.2
.
sreata ┐ sluag-buidni,
Celt. Rev. iv 16.24
. ceithri
sretha . . . do shaighdiúiridhibh `lines',
AFM v 1694.z
.
(c) Of ornamentation on garments, etc.: tri nói gem . . . | ba
foir 'na sreith (a brooch),
Metr. Dinds. iii 122.40
. brat co
srethaib di ōr impe stripes, lines, edgings (?),
ZCP xiii 373.4
.
sretha sítai fri a gelchnes,
TFerbe 122
.
srethai sítai uas a
cind,
777
. roindfithí fúdbai féinded fo shrethaib óir `Haufen',
Alex. 219
.
a ṅ-edaige srolda . . . fo sretaib oir ┐ argaid,
BB
429b5
.
(d) Of details of the structure of buildings: na doirsí . . . co
srethaib óir ┐ argait foraib layers, panels (?),
Alex. 593. 10
coraighid cláraigh ┐ sailghi ┐ eochrainn . . . ina srethaibh . . .
forra anuas `rows',
CCath. 1812
. faiceam tomhus na gcleath
gcorr | na sreath solus, na sreath sliom rows of pillars (?),
DDána 119.28
. sreath ghabhlach go ngrés uamann a series
of beams,
L. Cl. A. B. 183.94
.
sreath chlár ós clochaibh
díona,
101
. go gcōic srethoip do cholomhnoip marmair `rows',
Fl. Earls 96.20
.
(e)
rows of buildings, streets
:
hilar n-adba . . . | srethaib
sretta fri sid sain,
SR 2475
. da line . . . do tighibh ar mullach
a múir . . . iter na da s.¤ sin `between those two ranges' (of houses),
CCath. 20
. s.¤ do Thriun Mór ┐ s.¤ do Thriun Saxan `street',
AFM
ii 942.10
.
raith Arda Macha . . . do losccadh . . . ┐ dá sreith
do Triun Masan, ┐ an tres s.¤ do Triun Mhór,
994.1
(
ALC i
100.25
).
Ard Macha do loscadh na dí sreith ó chrois Cholaim
Chille co Crois Epscoip Eoghain, ┐ ó Chrois Eapscoip Eoghain
an dara sreith co Crois Dorais ratha,
1156.15
.
(f) In contexts ref. to grammar, literary compositions, history, etc.: i n-immfognam ┐ i ssreith legind gl. in lectione `in
order of reading (in a connected text?)',
Sg. 30a12
. int immognam
imbí hi sreith rann `in a series of parts (of speech)',
95a2
.
213a9
.
s.¤ immais (gs. of 1 imbas) metr.
alliteration of all words in the
line
:
s.¤ immaiss, ut est: slatt sacc socc simend saland,
IT iii
30.14
(see
p. 121
). Perh. in more general sense in follg.: trí
labra ata ferr túa: ochán ríg do chath, s.¤ immais, molad iar
lúag `spreading knowledge (?)',
Triads 112
. rethaib sofis
srethaib imbais (glossed .i. s.¤ imait sofis īar foghloim),
Anecd.
v 26.3
. immas sóis co srethaib `sequence of verses' (Gloss.),
Metr. Dinds. iii 288.47
. In name of a metre:
sreatha deich,
IT iii 95 § 148
(cf.
p. 128
-
9
). i sreathaibh roscaigh ┐ fasaigh
┐ airchetail `series of proverb, commentary and poetic composition',
Auraic. 337
(cf.
2684
). in tan is s.¤
series (?),
3577
.
Gilla
mo Dutu ro dluthaig in duain-sea, nucu s.¤ sáeb,
RC xlvii
315.4
. sretoibh sorann series of excellent stanzas,
CS 62.5
.
sreath . . . rann | d'am[h]ruibh,
Ériu ix 163 § 5
. sreath ghlan
do ghréas éagsamhail (a poem),
Aithd. D. 46.12
. do ghéabham
dod ghnúis . . . | sreith mholta eulogy,
46.11
.
sreath adhmholaidh,
DDána 73.13
. am mebrach-sa . . . i sreathaib seanchasa
hErend series of events (?), traditions (?),
Ériu iv 138.17
. ro-dosuidighiub-sa dúib sreith seanchusa . . . tellaich Temrach
`I shall establish for you the progression of the stories . . . of the
hearth of Tara',
144.7
. ?
buaid senchais srethaib airech fettar
aided cach oenfhir,
YBL 125a44
.
seanchas suairc sreath,
Leb. Cert.
80.13
. diamhra sreath seanchais `series',
Content. xxii 9
. iar
sreith na súad (iar srethaib súad, v.l.) handed down by tradition
(a name),
Metr. Dinds. iv 190.14
. iar srethaib suadh `according
to the threads of sages',
Auraic. 553
. ní h-inchreti d'ánradaib
sretha saeb-fhorcetail na seandruad warriors should not believe
the . . . sayings of old druids,
MR 190.2
. sgotha séaghanda a
sreath bhfis the fair blossoms of his abundant knowledge,
L. Cl. A. B. 176.117
. ?
as leór so do solbraib s.¤
,
Ériu iv
138.11
.
(g) Common in chevilles:
s.¤ cen tair,
SR 4319
. ni sáeb in
t-ṡ.,
LL 374c53
.
setaib s.¤
,
136b12
(
PRIA 1882, 248.3
).
tolaib
s.¤
,
SR 2711
.
srethaib cland,
TBC-LL¹ 2345
.
srethaib droṅg,
SR
7905
.
srethaib ga,
LL 19b5
.
srethaib gal,
Metr. Dinds. iii
150.1
.
srethaib iath,
SR 2285
.
srethaib slóg,
6431
. Note
also:
conid fri súan senbath srethaib cerd adbchlosaib erred,
LU 10257
.
(f) Various (cf. srath supra): sreith gl. pratum,
Sg. 20a8
(see
note). in talam cona sreith trit.
Alex. 873
v.l. (sraith, text).
gach ionad a d-tiocfaidh sreath no gearradh ó fhior ionuid an
riogh ar Mag E. `cess or cutting',
Misc. Arch. Soc. i 190.14
.
go
dtógbhann sreath is sobhadh,
Measgra D. 26.67
(sraith, MS.).
sreith coinnmhedh ┐ ceitherna . . . do choscc `taxes',
AFM v
1686.2
.
bá h-amlaidh ro siodhaighsiott gan sreith gan gerradh
gan daoírsi,
1770.16
. Cf. sreath do chomha ar cró nEachaidh
`the series (i.e. toll) of thy tributes',
Aithd. D. 15.11(a)
.
Note also:
teora sreatha,
TBC-LL¹ 2716
v.l. = teora inshrotha,
text.
gur berta gan anmain i bursan sreadh ara rabha,
ZCP
viii 542.17
=
co ro marb in n-ingin inna réid,
TBC-LL¹ 1559
.
The follg. are obscure: conchar ic sreith riagla rig (as vn.?),
LL 33a39
.
ba hé in sét serc ri sretha, | fuair cét recht is cét
bretha,
143b11
.
Faelan .x. nir bho dhur | ger caemal ar sreith
in saer,
BB 56a45
.
atāit .iii. sreatha cutrumai cin fiacha .i.
drumcla n-eich . . .,
ZCP viii 103.27
. Mac Cosgraigh co
sreathaibh snáu `of beaming countenance',
AFM i 520.10
. Dāre
Doimthech dālis dig | fola for cach srith (: clith) (`stream'),
Fianaig. 30.14
.
sāssad slán sorcha sretha,
Ériu ii 66 § 13
.
conoiscet s.¤ anmcaide,
O'Dav. 470
. Perh. of the reins of a
horse: im all .i. uilliti he in da sreith do bet air two reins (?),
Laws i 124.14
,
138.x Comm
.
óenach saidbir co srethaib, | co
saidlib, co srian-echaib,
Metr. Dinds. iii 14.159
.
Compds.
(a) With nouns.
¤bairdne name of a metre:
tighearnbhard . . . taebhchassadh ┐ sreathbairdni a dhileas,
IT iii 23.13
.
s. dano, is fri toebcasad doberar í tomus ┐
tarmarcind,
13 § 26
. See
p. 144
.
¤blad widespread fame (?):
cethri h-Echdaig aidbli ág | fri srethblaid ┐ sográd,
LL 146a9
.
¤bruig
extensive lands
:
co trethnaib iar s. súg,
SR 6263
.
Dauid . . . | for s. Hierusalem,
6698
.
¤buiden
orderly company
:
sret[h]buidne ordaigthe,
CCath. 3466
. ?
¤chelg:
Dairbre drech-derg mac Lulaig, | ba prap s. iar samain,
Metr. Dinds. ii 46.14
.
¤chircul: O Domhnaill . . . cona aireachaibh
. . . ina srethchiorcaill bodba `in a close circle',
Hugh Roe
112.12
. ?
¤chor:
mo Dia tricc fri s. slamm,
SR 5253
.
¤eccor
arrangement in rows
:
ionar . . . co sreithegar gem,
BS
10.7
.
¤etarnaid: ina srethettarnaidh seoilchelge arranged in
ambush (of troops),
Hugh Roe 226.5
.
¤fhoirenn: ina sreth-fornib . . . sar-laech `well-arranged lines',
MR 222.20
.
¤ga:
dar srethgaibh sealga `over the serried hunting-spears',
CCath.
3609
.
¤líne
ordered line
:
sreth-linedha . . . ina mórtimcill . . .
do mairgreit (a crown),
CCath. 5285
.
¤molad gs. as attrib.
eulogistic
(see II (f) supra):
gruaidhe donna | dá ndéantar
dán saor sreathmholta,
DDána 114.16
. ?
¤ord:
aisdibh ┐
ollamnaibh | ┐ rannaibh sreathordaibh,
IT iii 90.9
.
¤shlúag:
ar súi soi slonnaib srethshluag of arrayed hosts,
SR 2692
.
ingin Sáuil srethshluagaib,
5918
.
¤ṡuide sosath srethshuide 'a terrace of well-arranged seats'
The Kingship and Landscape of Tara 128 § 3
.
(b) With adjj.
¤áluind
well-arranged (?):
broghadha
sreath-āille,
ML² 1071
. an clár . . . sreath-álainn (the earth),
ML 102.26
.
¤amrae marvellously arranged: sainemail suíb srethamra 'unique, beautiful, marvellously arranged'
Sages, Saints and Storytellers 24 § 1
.
¤barrgel: tar tonnaibh . . . sreath-bhárrgheala
na srothán `over spreading white-crested currents',
ML 46.32
.
¤chaem
ornamented (?):
ic congbail na sangtairi sretcaime
co na fothaib,
BB 241b45
.
¤chaín = prec.:
do thuluib
sgiath sreth-c[h]aín,
ML² 1707
. ?
¤chisse:
atchíu a brat
ṅ[d]erg . . . s. sluind,
LU 7393
.
ar néim imdenam ór fri siric
s.,
7410
(
BDD 100
. `braided in rows (?)', BDD2 Gloss.).
¤fhíar (term of contempt) with distorted features (?): a
brollach sneadach s.,
IT iii 99 § 165
(
Bruchst. i 28 § 62
).
¤gel with bright ripples
(of water):
lēibenda sreath-gela,
ML²
662
.
¤glan: cen usce s. snámach | iarnabarach bói Boind
without clearly-rippling water,
Metr. Dinds. iii 108.79
.
tucsam
sochraiti srethghlain a Mumain,
SG 321.21
.
clár sreathghlan
seanDáire,
DDána 70.8
.
¤mas: Dūn dā Lethglass . . . |
súairc s. co saine `herrlich ausgebreitet',
Bruchst. i 61 § 137
(
IT
iii 39 § 34
).
(c) With adjj. derived from nouns.
¤buidnech: tresan
sraittslighidh (sic leg.) sreathbuidhnigh `crowded',
Hugh Roe
20.5
. ?
¤latanach:
sruth bratha nach | sreathlatanach,
IT
iii 98.5
.
¤línmar: sos suaichnidh sreth-līnmar of many rows
(an encampment),
ML² 1061
.
¤lúbach: is . . . sreath-lúbach
. . . a carn-fholt having curls in rows,
Keat. Poems 67
.
(d) With verb.
¤gonaid: an crádh ler sreathghonadh sinn
by which our ranks were slaughtered (?),
L. Cl. A. B. 140.43
.