adj
I o, ā. On meanings cf. Loth,
RC xxxiv 148 f.
,
TD ii
188
-
9
. `
tapering, cuspidated, peaked, pointed, jutting out or
up, swelling
',
Measgra D. 245
. Used of a wide variety of
objects, incl. geographical features, places, buildings,
weapons, human beings, animals, parts of the body, instruments, vessels, trees. Often somewhat vaguely applied:
im Crúachain cuirr,
LU 2847
.
caidi ced-ainm in chairn
chuirr?,
Metr. Dinds. iii 356.7
.
ón chrích chuirr,
Bard. P. 5
.
16
.
cathair ch.¤
,
IT iii 23.2
.
teagh c.¤ colam,
IGT Decl. ex.
1343
.
.u. claidhim corra catha,
BB 273a35
.
ar crandaibh
camaibh corraibh,
IT iii 86 § 91
. mac B. . . . gléchuirr
`bright-eminent',
Metr. Dinds. iii 272.26
.
mac in chleirigh
cuirr,
AU ii 180.4
`stooped? hump-backed?' Plummer MS
notes. fir chorra (of chessmen),
Miscell. Celt. Soc. 160.7
.
corrmhil c.¤
,
IT iii 81 § 59
.
a ccomtach a dha ccioch cc.¤
,
Ériu iv 55.17
.
na ruisg corra chriostalta,
Dánta Gr. 13.11
(cf. cuirre).
méra corra,
IGT Decl. ex. 131
.
dá pheinn . . . chuirr,
ex.
1101
.
pistal cuínge cuírre,
IT iii 101 § 181
.
fion . . . a
cuachuibh corra,
Rel. Celt. ii 208.26
.
dī chūarán corra,
MacCongl. 9.22
.
cnóe corra,
LL 27688
(
Dinds. 160
).
mínréidh na ród gc.¤ uile,
A. Ó Dálaigh liv 2
. leathan thīs ┐ c.¤
t[h]uas (of a drop of milk),
B. Fermoy 219b30
cited
Duan. F.
iii 246
. bainid teas . . . a cnapain corra dib `knobby' (hail-
stones),
Ir. Astr. Tr. 152.1
.
In more abstract senses:
teacht ar druim cuain nó calaidh /
ar uair gcuirr níor chleachtabhair,
LBranach 6397 perh
.
`at an untimely hour', Gloss. ?
do thréigios geallta corra / ní
ghébhainn geall . . . / . . . acht do mholadh,
3406
.
caince c.¤
/ doní tonn . . . T.,
Acall. 861
`strange music',
Murphy Lyrics
49.10
.
laithe corra,
TD 18.5
`unsettled', Notes (short?).
diebus imparibus . . . .i. is na laithibh corra on odd days,
23 K 42, 57.14
(see subst. use below).
Equat.
cuirrither hog luin a di ṡúil,
Corm. 36.27
=
cuirrit[h]ir,
Corm. Y 1059 (91.17)
. Compar.
cuirre iná c.¤ aurócbála a dhá grúad,
Corm. 36.29
.
an bhruidhean nach cuirre
cnoc,
DDána 119.32
.
na chíche nach curra an tugh,
Rel. Celt. ii 232.10
.
II As subst. ā, [f.] (later somet. o)
projecting part, end,
corner, peak etc.:
barr, críoch, c.¤
,
Eg. Gl. 65
. c.¤, adharc, rinn
etc.,
119
. Used of a wide variety of objects (cf. adj. use
supra):
co cuirr Chruachain,
BS 120.12
.
fa cuirr
cairrgi,
ACL iii 235.20
. san gc.¤
choir(?), apse(?) (of a
church),
Eochairsg. 113.9
. corra an domhain =
ends
,
Isaiah
xli 5
. don chuirr bragat gl. ceruici,
Gild. Lor. 133
. do
benastar na goithne . . . i c.¤ bragatt na flatha `
nape
',
Ann. Conn. 1405.15
. corra braghad `bend of the neck',
O'Gr. Cat.
269.13
.
re doighteach na naronn ┐ na gc.¤ mbraghad,
23 K 42, 156.6
.
saothar mór ar na corraibh braghad,
165.7
(exact
sense in pl. not clear). co tuargaib cend ass i coirr a chride
(a knife),
Fing. R. 328
.
gé ro sgoilt cuirr chroidhe,
Dán Dé
xx 29
. ar chuir mo ghlūin on my knee,
KMMisc. 358.23
=
chuirr,
Gadelica 294.z
. corra a n-uillend the points of their
elbows,
BB 393a12
.
ō ch.¤ na huillen go barr an meo[ir]
medhoin,
O'Mulc. 112 note
. cona bachaill . . . cacha bainde
. . . noscēed tar a cuirr
crook (?),
MacCongl. 91.2
.
corra in
c[h]oicat bachall,
Ériu v 28.14
. i corraib bachall `points of
croziers',
RC xxvi 40.216
(.i. i n-aes graid ┐ i clerchu archena,
note). in ferand risin abair c.¤ bachalla (n. loc.?),
LB 258
marg. inf.
tri mer dua (leg. dia) churr. Mer dia frithchurr. . .
lethordlach [leithit a cuil] ar medon trian oca chuirr (a
billhook, fidba),
O'Curry 883
(
H 3.18, 395a
).
a ch.¤ liathroití
lubain,
IT iii 69 § 12
(2 c.?). c.¤ . . . lamchrann . . . breasdach
. . . caomchom (parts of harp),
Manners and Customs iii 258
note (refers to violin-type instr., c. the end held against the
shoulder, Plummer MS. notes) `
cross tree, or harmonic
curve
', Gloss.
sccriobhus iad sin a ccuir chruiti,
Ériu iv
60 § 49
. Cf. carr.
a prora .i. . . . on chuirr thussig
prow
,
Gild. Lor. 49
. in ch.¤ thuisech din churuch sin ┐ . . . in ch.¤
aile the prow, the stern,
RC xiv 402 § 9
.
leím duine a cuirr a
choiti,
IGT Decl. ex. 551
.
ac cumtach cír im chorraib na
luṅgi,
LL 30952
(TTr.).
ro suigh a cathair cumdachta for
curr na halttora,
Grail 3397
.
ag cuirr dheis na haltóra . . .an
churr dheas,
Eochairsg. 36.38
(cf. cornu altaris,
Du Cange s.
cornu
). ar chorruibh bhur naltórach =
horns
,
Jeremiah xvii 1
.
c.¤
comdala for dechnaid cumaisc (a metre),
IT
iii 77 § 43
. ar chuirr
sheaghla sheing Sh.
hem (?),
DDána 99.13
. ?
c.¤ laegbili (.i.
Oengus) cétáin,
ZCP xii 237 § 60
.
uaclerigh carbat crin
cuirre,
IT iii 101 § 181
.
is daleic a chuirr fair inna carpat
.i. eir for in aile,
O'Mulc. 763
. ? i gcórr shliabh (printed as
compd.) `mountain pease',
Ó Bruad. iii 134.6
.
In phr. céd traiged i tigh C. / ón chuirr go roich a chéle
from end to end,
Acall. 804
.
o chuirr go cuirr,
Luc. Fid.
5230
.
ón ccorr go chéile,
Ezra ix 11
.
ón gceann gcurradh
go chéile,
Trompa na bhF. 204
= de fonds en comble, Gloss.
Note also: c.¤ mór is deich míle much more than,
ZCP iii 621
.
In n. loc.
Ross dá C.¤
,
Metr. Dinds. iii 306.34
.
C.¤ Crúadglórach,
40
.
co fán Chorra Eidnige,
128.20
(see Notes).
hic corraib Edhnecha,
BB 367b26
.
See 2 and 3 c.
Compds. With nouns pointed, peaked, sharp
etc.:
corr-chathbarr,
CCath. 4694
.
corr-crechda .i. ainm do cnoc bis
a n-étan na n-amatán,
O'Dav. 518
(a lump or brand (?) on the forehead of a drúth, identifying him as such,
CMCS lxvii 55-71
. See crechda). do cheppaib ┐ do chorrḟótaib . . .
talman `round sods',
RC xiv 416 § 32
.
a chliath chorrga,
IT
iii 88 § 105
(
Bruchst. 17 § 33
).
na corrgabla siúil ┐ na loṅga
luchtfethna,
LL 22799
(`bent spars of a sail',
CRR 11
).
? corrgubhul .i. craicann gabair, [ut est] broc choel do
chorrgubul gabais etc.,
O'Dav. 366
.
ina corrthair chlaidem ┐
chorr-shleag,
MR 214. 23
.
tre corrsmál teinedh,
Ériu v 104.22
.
With corr- in secondary senses: ?
in chorrabhall,
Acall.
4530
=
SG 186.30
dwarf or crab-apple tree
= We. corrafallen,
KZ xxxviii 462
,
ZCP iv 104
. le hecla corrméinee
(sic) na sgoile `
ill-will
',
O'Gr. Cat. 131.38
. corr-ecor selba
`hinausgehendes Einbringen',
ZCP xv 246 § 5
, with corr- in
sense of odd (of numbers),
248
(see De Bhaldraithe,
Éigse
viii 244
). corr-fhocla ┐ coirrlitreacha Gaoidheilge occasional
words,
Donlevy v 17
. ? in chorrimirchi `the odd drove',
Duan. F. iii 18.42
(
Acall. 4978
). seasca corr-mholt `smooth . . . wethers',
Leb. Cert.
62.x
. an tIarla do dhol corrshluagh ceandais feadhna
with a small army (?),
AFM v 1592.3
.
C. . . . Corrbacc,
IT ii1
181.191
.
With noun forming adj.:
nomen do lestur chor[r]thón gl.
futilis,
Sg. 56b7
(see
GOI 220
,
Hermathena
xcix 52
).
With adjj. (in some cases dvandva-compds., in others
compds. of subst. corr?): for dá n-echaib . . . corrbeca
small-muzzled (?),
TBC-I¹ 1973
.
do chrāib charrbuidi (: glanbuidi),
Bruchst. 66 § 150
=
carn-,
IT iii 99 § 167
.
Leaburcam . . . corrchael,
BB 257b25
. claidem cruaidh corr-cotut
sharp and hard (?), hard-tipped (?),
CCath. 5241
. corrderga
(horses),
LU 6910
(
BDD 51
).
an cíogh coirrgheal,
A. Ó Dálaigh xliv 5
.
rosc corrglas,
BB 427a36
.
demun doescair
corrlond,
IT i 190.16
(
FA 30
LB).
With adjj. derived from nouns: le céibh dtruim gcorramlaigh `
beauteous
',
Magauran 922
.
a slebh . . . Corrbennach,
BB 23b48
. munter Ch. chorr-beraig of the pointed
spears,
Metr. Dinds. iii 174.82
. a chailleach,
a chuirrchennach `
round-headed (?)',
BS 72.13
.
is
sí . . . chorr-chíchech,
Metr. Dinds. iv 140.z
. tarclaim C.
corr-deibig (sic leg.),
Metr. Dinds. iv 8.12
`prominent in
fight', Notes (coirrdheabhaidh wrongly expld.,
O'Cl.
). an
barr corrgablach (of hair),
Ériu iv 218.8
.
teóra
hingina corrlámacha Cailitín,
Comp. CC 88.8
.
S. inghean
Chorrluirgnigh,
ML 32.10
. i ndúin Caisil choirrshleaghaigh
of sharp spears,
DDána 74.59
.
Other compds. given as separate entries.