adj [o, ā] short (short-haired ? Cf. berraid): bearr .i. gairit ut
dicitur bearr cach belaid bean `every stout woman is short'
(
Ériu xi 89. 14
),
H 3.18, 64b15
=
b.¤ (beir, MS.) .i. gach
ngairid unde est b.¤ gach beoluig ben,
O'Mulc. 183a.
bir .i.
gach gairit,
O'Curry 971
(H. 3.18, 416). As (hypocoristic) n. pr.:
B. . . . i rRos,
Mart. Tall., Dec. 21.
Cf.
Berran,
July 11
.
As epithet: Lugaid B. (Lugb.¤
, v.l.),
Corp. Gen. 373.6
. See
Ériu xii 216.
Appar. as subst. in (of dividing inherited land
)
curter birr braithri in coiced bliada[i]n .i. . . . crannchuir do
denam doib uime cib e diobh da-ria rogha,
Cóic Con.
42 § 65
`a short piece of wood . . . for casting lots', Plummer
MS. notes.
Compd. beirrsgian `a Razor
',
Eg. Gl. 722
(cf. berrad).