n
u, n. Later m. O. Ir. biur, b.¤
a
s.
biur,
TBC-I¹ 1255
,
a
nōmad ṁbir
,
1258
. d
s.
biur,
LU 5733.
n
a
p.
beura,
Sg. 67b11
(
GOI 198
). b.¤
m.,
IGT Decl. § 71.
g
p.
bear,
ex.
1544
,
bearann (: fearann),
ex. 1541
.
Stake, spit; point; spear; spike: beura gl. sudes,
Sg. 67b11
.
sudum .i. inna[m]bir
,
Gild. Lor. 152.
bir a ueru
,
O'Mulc. 151.
braga .i. b.¤ -āga. Aige ainm b.¤
,
Corm. Y 161.
berid .ix.
mbera culind . . . laiss nine spits of holly (for use as spears),
LU 5726.
sríd N. biur for C.C.,
5728
.
for rind in bera,
5729
.
focheird-sium b.¤ for C.,
TBC-LL¹ 1947.
biaid do chend ar bir
,
3476
.
for rindriis na mbera,
LU 5733.
gan nach n-arm . . . acht
b. iairn ina láim,
TBC-LL¹ 4245.
beara iaraind,
Todd Nenn. 60.3
.
coica bera ara mbái rind / tuc leis do beraib cáirthind,
RC vii
300.9
,
10
.
nochan fuaratar b.¤ na bundsach isin tsligid-sin,
Ann. Conn. 1225.12
.
secht mbeara fiched d'iaron aithleghtha,
RC xxix 124 § 27.
co mberaib gera iairn `with sharp spikes
of iron',
PH 1240.
bera bodba biraithi `darts',
Cog. 160.27
.
do soighdib . . . ┐ do beraib birgéra ┐ do laighnibh . . . lánmóra,
Acall. 2829
v.l. do hinnledh na beara ┐ na r[e]anna uile ar a
cheann `spears and darts',
RC xxix 124 § 31.
an bior ar nach
rabha rinn,
DDána 3.38
. agá dtreaghdadh do bhearaibh
troma teinntidhe (one of the pains of hell),
TSh. 1979.
gin
bera gin slegadh `stakes or spikes',
Laws i 304.17 Comm.
i ninde bera na corad stake of the (fishing) weir,
Ériu xvii 68
§ 9.12
(
Laws iv 212.12 Comm.
)
ineich doberar a ind in uisci,
for ind in bera, in t-iasc,
Laws v 478.8 Comm.
go mbearuibh
omhna `with wooden shafts' (notes),
O'R. Poems 684.
mé
do lá b.¤ 'na bonnaib `I thrust a spike into His feet',
Ériu iv
114.21
.
lorg bear a bhonn mbeoghonta,
DDána 54.14
.
sa
derna do bhí fan mbir (: fuilngir),
IGT Decl. ex. 1149.
b.¤ bodba `warlike point',
TTebe 2818
. acht muna faice bera
no slega `unless he saw the dangerous thing', (lit. `spikes or
spears',)
Laws i 178.15 Comm.
iii 500.23 Comm.
Cf.
beara
.i. sleagha,
O'Cl.
Cooking or roasting spit:
b.¤ bruinnes,
LL 3649
(see Petrie
Tara, Plate 8).
b.¤ co lúdh,
YBL 419a27
(Petrie Tara 189, 5-9).
b.¤ Neithin, fulacht na Morrígna, inneóin in Dagda `N.'s spit',
Triads 120
. ro iorlamhaighsit . . . do bhior ┐ do choire by
roasting and boiling,
TFrag. 72.15
. féoil om ar beraib
ca[e]rthind `on spits of rowan',
RC vii 300.16
.
láeig beca ar
beraib / a fedaib Cáibden,
LL 37949
(
SG 364.33
).
Other applications: fūaratar bās do beruib / ōn muic
dísgir druimremuir `by the tusks' (of a boar),
Fianaig. 54.19
.
dothuit hi Fidga . . . di bir ois
antler (?),
ZCP xii 238 § 63.
earca brech biathuis da b.¤ .i. gai `countless wolves fed he
with his spear' (
MS. Mat. 481.11
),
LL 380b38
=
LL 6398.
`plug or tent for a wound (?),' TBC St. Gloss.: do lingetar a
bera (sic leg., ed.) dhe, ib.
4905
. Expld. as hand in B. na
f.:
beara (.i. lāmha) nach lang (.i. fada),
ZCP v 484 § 6
(=
ZCP iii 378.13
). Of dressing for a wound (or a tent ?):
do lingeatar a bhera de co raithin cinn bera, Éigse ix 186 n. 14 (24 P 4 p. 211)
.
Compds. With nouns: foghluim an bhiorchleasa `dart-
feat',
RC xxix 126 § 32.
barrthagar / birchogad,
IT iii 105
§ 208
.
bir-crand (.i. in berb-crand, 484.18 Comm.)
treige
n-urcomail,
Laws v 482.28
. biorchrainn caola slender arrows,
DDána 111.23
. do gaínib ┐ birínib ┐ slegínib ┐ birchruadib
`hard points' (Táin 2222),
TBC-LL¹ 2544
=
LU 6401.
bir
chúaille (? birch.) `sharp spike',
Imr. Brain 65.28
. garbeccur
grainemail do birfiaclaib barrglassa `of spiky teeth',
CCath.
4027.
Trí Bior-ghaoithe an Bháis `Three Shafts of Death'
(here perh. in sense of tent for a wound, C. O'Rahilly,
Éigse
ix 186
),
TSh. p. 1.
le racht biorghlóir `in sharp-voiced rage',
Ó Bruad. iii 212.14
. sída is sróll . . . / sréin is buabae is
birtenga, some kind (or part) of horse's headdress (?),
SG 249.21
. ? Leg.
bir-theng[th]a cooking-spits (?)
Fil Súil nGlais 51
.
With adjj.:
in torc . . . cusna fiaclaibh bir-athi,
Laws v
444.16 Comm.
eich . . . bir-cheanda with pointed heads,
Leb. Cert. 212.10
.
do bogadaib bircennaip,
CCath. 5442.
cor bo
birḟocus cach fonnud issin charput sin next to a point,
TBC-LL¹
2544.
do gháibh bega birghéra,
Acall. 1802.
do beraib bodba
birguirt rinnaithi keen-pointed,
CCath. 3154.
See berach (b).