n
io [m., Críth Gabl.]. Cf. .x. c.¤
glossed
saincenel claidibh,
Ériu ii 3.12
. Also ca-, cu-. ?n
s.
in choro
,
Ériu
v 40.1
. a
p.
coireadha,
SG 28.12
. g
p.
chorae,
LU 7425
.
d
p.
ós choireadhaibh
,
O'R. Poems 185
. Cf.
ZCP xxix 378
.
Cauldron, pot
: c.¤
gl. hoc caldarium,
Ir. Gl. 724
.
imdell . . .
itir c.¤ ┐ dabaig,
O'Mulc. 740
.
c.¤ .i. cōi ūire .i. úr cach n-om,
Corm. Y 399
.
na seacht core,
Anecd. i 11.2
(
SCano 331
).
in c.¤ do bruith na n-om,
LL 38339
(
SG 371. 2
).
dabach ┐ c.¤
on flaith fri dénam fleidi,
O'D. 521
(
H 3.17, 423
).
core co
neim,
LU 7714
(
BDD 129
).
caire umai hi talla(i) torcc,
Críth G. 197
.
c.¤ cona inbiur(b),
174
.
bla c.¤ combruth,
Laws iii 266.3
. ní tuccad a chairi do thenid (of cauldron
of Da Derga),
LU 7771
(
BDD 133
).
fo drolmaig
is fo ch.¤
,
Ériu iv 98 § 26
.
escraib cornaib caírib dabchaib
deilg,
IT iii 30.9
(
BB 301b40
).
teni fo a choiriu,
Fing. R. 473
.
coiri cæcdhuirnn,
IT iii 187 § 8
.
caire, losat ┐ criathar,
Laws i 122.13
. in lind i c.¤ toll (prov.),
Ériu ix 45 § 3
.
díoth cruidh c.¤ Tomás `devourers of wealth are the cauldrons
of T.',
Magauran 3524
.
maith an chuire 's a chéad torc
(: duine),
DDána 42.42
.
With added description of size, value etc. (see Thurn.
ZCP xiv 358
; Hull
xviii 296 n.4
) (where name of an animal
follows it is uncertain whether this indicates value or size,
but cf.
Críth G. 197
cited above):
caire Iulaice lan do
lemnacht,
ZCP xiv 356.1
(
Laws ii 254.2
.i. is fiu lulgaid,
15
).
méit chori cholbthaige,
LU 6952
(
BDD 58
).
commeit chori
cholbthaigi,
3262
(
SCC 5
). ba mmóir choire ṅ-darta `kettle
of a heifer',
ZCP xviii 296.5
.
coire cert ocht fichet torc
(in house of Mac Ind Óc),
viii 108.16
. Of an ordeal: in caire
fira cauldron of testing,
Laws v 472.22 Comm.
fir fora nascar
fir caire `test of the caldron',
i 194.23
.
Cori Fir,
IT iii 188 § 11
.
naidm caire chombrothaigh,
Ériu xiii 34.15
.
cranncor sceo
caire cainndlige . . . an caire ada do reir coir, in c.¤ fira,
O'Curry
2587
(
Eg. 88, 49(50)d
). ? Cf.
gabhthar geall . . . / re cnáimh
c.¤
,
DDána 111.25
. Of collecting-pot of poets:
c.¤ acu .i.
coiri gacha clére díb. Coire Sainti a ainm,
RC xx 422.14
-
6
.
C.¤ ainsic see ainsic. c.¤ amaite, see ammait. c.¤ féile
cauldron
of plenty
: boí c.¤ fēile la Laigniu, Buchat a ainm (applied to
person),
Fing. R. 472
=
brughaidh . . . do choimhéadadh
c.¤ féile ar theinidh,
Keat. ii 4683
. in caire flatha `regal
cauldron',
MR 50.9
. Of mythical Cauldron of Plenty:
coiri
an Dagdai,
RC xii 58.1
.
Whirlpool
: cuire cróderg cubrach (of bloody river),
Fianaig. 90.20
. rosbaidh coiri serb na sín (of Coire Breccáin),
Ériu x 80 § 43
.
imchore nandrúagh,
IT iii 46 § 73
. caire
cuairt-bill `whirl-pool',
Laws v 298.17 Comm.
In n. loc.
C.¤ mBreccáin,
Dinds. 145
.
C.¤ Brecāin,
Corm. Y 323
.
Murchad M. / . . . / ērge C.¤ / Breccāin `who rises like B.'s . . .
whirlpool',
Misc. Hib. 46.5
(
BB 289b49
). Cf.
Reeves Ad.
29 n.
Coire mBrecain,
Dinds. 145
(
RC xvi 157
).
Fig.
gainitir tri coiri i cach duiniu .i. Coire Goriath ┐ Coire Érmai ┐ Coire Sois 'three cauldrons are generated in every person, i.e. the Cauldron of Goiriath and the Cauldron of Érmae and the Cauldron of Knowledge',
Ériu xxxii 64 § 4
.
trí coiri bíte in cach dúini: coire érma, coire goriath, coire áiged,
Triads 127
.