n
ā, f. corrthar (corthar, v.l.) m.,
IGT Decl. § 11
.
corrthair f.,
§ 13
. d
s.
choirthir,
Ériu v 76.24
. n
p.
corthaire,
Keat. ii 1915
.
fringe, edging, border
(of garments): corrthair
.i. cuirther fri hēdach etc.,
Corm. Y 336
.
corrthar .i. ciumus,
O'Dav. 579
.
cen corthair (.i. fadlaing nó brot),
Bruss. 5100,
24
cited
Contribb. 494
.
aisti ab astilis o slisnip corthaire,
O'Mulc. 64
.
etir chorthair a léined ┐ a glún,
Triads
222
.
hi corthair brollaig inair O.,
Dinds. 32
.
for etaige ┐
corthara,
LL 2023
. ?
Fir Cúl co corrtharaibh,
ZCP xii
358.15
. ba hāilliu i cortharaib na rīg oldās ōr (Absolom's
hair. Leg. oldás ór i cortharaib etc.?),
xiii 177.4
. corrthoir
gan tablanna (of specious good looks),
vii 268 § 3
.
ic figi
chorrthairi,
LL 7733
(TBC).
ag cor chorthair iongnáith óir,
TD 11.16
.
re slis corrthair,
IGT Decl. ex. 375
.
Extended applications. With follg. sg. teined fringe of
fire, conflagration, blaze
:
fó cíaigh ┐ fó corthair thened,
TTr.² 156
.
i corthair tened,
LL 12830
(
RC xiv 418 § 34
).
tré choirthir smáil teineadh,
Ériu v 76.24
. Of light in
general: in ruithean greni orda ┐ in corthair rigda aireadga
(sic),
YBL 149b17
. Of territory: isin chorthair immechtraig na hEórpa border,
TTr.² 325
. a sáegol fo corthair
cain (a person),
LL 2402
. ? Of feathering of arrow: dá
craobhraidh [an] chorthair-se (Cupid's dart),
DDána 78.7
.
claideb corthaire, term in weaving, appar. rod used in
making fringes:
im cloidem corthaire,
Laws i 150.7
.i.
[cranda beca a cinn corthair] asa figther in corrthair,
152.18
Comm.
c.¤ corthaire do ḟindruine inna láim (in descr. of
prophetess),
TBC-I¹ 34
(`a shuttle', Faraday; see
ZCP lxi 49-55
). Cf. ina corrthair chlaidem `border',
MR 214.23
.
As comic n. pr. f.
Corthair ingen Druinighe,
Anecd. ii 56.4
.