adj [io, iā] (crín)
old, aged; experienced, prudent, wise
:
crinda a nomine graeco a crimenono .i. iudice
,
Corm. Y 350
.
C. crinna
,
Gorm. March 9
.
nir crinna celcach,
LB 124a42
.
a chomhalta caemh c.¤
,
Acall. 1053
.
a n-edaighibh . . . crina,
Smaointe B. Chr. 706
.
an scoláire críonna,
Keat. iii 145
.
a
rabhadar do mhanchaibh críonna cian-aosta,
TSh. 5031
.
duine crīonda of age,
Parrth. Anma 2822
.
Compar.
comhairle as crīonna,
Desid. 1090
.
ní bhfuil
duine is discréidighe ┐ is críonna ná thú,
Gen. xli 39
. Adv.
go críonna = prudently,
RSClára 114a
.
As subst.
an leamh ┐ an críonna,
Keat. Poems 711
.
neimhchríonna dhíobh go ndearnadh were turned into fools
(the 30 wise philosophers),
DDána 75.33
. As n. pr. m.
Crinna Condla ┐ Art,
LL 16854
.