n o, m. (n p. -cruin, Laws ii 354.6 Comm. a p. cronu, BDD² 1041 = cernu, LU 7424 ).

(a) crime, blame, fault : c.¤ .i. cronughadh, O'Cl. ni roleic omun in righ dhoibh c.¤ fair `prevented them reproaching him', Marco P. 17 . ni c.¤ la neach . . . da bhfaie a ben la fer n-aile, 106 . In phr. cen ch.¤ : tri Fothaid Elgga cen ch.¤ (: Garbchon), Corp. Gen. 264.5 . flaith Ch. . . . cen gait, cen ch.¤, cen galar, Airne F. 339 . gen gait, gen c.¤ neich, 368 . fēga lat cen ch.¤ (: col) `honestly', KMMisc. 268 § 40 . lucht loṅg mac nElloith cen ch.¤ , LL 366 . mo chnama gan ch.¤ `stainless', AU i 318.10 = crón , AFM i 434.6 .

(b) (hardly difft. wd.) property, possession; claim : ar ṡeisiodh seghad a sain-ch.¤ saoirdhilsi, Ériu xiii 32.4 . ro det a c.¤ iarsin do mend `he granted his possession . . . to Menn (?)', O'Dav. 1362 . c.¤ .i. sealbugud . . . sainc.¤ .i. selbugud neich coitcinn, 339 . ni fuataghar acht . . . co ruice lias bes nesam do fri c.¤ ┐ coimge, O'D. 649 ( H 3.17, 483 ). cen chaṅgin cruin, LL 17232 . crón .i. a chur a c.¤ no sainigenn i n-urlaim coitcind, O'D. 1631 (H 5.15, 16b). saine c.¤ sain seirce `peculiar possession of peculiar affection', Laws iii 50.27 .i. sainiugad cruid, 52.3 Comm. cetharda re mu téit in aidbriud .i. remud ┐ lamugad, c.¤ ┐ breth, O'D. 1630 (H 5.15, 16b). óenach . . . / . . . cen ch.¤, cen aidbriud, cen dáil `challenge of property', Metr. Dinds. iv 150.59 . c.¤ .i. coitchenn sainchron .i. nemhchoitchenn, O'Curry 1463 ( H 3.18, 650b ). Cf. cen sainc[h]ron, cen indíri, ACL iii 320 § 89 . c.¤ cuilid c.¤ adhuail (adbail, v.l.), Anecd. ii 59.4 . sé scribaill for nech do gní gú-agra nó gúc.¤ `fraudulent claim', O'Gr. Cat. 99.23 ( O'Curry 2103 ). ? tall 'na glé-medóin hi crunn (: sund) `in the midst of her portion', Metr. Dinds. iv 176.22 `for cron possession (?)', Gloss. ? C. . . . do dergiu co c.¤ ┐ co leir i.e. entirely, completely (?), AU i 440.w .

adj o, ā. Dissyll. in croan: loan, Lament 1 . Name of a colour, brown, reddish-brown, dark yellow, red (?), etc. In some contexts vaguely applied. In compds. appar. somet. confused with crúan (if not in fact same word). Note also ind énlathi chrúan `The Red Birds', RC xiii 448 § 35 . c.¤ .i. dearg, O'Cl. ( cruan .i. geal, H 3.18, 624c8 ). cath c.¤ `crimson battle', Metr. Dinds. iv 316.21 . SR 4767 . eich crona, BB 434b5 . M. mant capaill croin, IT iii 81 § 57 . in chú ch.¤ , SG 281.1 . macc rīg Clūana crōine crīne `dunkelgelben', Bruchst. 37 . for Carmill cron , SR 5225 . a llos chlaidib chróin, LL 2000 . dá caoilbhreis chróin chóirighthe (of an eye-brow), Hackett² 51.28 . cuirp chróna chrisleathana, PCT 337 . Of persons, and as pn sobriquet: riacruadgail nacórad c.¤ , SR 6911 . macc c.¤ Congail ` swarthy ', Arch. Hib. ii 60 § 28 . M. mac Díma Cróin, Hib. Min. 76 § 1 . Eochaid Crōn , Corp. Gen. 139.24 . ? c.¤ a gcumann `perverse', Ó Bruad. iii 202.17 . Of letter s in sow-ogam: cron(s), Auraic. 5669 .

As subst. ā, f. the abyss, the pit, hell (n s. possibly cróine in this sense): allt na cróine `the pitch-black abyss', Aithd. D. 49.37 . do-chuaidh ar gcreich na cróine (of Harrowing of Hell), DDána 10.30 . béal na cróine ar mo chind, IGT Decl. ex. 81 . eccla pīasta na crōine, ACL iii 216.12 . Note further: bainne na cróine `dun cow', Ó Bruad. ii 224.14 . mortalitas magna . . . .i. in chron chonaill .i. in buidhe chonaill, AU i 54.18 . See 1 buide and Ir. Hist. Stud. vi 173 .

As n. pr. Grác ┐ a ben .i. C.¤ , LL 36697 . coin Cróne, LL 36711 . la Cróin, 36713 . Maolc.¤ mac Muiredhaigh, AFM i 490.3 .

Compds. With nouns: ? úasa creit croncharpait, LU 8640 ( FB 47 ). gabur . . . cróndatha, 8626 (ibid.). cróinmhill bhoga gan bhlas (of food), Tribes of Irel. 64.11 . sionnaigh . . ┐ crónphuic `red bucks', O'Rah. 76.95 .

With adj.: brat gorm crónchorcra, LU 8637 ( FB 47 ). See ? 1 croän.