n
ā, f. stack of corn; rick
: frith ina cruaich (cruaith,
v.l.) isin gurt hé (of wheat),
IT iii 196.z
. bec leis dúnn ri cond
crúaiche `when the corn-rick is roofed',
Metr. Dinds. iv 160.215
.
med do cruaiche,
Laws i 134.13 Comm.
dīre do daise .i. it
cruaich arba,
170.27 Comm.
mo cheas beach mo chruach
mo chrann (of Christ),
Dán Dé xxiv 18
. luath a cruach ó
Chailligh Dé `quickly sinks her cornstack',
Aithd. D. 1.9
.
cruach na cliabh arbha,
AFM iii 288.7
. Also
heap, conical
pile
: crícha cech cóicid fo chrúaich marked by a stone rick,
Metr. Dinds. i 14.23
. cruacha dhóibh ga ndoinndeargadh
(piles of corpses),
Aithd. D. 20.27
. biáidh an foghmhar na
chruaich = a heap,
Isaiah xvii 11
. sreath cláraigh . . . / . . .
mun gcruaich `round its top' (of castle),
DDána 119.7
.
Transfd.
c.¤ sgeimhle ó chrúas do chaingne,
IGT Decl. ex.
1373
.
Mountain, hill
: lucht na cruaiche críne (of the
Túatha D.D.),
ZCP xiii 361 § b
. imasoich crúas ciuil croich
(a
s.),
RC v 202.3
`vigour of music surrounds the hill (?)',
Ériu xvii 90 § 8
. lengait eóin ciúin crúaich `gentle birds
leap upon the hill',
Four Songs 20 § 2
.
cruach
, cnoc,
carn,
Eg. Gl. 161
.
In nn. loc.
ar mullach Cruaiche Mhártain,
CF Eg. 66
.
Especially of Croaghpatrick:
argain na Cruaiche,
RC xvii
413.24
(Tig.).
dia mbai Pátric . . . / for Crúaich,
Metr. Dinds.
iii 378.6
. Cf.
attágar techt hi cruaich cruind, / druing cen
crabad,
Trip.² 1315
.
an chruach ┐ an críoch i dtarla,
PBocht
10.28
. See
Hog. Onom.
In plant-name:
cruach Patraic gl. plantago,
ACL i
330 § 1
.
sugh teinegail . . . cruaiche Padruig,
Rosa Angl.
102.17
.
110.3
.
Compd.
crúach-bás (cruaidbas, v.l.) `
heaped slaughter
',
Metr. Dinds. iii
242.14
.
crúachbhás .i. deargbhas,
O'Cl.
(? cf. 3 crúach
).