n
o, m., (cf. W. march `horse') a horse
(more poetic word
than ech).
m.¤ .i. each,
Corm. Y 851.
O'Mulc. 816.
O'Cl.
m.¤ .i.
ech no lāir,
O'Dav. 1217.
mairc cona cairpthib,
Fianaig. 6.7
, cf.
Cóir Anm. 220.
dá trichait marc (.i. ech),
LU 9951.
Mide magen
na m.¤
,
Metr. Dinds. ii 42
, cf.
MR 138.5
.
i modhaib m.¤ . . . .i.
o gnimrad a n-ech,
O'Dav. 303
, cf.
Laws iv 2.2
. raluidin[n]-se
de marcaib I used to ride on steeds,
Ériu i 72 § 3.
screpall for
gach cathraigh . . . ┐ marcc for an righ (an assessment),
BNnÉ
247 § 200.
A mare:
eich .i. firenna ┐ mairc .i. na lathracha,
H 3.18 p. 639b
(
O'Curry 1424
), cf.
eich mairc muca,
Laws i 268.20
.
Hence as ā, f. in B. na f.: menn mairce (.i. searrach eich) a colt
,
ZCP xii 360.22
.
gabsat dí marc hi n-athgabhail,
ZCP vii
305.14
(= dí mairc?).
Compds.
marc[c]ír (gl. strigilis) a horse-comb
,
Thes. ii 226.37
(
PCr. 30b
). marcbāgh a horse-race
,
Laws v 488.11 Comm.
¤ḟoich: marccoichi (leg. marc-ḟoichi) gl. crabrones, sc(r)abrones
'horse-flies'
Études Celt. xxii 210 § 3
,
213
.
¤muilenn .i. muilenn imsai [sic MS.] ech,
O'Mulc. 817
; 'horse-mill'
Studies on Early Ireland 18
. See
also marcṡluag.