n
o, m. (= O.Ir. ochtrach)
dung, ordure
: otrach, gl.
fimus,
Ir. Gl. 482.
ottrach .i. a tractu
,
Corm. Y 1033.
In
early lit. generally in coll. sense, often =
dunghill
:
for ind
otruch i ndorus ind rígthige,
FB 82.
im choin forambi ottrach
on which there is dung,
Laws i 126.8
(glossed
.i. cu sechtair
doiris,
144.7
).
cu otraigh,
ii 118.18
. gal chon for otrach (i.e.
noisy valour that will not stand the test),
Ériu v 238.110
, cf.
MR 124.3
.
foracaib si doside ┐ día thuaith a ngaisced for a
n-ottraigib,
LU 3117
=
SG 237.12
(a curse: `that never should
they triumph over any but ignoblest foes',
SG ii 268
; that their
valour should be on their dungheaps, i.e. that of dunghill curs?).
a lathrachaibh ┐ i n-otrachaib,
MR 276.4
. Of excrements:
do otraigib na n-ech ┐ na cámall,
PH 7276.
otrach na ndaine,
Maund. 78.
thug mé dhuit otrach bó ar son otraigh duine,
Ezekiel iv 15.
In wider sense
filth, refuse
:
gid buidi in t-ōr, is
otrach,
ACL iii 238 z
.
a lethar . . . errdub impu fri tige in
ottraig forru,
LB 155a26
. ic fochartad in ottraig ingerta
`tallowy offal',
MacCongl. 91.10
. ro miscnigh na maithi aimserda
marbhtis otraighi as if they were offscourings,
Lism. L. 4869.