n io, m. ringcne [on tṡleidh P.] (m., no pl.), IGT Dec. § 2.23 . A spear (poet.): rincne .i. ainm sleige, Corm. Y 1127 . do rindcne .i. do sleigh, Gaelic Finn Tradition 69 . rincni .i. sleagh, ar ar rincnib .i. ar ar sleaghaibh 'on our spears', O'Cl. arm rinngér mar an rinncni, IGT Dec. ex. 30 . do bacaighedh Mac Con . . . don rindcne .i. do sleigh Aililla, RC xvii 11.2 . do mharbh [Feircheas] Mac Con leis an nga dá ngairthí ringcne, Keat. ii 4459 . Cf. dicain [Ferchess] forsin slig, co n-erbart: rince marince [leg. rincne mo rincne?], Fianaig. 38.10 (of the death of Mac Con at the hands of Ferchess) = rincne quasi carincne, Corm. Y 1084 , where the incident is referred to with the fanciful explanation: ringcne quasi quinque. ? rincne remenn rucsatar, BB 380a50 .

n (B. na f.) a beard : ringcne do theidm gan altain (.i. fesóg do ghearra[dh]), ZCP v 488.1 . Prob. a fanciful adaptation of 1 rincne .

n m. a type of cat, a children's cat : rincne [rincni v.l.] .i. cat . . . rincne is eisside cat mac, O'Dav. 1365 .