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
.