n
o, m.,
medān (: gerān),
Anecd. i 57 § 57.
meodhan,
LL
395a37
,
48
(late form). d
s.
meodun,
Laws i 80.24 Comm.
meadhón meadhán
meidheón,
IGT Dec. § 35.16
.
(a)
middle, centre (of space or time): dub a íchtur, derg a m.¤
┐ a uachtor (of flame),
FA 21.
for medon maige,
Hy. v 11.
ó m.¤ co himbel,
Fél. Ep. 343.
i mm.¤ na cathrach,
FB 88.
inna medón in their midst,
Ml. 105d8
.
a meadhon an chomhchruinnighthe,
Proverbs v 14.
hi medhón a aoisi in the flower of
his age,
AFM vi 2176.
(cryptic)
mvincedan .i. medhón,
Goid. 75 § 24 (Dúil Laithne)
,
ZCP xlix-l 612
.
As adv.,absol. or with prep.: anechtur ┐ medon
within
,
IT
i 311 x
.
is medhon aratairberat ina cethra-so,
Anecd. v 24.18
.
ar m.¤
(gl. per medium),
Sg. 164a2
.
isin cathair ar medhón,
CCath. 55.
TBC-LL¹ 1766.
nos-credet ho chride ar m.¤ ┐ nos-faismet o belaib sechtair,
PH 6796.
do maccaib deorad
[echt]ar tir ┐ . . . dó maccaib aurrad ar m.¤
(i.e. indigenous,
local),
TBC-LL¹ 20.
ceart . . . righ Caisil ó thuathaibh ar meadhon
(i.e. internal dues),
Leb. Cert. 42.1
, cf.
60.13
. rann ó bon . . . ┐ rann
ó inn ┐ rand ar m.¤
(legal methods of dividing property),
Ériu
i 214.15
.
cró ar m.¤
,
215.4
. hi mmedón, gl. intus,
Sg. 158b5
. is
i mm.¤ dogníther . . . ni fo deud (= intrinsecus fit),
157b1
.
ni
dianechtair acht isint saltair i mmedon,
Hib. Min. 5.150
.
dóel i medon eturru midway between them,
ZCP viii 314.31
.
g
s. as attrib.: mēr medōin
middle finger,
Irish Texts ii 29 § 33.
mí meadhoin an fómair . . . mí meadhoin an geimrid (i.e.
October and January),
O'Gr. Cat. 319.32
,
33
. triath . . . an
treana meadhóin (i.e. of the `Trian Medónach'),
Keat. Poems
728.
Often strengthened by prefix cert-, fír-, etc.:
im certmedon
da sliasat,
CCath. 5210.
hi firmedón na cuardae the very
centre,
BDD 72.
tendmedón traiged the instep
,
TBC-LL¹ 184.
m.¤ aidche
midnight
, often as adv.:
tráth bá medon aidche,
FB 84.
eirgit asa suan medon aidche,
Ériu ii 130 § 103.
m.¤
aídche dorigned talam,
KMMisc. 154.101
. One of the canonical hours
,
ib. 146 § 6
. m.¤ laí
midday:
i mm.¤ lá tánic C.,
TBC-LL¹
6066.
go midi medoin laí,
3774
.
i mmedon lathi,
Hy. ii 46.
o trath eirgi co medan lai,
Cog. 76.8
. no treigtis a ddurtaig
medón láoi
at noon
,
Mon. Tall. § 12.
Sext (canonical hour):
celeberthair medon lai,
Ériu i 44.24
.
iii 116.11
.
KMMisc.
144 § 2.
By extension, the midday meal:
dorad cuiredh doip
chom a medhoin laói,
Fl. Earls 42.16
;
28.21
;
78.21
. The
south (= Lat. meridies):
a haghaidh ar in medon lai,
ITS
xix 12.1
.
(b) the middle part of the body; the abdomen: don medon (gl.
ventrem),
Gild. Lor. 207.
teidm . . . do galur medóin,
SR 4158.
fri moethichtur a medoin,
TBC-LL¹ 2566.
ita mo chorp 'na
c[h]amra . . . da fēgainn me as mo medon,
ACL iii 239 § 34.
betit cind ┐ chosa . . . ┐ medoin iarná tescad,
TTr.² 761.
The
waist:
remithir m.¤ fir cach ball díb,
BDD 128.
slabrada imma
m.¤
,
FA 25.
ro bui cris . . . cengailti ina medhon,
ZCP vi 285.35
.
Cf.
a chaoil, a leasrach, [a] mheadhuin,
Eg. Gl. 147.
The
womb:
táinig 'n-a dhuine . . . i meadhón Maria,
A. Ó Dálaigh
xlviii 27.
dob fiú lé . . . aenmac Dé techt ad methon,
Études Celt. i 83.10
.
i meadhón a mhathar,
PBocht 32 § 4.
Compds. With subst. in sense
middle, mid-:
¤class: as a
medonclais middle trench,
Laws iii 202.17
.
¤cluiche, in
phrase: fer medónchluichi `a man in the midst of the game',
a person involved (in an offence, etc.), an accessary to the deed(?),
distinguished from fer láime `perpetrator' and sellach `onlooker':
is amuil fer laime tigerna in con dorigne in fogail ┐ is
amuil fer medoncluichi tigerna in con nā derna,
Laws iii
194.26
.
cumal co leith do dire . . . for fer laime . . . a trian-side
for lucht medoncluithi ┐ aen-trian for seallchaib,
Eg. 88, fo. 28
(
O'Curry 2371
).
¤gait, in phrase: fer medōngaite `middle-theft
man' (one who gives away stolen property unwittingly, etc.),
Laws iii 302.19
,
v 218.16 Comm.
¤lá
noon: i mmidi medon-lae at the height of noon,
CCath. 848
, cf.
TBC-LL¹ 3774
above
¤mér
middle finger:
co remet medoinmeoir [medonm. v.l.],
CCath. 5308.
¤sídaigthid
mediator, reconciler:
medhonsídhaighthi[d] muinntire nimhe ┐ talman,
BNnÉ 23 § 1.
medonsithaighid,
Fen. 2.9
.
¤tairismid
standing in the
middle
(formed to transl. mediastinus),
Sg. 37b13
.
¤testimin
`
middle period
' (appar. a techn. term used by O.Ir. scribes):
is m.¤-t. á fil etarru,
Wb. 27d19
: `what is between them (i.e. these
verses) is the middle of a period'
Thes.
; cf.
Sg. 50b19
,
Ml. 14b3
,
c7
,
22d20
,
55d10
,
77b7
.
With adj. (rare): i mmís Martai medónréid smooth (calm)
in the middle (?),
Ériu iv 102.15
.