n
f.
(a) the name of the spindle-tree (or ivy?):
oir .i.
feorus no edind,
Auraic. 1196
=
feoruss no edlend,
4301
;
cf.
5523
. oir `broom, furze, spindle-tree', Hog. Luibh.
Dinneen
.
(b) in the Ogham alphabet, the double vowel oi:
ór,
LL 38b37
.
óir (one of the `aicme na bfhoirfheadh'),
IGT Introd. § 4
,
12
.
caoladh ceirt .o. ag dul a n-óir (i.e. oi is the `slender' form of
o),
§ 14
. cas, clach, . . . clann . . . gach ainm dibh ag dul a
n-óir ar a thuillréim ┐ ar a thaíbhréim úathaidh (i.e. they
have oi in the dat. and gen. sing.),
IGT Dec. § 40.
(c) the long
vowel ō?
gne aili asberait araili ebad ┐ oir is ar fedaib [fod]a
itat,
Auraic. 1367.