n
o, m. orc
arc,
IGT Dec. § 96.3
. arc a cró coimideach (: smacht),
IGT Decl. ex. 837.
(a) a young pig
(archaic and poetic):
cumlachtaid nomen do orc muice,
Corm. Y 306.
orc .i. muc,
O'Dav. 1308.
orc (.i. banb),
ACL iii 310 § 5
(B. na. f.).
torc .vii. mbliadna . . . o ro [bo] orc becc,
FB 9
(=
oro léorc,
LU 8119
). orcc cránai,
PH 7211.
ni horta laeg . . . ní horta uan nā orc,
LL 374c28
. ní harc a ccró chomhoidheach a pig in a neighbour's stye (= someth. in the wrong place),
IGT Dec. ex. 1752.
oircc peata .i. in peta ro bi ina urc,
Laws iv 108.18
.
an t-arc nár fhás,
Irish Texts i 27 § 19
.
taisec[h] na n-orc | nocharb e in t-arc,
Irish Texts i 27 § 20
.
i dteach moghaidh ... dár bhuidhean cat is arc is óinseach,
Ó Bruad. ii 224
.
i cru isil uirc,
O'Dav.
1368
. pl.
ní tíaghad oirc nā huain a comingaire,
Laws iv 100.6
.
nai n-oirc firenna,
Tromd. Guaire 622.
foxla [séig] orcu ┐cerca,
O'Dav. 1480.
meas dímhór . . . coro mheth orca na n-orc,
AFM ii 834 z
(expld. in note as `the last pigs farrowed').
eistrecht na n-arc,
Irish Texts i 28 § 29
. Fig. as names of vowels in a species of Ogham (muc-ogam): orc a cru finni (a), orc a cru lēithi (o), etc.,
Auraic. 5674.
(b) of the young of other animals: orc trēith .i. ainm do mac righ . . . Oenach n-uirc trēith .i. biadh ┐ edach loghmar, etc.,
Corm. Y 1018
(see 2 tríath). See 2 orc.
(c) Fig., of children
:
im chrú nochar fhuirigh aonarc 'no young one has stayed in my house',
Giolla Brighde 220 § 28
.
rob é a huan-orc Rí na ríogh her young lamb,
Dán Dé xxvi 8
(of the infant Christ).
As npr. m. or sobriquet:
Orc allaid O Rúadhachán,
ALC
i 40.4
.
E. do marbad don Urc .H. Ruadacan,
AU 1030.