n (variant form of 4 rúam, but see
Sprache xl 208
) a plant producing red colouring
matter
:
rúan lus dobeir cucht fair . . . co mbi derg de,
Cóir Anm.
134
.
Corm. Y 1094
(ruain = ruam, LB): in both exx. given
as explanation of ruanaid. ruain `a kind of plant that gives a
reddish tinge', O'R. ? Compd : Ri ro rann ruandath os leirg
. . . i ndib rannaib derbdai déc
ruddy colour
(?),
SR 205
; the
second line seems to refer to the zodiacal signs. Cf. 1 rúanaid.