n
ā, f. (W. rhin) n
s.
ind rún
,
Wb. 5c14
,
13d16
,
Ml. 2d2
.
rúun,
Wb. 1d8
,
26d24
. In Mid.Ir. oft. rúin. a
s.
rúin,
Wb.
15a34
,
27c22
,
20d18
,
Ml. 45a2
. d
s.
rúin,
Ml. 44b6
,
Tur. 103
,
SR 6547
. g
s.
rúnae,
Thes. i 496.1
(
Ardm. 170b2
).
runi,
LU
9336
. n
p.
rúna,
Wb. 12a10
.
IT i 123.18
.
rúine,
LU 1949
(
FA 2
).
PH 8421
. a
p.
rúna,
Wb. 8b10
.
27c21
. d
p.
rúnaib,
2b10
,
Ml. 66c6
,
SR 531
.
rúinib,
SR 9
,
2017
,
Hib. Min. 2.28
.
g
p.
rún,
Wb. 27c24
,
SR 325
.
rúun,
Wb. 12b23
,
d44
,
26c7
. In
Mid.Ir. also treated as o, m.: a
s.
im rún (: rūb) ríg,
SR (Greene) 3816
. g
s.
ruin,
Laws v 72.24
;
176.
13 Comm.
). rún m. (g
s. n
p. rúin, rúine, rúna),
IGT Dec. § 46
.
(a) something hidden or occult, a mystery
, usual sense in
Glosses and early relig. lit.: transl. mysterium,
Wb. 13d16
,
26d24
,
27c21
,
Ml. 2d2
,
Hib. Min. 2.28
.
ind rún ┐ ind etercert,
Ml. 2d2
.
ní tuccfither rún inna cruche,
Wb. 8a5
. foilsigud
rúun, gl. apocalypsin,
12d44
. arnaib rúnaib ┐ diamraib inna
deachtae, gl. pro arcanis,
Ml. 66c6
.
día ro faillsigtheá rúine
┐ derritiusa flatha nimi,
FA 2
(
LU 1949
) = rúni, LB.
ro
foillsigthea ruine nime do Eoin,
PH 8421
. a Rī rūine (of
Deity),
ZCP vii 309 w
.
in rí reil na run,
SR 325
.
ar coimdiu
gle co rúinib,
2017
, cf.
9
,
221
,
531
. Of profane mysteries: int
id cid immatá a rún?
wherein lies the mystery of the withe
?,
TBC-LL¹ 587
=
rūin,
TBC-I¹ 259
(rún, LU). rí na rún (of the
Dagda),
Ériu vii 227 z
(
LL 209a54
). ní fheduim rún na riaghail
ar mo ghalur
secret cure, spell
(?),
ZCP vi 26.9
.
bean sídhe ag
reic a rúine,
IGT Dec. ex. 1266
. rúne ro-mera `keen riddles',
Metr. Dinds. iii 20
.
In early relig. lit. oft.
mystic or hidden meaning
(as oppd.
to literal sense):
sollummun litre. sollummun rúnae,
Thes. i
496.1
, cf.
tria rúin na sollamun-sa,
PH 3519
. rúna do thabairt
á óen-sonaib, gl. interpretatio sermonum,
Wb. 12a10
, cf.
12b23
.
ind fiugor fuandrogab in fāith ┐ ind rún fuantaibret in suis-scélaichthi
the mystic sense in which the evangelists apply it
,
Ml. 45a3
. Crist ma[d] du rúin
according to the mystic sense
,
44b6
, cf.
Tur. 103
(
Thes. i 491.33
).
mad iar sians . . . (.i. iar
ruin),
PH 6804
. Cf.
6083
: santugud in molta doennai as rúin
asin clíí, do indithim in gníma dírig as rúin assin deis (i.e. the
left hand signifies desire for human praise, comment on verse
nesciat sinistra quid faciat dextera
).
(b) a secret
: bása chomrar cacha runi do andrib Ulad
the
repository of every secret
(?),
LU 9336
=
gacha ruine,
Anecd.
iii 53.23
. an duine chuimetus a run
who keeps a secret
,
Ériu v
128 § 31
. run do dhenam ara chomairled
to keep his counsel
secret
,
§ 29
.
gell damh . . . co ndingnair run ar gach ní indeósus me duit,
BCC 240.24
. rún do dhéunamh ar na pecadhaibh do chluin san bhfaoisidin (duty of a confessor),
Parrth. Anma 204.13
. dá ndeindís uile rún ar mhalairt creidhim
kept
their change of faith secret
,
Mac Aingil 545.14
. gur léig a rún
le Caoilte
revealed his secret to C.
,
Oss. vi 12.3
. nīt lia Lagin
rúni `not more numerous are Leinstermen than (their) secrets',
ZCP iii 7 § 23
. In adverbial phrases: la taidbsin fainni fo
rúin
secretly
(?),
SR 6547
.
sliocht sceo mo risi fa rūn (.i. innis
dó mo sgéla gan fis),
ZCP v 487 § 1
(B. na f.). coro indis[s]ium
di inní-sin i rrún
as a secret
,
LB 127b16
.
atrubairt fris ina
rūin,
RC xvii 283
. dia ngaet . . . tria rún
when he was slain by
stealth
,
Metr. Dinds. ii 38.2
. gach ní do nochtfadh seisean tré
rún dī
as a secret
,
Keat. ii 5277
. cen rúin
openly, undisguisedly
:
tarraid diliu Bith | ina ṡléib cen rúin,
LL 4b8
. gibé adearadh
nárbh fhíor dhúinn | mo ghlór re Torna gan rúin `that my
plain words to T. were untrue',
Content. xiv 11
. Hence prob.:
rún .i. cealg; tre rún .i. tre cheilg, O'Cl. (an inference). g
s. as
attrib.: amus ruin no raid no imacallma `a confidential servant',
Laws v 72.24 Comm.
comhrádh rúin
private conversation
,
Keat. ii 5298
.
(c)
secret thoughts or wishes, intention, purpose, design
:
general later Mid.Ir. meaning, often without particular
notion of secrecy: falmaigis Dagda a dún, | rapa rún can
tarba
a purpose without profit
,
Ériu vii 227 § 62
(
LL 209a49
).
? nidat maithe banrúna
women's plans (counsels
),
IT i 123.18
.
Dubhduin . . . rug run airgne ind aird-ruireach [sic leg.]
formed the design of destroying the high-king
,
MacCarthy 416
§ 3
(
BB 50a44
).
ro bai a run Oilella marbad Meic Con,
Anecd.
ii 78.2
. mani cindis [i] cend a cētcomlín do miledhuibh . . . co
rún a marbta uili
with intent to kill them all
,
CCath. 3117
.
ar
mbeith do rún aige bheith eolach 'sna hilbhéarlaibh,
Keat.
ii 47
.
nír bo rún iomgabhala, na menma teichme,
AFM vi
2162.2
.
as é mo rún . . . gan aonphecadh do dhénamh,
Mac Aingil 2 § 2
. ro ḟaisnés rún menman ┐ aicenta cech énduine
(of the spokesman for a number),
CCath. 624
.
ba hé rún
craidhe ┐ toil menman cech óen-duine,
659
. do rinneas do
rún cridhe | feidhm díbh `with sincerity of heart',
Content.
xxix 4
.
Dia féin . . . go mbé a réir im' rún,
Pilip Bocht 20 § 7
.
daoine eile, ag a raibhe an rún ceudna d'Éireannchaibh
who
had the same feelings towards the Irish
,
Keat. i 54.24
. rígradh
go rún gcertbhrethach `minded to judge justly',
O'Gr. Cat.
396.2
. a n-áines menma . . . a rún toirbirt `propensity to give
away',
472.27
.
rún na gcroidheadh,
1 Corinth. iv 5
(= τὰς
βουλάς).
(d) passing into sense of
full consciousness, knowledge
: cf.
run
.i. eolus, ut est cerd cen run,
O'Dav. 1351
, perh. an inference
from sense (b) or (c). ?
cach dīsli co rūn: cach rūn co tubad,
ACL iii 228.71
,
72
=
ZCP xvii 58
(`every forfeiture with knowledge;
every knowledge with proof
'). ass e as túr anóra ann |
rún an ansodha d'fhulang (i.e. experience of adversity is a
promise of good fortune),
Irish Texts ii p. 25 § 1
. as mairg don
té . . . ag a bfuil rún air féin iomad fiach do bheith ag Dia air
who is conscious that he owes God many debts
,
Mac Aingil 322.2
.
gan rún cléirigh
without a priest's ministrations
(on a death-bed),
Ó Bruad. iii 2
.
(e) in later poetry oft. a term of endearment,
darling, love
(for persons of either sex):
a rún dil!,
MS. Mat. 569.24
.
triath
Dúin Bhúinne, rún na ríoghradh,
Keat. Poems 727
.
dom'
shíor-rún réidh Raemonn,
Hackett xxxv 1
. uired grās re Gilla
Brighde | braithim mo rún da rosc glan
love, affection
(?),
Irish Texts ii p. 44 § 28
.
Compds. cach āen da rac[h]a ad' rūn-debaidh
who will dispute Thy designs
(?),
ACL iii 235 § 26
. dūthracht . . . gan
trīst im rúnghart ro-lond
generosity of impulse, disposition
(?),
ZCP x 340.10
. ba rún-mer im cach rogail `who was eager-willed for every exploit',
Metr. Dinds. iv 314.10
(
LL 162b47
).
le rúin-neimh
wicked intent
,
A. Ó Dálaigh liii 7
. See also
rúndiamair.