n
n
sea, wave
. Orig. disyll., see
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 311
. The
ns. is found only in glossaries, and many exx. given here
could belong to 1 trethan, q.v.:
trīath muir .i. trethan a
réim ... tīr-ūath a taithmech,
Corm. Y 1202
.
`t.¤' tond co
n-ilur ndath,
Metr. Gl. 9 § 2
. triath .i. tonn, O'Cl.
tar tuind
trethan (: lethan),
Fél. June 3
(
O'Dav. 1576
). domruacht
tond fri trethan tracht against the shore of the sea (?),
LU
3014
.
tar cach trethain (: lethain),
2965
.
can tic tuili
trethan ?,
SR 7901
.
iasc bis hi trethain,
8196
.
ailli ... a
noebtrethna,
494
. aichre ri tráchta trethna `furious are
the seas against the shore,'
Metr. Dinds. iii 104.8
. dechmad
trethan `tithes of sea,'
BColm. 52.26
.
Compds.
¤glan
bright-waved:
anair dar muir tríath-glan
tend,
Metr. Dinds. ii 30.51
. ?
téitgel triathglan dō ba hēcen
biathad Echach,
Arch. Hib. ii 70 § 5
.
¤mag
sea-plain:
línsat triáthmag a teite `they filled the sea-plain with their
gathering,'
Metr. Dinds. iii 256.9
.
¤trethnach sea-tempest: follnathar tríathtrethnaig 'he who rules the sea-tempest'
Sages, Saints and Storytellers 26 § 16
. See also under 1 trethan.