n
i, n. and m., later also f. O.Ir. forms: n
s.
muir
,
Thes. ii
47.31
(
Philarg. 83
). (with art.) a ṁmuir mbrígach,
Fél. Ep. 30.
in
muir
,
SR 287
,
3989
. a
s. (with art.) issa mmuir
,
Thes. i
493.27
,
29
(
Tur. 131
). g
s. in moro
,
Ml. 81a4
, cf.
96c1
. mora,
Sg. 94a3
.
Thes. ii 290.5
(
Sg. 112
).
AU 769.
in mara
,
Gild.
Lor. 5.
rith mara
,
SR 266.
dochom maro
,
LU 5382
(
TBC²
906
). fri more foimrim,
IT ii1 182.2
(
YBL 116b47
). a
p. forsna
muire
,
Ml. 126a4
. tarsna mure
,
122a3
. In Mid.Ir. n
p. mara
(mora) is found. In later Mid.Ir.
muir
becomes fem. (already
in
LB 125b15
; cf. also
SR 287
: in muirlinn aili is i in
muir
, but
possibly the gender of the pron. is that of muirlinn); in
Mod.Ir. generally fem. (Keat.; but g
s. an mhara
,
TSh. 103
,
10260
). moir
muir
(m., g
s. mara),
IGT Dec. § 41
; (f., g
s. muire,
mara)
§ 42
. In late lit. n
-forms occur in oblique cases of pl.:
g
p. na marann
,
RC xxiv 371.28
(n
p. mara, ib.),
378.10
(Rennes
Tenga Bithnua). d
p. marannaibh,
ZCP vi 59.17
. Cf. torann-
fadach na muirinn ┐ na n-uiscedha `
seas
',
RC xxviii 312 § 8
(but see muirenn).
The sea
in wide sense, both of sea as opposed to land and
of particular tracts of ocean with special designations, occas.
of inland seas; freq. used without art., esp. after prep. Gl.
mare,
Ml. 62c2
,
Gild. Lor. 5
,
Ir. Gl. 860
; aequor,
Philarg. 83
(
Thes. ii 47
,
362
).
muir
i.e. a nomine mare (mara MS.),
Corm.
Y 913.
nem uasaind ┐ talam ísaind ┐ m.¤ immaind immá
cuard,
TBC 4752.
Dia . . . is e doroine nem ┐ talam ┐ m.¤
,
PH
989.
for m.¤ ┐ fairrge,
2080
. turcgeba in m.¤ mormoṅgach,
SR
8105.
m.¤ mílach,
Fél. June 21
. in set dogabur itir nai tonna
┐ tir . . . in set dogabur arin m.¤ mor the high sea,
Laws v
326.5
. i n-inis mara,
IT i 75.4
. longa in mara,
PH 7024.
do
treabaidh ais na muire `the back of the seas' (? sea),
Leb.
Gab. i 36.11
. tonn fuar na muire mairbhe,
Aisl. Tund. 104.8
.
metither ra Fomóir na ra fer mara,
TBC 3805
(the last four
words are a gloss; merman? pirate?). i llán mara in the full
tide,
AU 769.
in lān mara,
Fl. Earls 20.17
.
Cog. 190.20
. muc
mara a porpoise
(see muc). do m.¤
by (on) land: do m.¤ is do
t[h]ír,
BColm. 102.10
.
CCath. 2675.
ac indrudh Muman do
m.¤ ┐ do thir,
RC xviii 49.24
(Tig.). pl. in distrib. sense:
mara
móra co n-ainbthinib,
FA 30
= marai LB. ru reset inna
muire ┐ inna locha,
AU 821.
fo lochaib ┐ lindaib ┐ muirib,
Laws i 72.8
. tre ilmuire,
Aen. 331.
Of particular seas: tri m.¤ robur the Red Sea
,
Ml. 82c8
, cf.
96c1
. See robur. Also called m.¤ ruad,
PH 2823
(see ruad).
muir Caisp the Caspian Sea
,
Leb. Gab. i 16.19
. m.¤ n-Ichtt,
IT
i 39.18
(= mare Vectis, the English Channel
). dar m.¤ Torrian
the Tyrrhene (Mediterranean) Sea
,
PH 570.
i n-innsib Mara
Torrian,
Hy. ii 11.
otha m.¤ Terren aniar conice m.¤ mairb
from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea,
LB 125b14
.
muir
marb,
159a19
. isna crichaib borethaib i leith re muir tēcht
the frozen (hyperborean) Sea,
BB 492a13
(= tēchtmuir,
Alex.
437
);
487b9
. in Mhuir Técht the Dead Sea
,
Maund. 92.
risin
m.¤ tentide bo deis
the fiery (torrid) sea
(southern boundary
of inhabited earth),
BB 487b12
. for imlib mara Tibir the sea
of Tiberias,
LB 118b51
. i mm.¤ Thibriatis,
PH 6716.
an m.¤
Ponteca (= mare Ponticum),
Auraic. 3343.
Transf. and fig.: m.¤ tened,
FA 25.
is m.¤ dar crichu a sea
overflowing boundaries (of an invincible enemy),
TBC 5395.
is m.¤ dar múru,
5277
= is tond romara,
TBC² 3214.
bud m.¤
conbaidfea duib-si in buden sain a sea that will drown (you),
5578
. ? iarna sáethur gair-som | it é cen aes muir-som (mair-
sium, mairson v.l.),
Fél. Prol. 60
= it é muir-som cen aes they
are a sea without age (cf. ler slúagdae,
March 21
), Thurneysen.
m.¤ téachta déar d'fhuil,
Ir. Monthly 1929, 596.32
. an mhuir-
se na mailíse,
TSh. 2068.
Compds. Before a non-palatal consonant in the second
component
muir- becomes mur- in Mid.Ir. and many stable
compds. are treated separately under mur-.
A. With subst.:
¤ág(a)e m.
sea-beach, coast (? sea-dyke)? d
s.
din muirágu
,
Thes. i 498.25
(
Ardm. 188b1
), gl. de assole vel de
Asson (
Acts xxvii. 13
). A compd. of áge `pillar, prop'?
¤bolc
(bolg) m. `a sea bag', inlet of the sea
(see
ZCP xi 192
,
xii 305
).
As n.l.: in Muirbulc mar,
Thes. i 280.42
(d
s.). a mMurbulg,
ZCP viii 218.5
. Dal Riati in Muirbuilgg,
AU 730
(g
s.). ac
carraig Murbuilg,
CRR 9.
¤bran m. a cormorant: gl. merges
(= mergus),
Sg. 55b9
.
¤breth f. a sea-judgement; (in pl.), mari-
time law
. pl.
muirbretha
,
Laws i 182.1
. diles i muirbrethaib,
iii 422.1
. i murbrethaib,
H. 3.17 c. 656
(
O'Don. 925
). isna
Muirbrethaib (name of a legal tract?),
Corm. Y 539.
¤cengal
m. `
sea-bond
'; transf. of a chieftain a sea-compeller, sea-ruler?
Muirceangal ua Domain Nuaill (.i. Maghnus o Domhnaill),
ZCP v 486 § 10
(B. na f.).
¤coblach m. a sea-fleet; a naval
expedition
. muirchoblach,
LU 9801
(
RC vi 165.22
). tánic
Nemed . . . a murchoblach cetheora barca .xxx.,
LU 1277
(
Im.
Brain ii 288
). i mbraine muircoblaig,
O'Mulc. 292.
i mur-
choblaigib
in fleets
,
Trip. 206.1
. fo clú . . . an murchoblaigh
sin Golaim sea expedition,
Leb. Gab. i 232.8
. murchoblach la
Colman . . . hi Soil ┐ i nIle,
FM i 204.7
.
¤choirthe
castaway, shipwrecked person: for murchorthai
ZCP xiii 21.36
. eiric tar cend murcuirthi cin apu do righ
Laws v 182.9
. o murchuirthe codnach … o murchuirthe leithcuinn ┐ lethceille
Bretha 20 § 12.3
.
¤comrac m. a sea-fight:
tíagait do muirchomruc forsind [ḟ]airrce,
BDD 45.
mur-
comrac forsin fairrgi etir Gallu ┐ Niall,
RC xvii 361.15
(Tig.),
cf.
FM ii 804.5
.
¤fecht a naval expedition or hosting: muirḟecht
secht fichet long di muinntir righ Gall,
AU 848
=
muir-
fheacht,
FM i 476.19
. See muiriucht.
¤fiach m. a sea-raven:
i ndeilb muirfeich mair,
Im. Brain ii 291
(Laud) = i ndeilb
segi mori .i. murrech,
LU 1323.
segha .i. muiriach (nó muir-
rech) mor,
Im. Brain ii 291 n. 3
.
¤gabál f.
sea-faring (? coast-
ing): gach port i tigeadh Ith i nErinn iar murghabhail na ntír
i raibhe,
BB 38b3
.
¤gabul m. an inlet of the sea. n
p.
muir-
gobuil,
Ml. 45d12
. Of a river: scailed murgabla srotha Ligir
`letting out an inlet of the river Loire',
RC xv 434
(
Dinds. 43
) =
scaíled in murgabuil múaid | cos'tathig Ligir londglúair,
Met.
Dinds. iii 194.9
. iar tuaslucud in murgabail i Torinis glain i
tírib Fraṅc,
LL 159b30
.
¤gae a sea-spear, harpoon: murgha,
Lism. L. 1640.
¤galar m.
sea-sickness: eabur re ndol ar fairrge
. . . ┐ ni dén murgalar olc dhó, R.I.A. 23 K 42, 325.2
.
¤geilt m.
`
a sea-lunatic'; a sea-fugitive or wanderer, term applied to the
mermaid Lí Ban
. Muirgeilt .i. geilt in mara,
LU 3130.
murgeilt,
3043
. murgelt,
3022
(
SG 235.28
).
in hoc anno capta est in
Muirgelt for Tracht Ollarba . . . .i. Airiu ingen Eachach maic
Muiredha,
RC xvii 147.4
(Tig.) = in muirgheilt,
AU 571
= an
muirgelt .i. Liban,
FM i 200.10
.
¤geintlecht f.
sea-sorcery, sea-
magic: muirgheintleacht,
Keat. Poems 695.
¤iasc m.
sea-
fish: tóla muiréisc maigrig,
Met. Dinds. iii 426.9
.
¤inis f. a
sea-island
,
Laws iv 6.10
.
¤lán f.
full tide: antí riasa ttraighedh
an mhuirlán,
ZCP x 4.8
.
¤linn f.
sea-pool
, poetic term for sea.
ri dorigni muirlinn māir | os an ḟirmimint imṡlain, | in muirlinn
aili is i in muir
,
SR 285
-
7
(see
Gen. i 7
). do mhuirlinn mara,
Leb.
Gab. i 128.4
. ag muirlinn mhóir Chinn Mhaghair,
Duan. Finn i
32.18
. Muirtheimhne ón muirlinn,
Keat. ii 1225
(poem).
¤loch
a lagoon, salt-marsh: isin muirloch, gl. in salsuginem,
Thes. i 6.8
(Southamp. Psalter). os murloch,
Acall. 5924 n
.
¤luachair f.
sea reeds, sedge: firluachair ┐ murl.,
Laws i 172.16 Comm.
¤mag n. a sea-plain, salt marsh (?): im rasas do murmaige `for
the crop (? cropping) of thy sea-march',
Laws i 166.27
.
¤mesóc
f.: ro gabsad muirmesoga mora do lar `great sea-acorns',
RC
xxvi 160 § 48.
¤míl m. a sea animal, fish: g
s. eithre muirmhil
,
Lism. L. 2223.
lomnan magair is muirmhil,
Ir. Texts ii 19 § 23.
plag arna muirmilaib,
BB 388b36
. As collective: amhlaid bit
an muirmil hisin,
Leb. Gab. i 204.20
(of mermaids).
¤ṡeilche sea-turtle (?); sea-snail (?)
Peritia xi 162
:
muir druídechta ro baí fair co muirselche ann co n-aicniud súigthech leis
Comp. CC 36 § 34 (Toch. Em.)
= Met. Dinds. iv 294
.
¤técht:
da ttí don leth thuaidhe, doghébha [m]uirtheucht cona ton-
naibh `
rough sea
',
ITS v 118.26
. muirtheucht,
120.9
.
muir-
teachd `
unnavigable seas
',
O'R.
Seems intended for:
muir
técht a congealed (i.e. frozen) sea (for m.¤ Técht as n. l. see
muir
). Cf.
muir théacht `a viscid sea
',
ITS xxiv 20.27
; air muir
dtéachtuidh,
126.3
.
¤torad m.
sea-produce: mess ┐ claiss ┐
muirthorud,
LU 10116
= murtorad
ZCP iii 229 § 1.
a mes
┐ a murthorad . . . inna hindsi,
Ériu iv 128 § 8.
ag buain na
femnuige ┐ in murthoraid olchena,
Corm. Y 1059 (p. 92.19)
.
do tochaitheamh . . . mesa ┐ murtoraidh Erenn,
Leb. Gab. i
26.16
. murthoradh .i. toradh mara,
O'Cl.
¤trácht m.
sea-
strand: murthracht,
ZCP x 343.17
. dar muncind in múr-
tráchta,
Aisl. MC 37.3
.
¤tráig f.
strand, beach: in murtraig,
Lism. L. 1946.
Occas. also in adjs. formed from nouns: eass
. . . maigrech murbiastach `
sea-monsterful
',
MR 104.13
. anfadh
mara murbradanaigh,
IT iii 71.6
= mulbratanaigh
ib. 3
; `',
Bruchst. i § 34
.
B.
Muir
enters into composition of proper names:
¤bran
`
sea-raven
',
ZCP viii 328.20
.
¤chú `
sea-dog
'; name of bio-
grapher of St. Patrick,
RC xxvi 366.
Muirchiu (sic),
AU 827.
g
s.
Murcon
,
AU 735.
¤mid: g
s.
Muirmhedho
,
AU 797.
With adj.: Muirchertach,
AU 527
,
926
(Muircertach).
¤gel
(npr. f.?): Muirgel Manann,
IT iii 34 § 9.
co Muirgil, ib. Cf.
also Murchad (m.¤
+cath).