bun

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[72], um bhonaibh beann 36 26, DiD 100 12; b. (mainstay) foghla 16 40; b. (substance) dar mbriathraibh 75 19; i mb., beneath 98 13; i mb., caring for, in charge of 67 16, 68 11, 88 28; -gheal 80 7; fíor- 16 40.

Aithdioghluim Dána: A Miscellany of Irish Bardic Poetry, Historical and Religious, including the Historical Poems of the Duanaire in the Yellow Book of Lecan. Vol II, Translations, Notes, Vocabulary. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

[N. 72] bottom, origin; cú bona original, former hero 1861.

Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.

bottom, foundation. Bun an tslóigh, the strength of the host, 685.  i mbun, in charge of, 3754

Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.

(72), a mheabhair gá mbí a b. 3357; of hair -cham 4038; of trees, &c. barr fiodhbhaidhe go fíorbhun 4064; d'fhíorbhun agam as steady back, support, to me 2218.

The Book of O'Hara: Leabhar Í Eadhra. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

m., stock, bottom, foundation; fá bhun an chroinn, ‘at the foot of the tree,’ 2478; marthain i mbun a chomhaill, ‘to abide by (the fulfilment of) it,’ 2225; gan anmhain ’na bun, ‘not to abide by it,’ 9131; ar bun, ‘established,’ 10571

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.