barr

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[96], head 97 13; i mb. croinn 67 21; i mb. tuinne 63 16 n; ’n-a bh. diomdha dhúinn 66 19; b. bróin 45 3; do bh. ar 67 6; gort fa bh. 62 5; tír as duthain b. 73 19; b. daonnachta 63 7, 65 30; lord, chief, queen, 5 8, 25 7, 75 6, 97 13; b. cró 20 17, 29; -fhéaghain 4 9 n; -gheal 60 38; -ghlan 85 11; -thuitim 4 9 n; -úr-thais 41 21.

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.

an addition ; superiority. tiocfa b. tarbha 7 umhlachta dhuitsi as sin, ' por mas humildad y provecho vuestro,' 7022.  7 a bhfuil do bhárr innill uirthe, though she is so well dressed, 471. b. do chur ar do chédolc, to crown your first sin by committing another, 4003. tré mbeirid ar mbarr, ' por la qual sean mayores y superiores a nosotros,’ 2055 ; so also le mbeirid barr oram, 2047. ní bhiadh b. againn ar na beathadhachaibh allta, we should be no better than the wild beasts, 1550. Hence barroigheacht, excess, surplus, 4808, -10, 6534.

Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Author: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.

[N. 96] top, peak; b. dtesda 1272; in phrase (beiridh) b. (ó) excels 119, 2962; cú bairr latter, outstanding hero 1878; In meaning crop 1641.

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

summit, top, supremacy ; a crop. barr do dhuas, the excellence of your gifts, 41; barr cnó, a crop of nuts, 161 ; tacha barr ar brughaidh, scarcity of crops with the farmer, 3723. Synonymous with geall: A mbarr …  tarla ag Róis ó raonsgolaibh, Róis was given the palm by the wandering poetic schools, 221; c.f. dáil duas ’sa barr nach bearair, distribution of presents that is not excelled, 431. As a prepositional phrase ar barr seems = tar barr, on account of: a fhearg ar barr mbóroimhe, his anger on account of having to give tribute (?), 3696

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

excess, an addition, superfluity, 927, 3901, 4255; fearas b., id., 5159, 5700, 5701.

Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAithridhe. Author: Aodh Mac Aingil. Editor: Cainneach Ó Maonaigh O.F.M.

(96), a mb. anyone superior to them 4308; do-bhéara b. do thou shalt give the prize to 4329; b. t'onóra thy highest honour (bestowed on me) 2152; -ghlan supremely bright 3247; -shlat top-rail 1051; -leathaidh 98 n.

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

m., top, tip of finger, 6169; of tongue, 6253; barr buabhaill, ‘bugle horn,’ 8731; addition, 6572; b. broide, additional imprisonment, 4526; cf. 853; an oiread do bh., ‘so much extra,’ 4415;--in phr., do bharr ar, ‘over and above,’ 3266, 3853, 6040, 7334; dol tar b. a gheallta, of going even beyond what he had promised, of pledging and losing everything he had, 3672, 5431

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