mianach
Definitions (by source)
- [55], nature 18 29; m. (substance) nimhe 50 28.
- min- 79 4; móir- 79 4.
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. 55] metal 1857.
Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.
ore, a vein of ore, a mine. Metaphorically 'family', 'ancestry', etc.: Niall Naoighiallach...d'aoinmhianach is Crú Craoidhe, 914; coill mhianagh gloin, 956 (The metaphor here is not easily understood; possibly the text of the stanza is unsound; note variations from MS. readings); caor óir is uaisle mianach, 1036; tinne óir...do mhianach Chonuill Gulban, 1098.
Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.