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bairrin

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Searchable Lemmata: bairrin (Ir), barraín (Ir).
Alternate Forms: bairín.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) ; mitre; royal headdress. Mostly used to refer to the bishop's mitre; in some Middle Irish sources (principally adaptations of Classical literature) it is also used of the headgear worn by kings.(ante 1200 - circa 1450)
1. ro-gabastar a barrin aloind oengel ima chend cona chimsaib coema corcaglana fairused of Amphiaraus, priest and king [eDIL TTebe (1514) ante 1200]
2. barrin .i. mind cindused of Priam [eDIL Aen. (1587) ante 1400]
3. mo b[h]achall is mo bharrain / do charmais cusin seal-sa Poetic. [eDIL RC (xxxvii 352 § 6)]
4. .i. sis bis gob a bachlle, no cob a barrain Gloss. etymological gloss attempting to explain the word bishop (escop) as meaning 'under the point' (gob) of either a crozier or mitre. [eDIL Laws (v 22 n.2)]
5. haec mitra: bairín Gloss. [eDIL Ir. Gl. (28) circa 1450/1500]
c.f.: barr
Ir.
Sex: Male    Status: High    Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts: Head.

    Etymological Evidence:

Speculative, barr 'top, summit' + diminutive suffix
WF: Compound
Etym Cog:
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