n
io, m. O.Ir. orcae; the form oirc also occurs.
A pet dog, a lap-dog
:
horcae milchu,
Thes. ii 48.31
(
Philarg.
121
, gl. Hylax,
Eclog. viii 107
) =
horce,
p. 363
.
orci,
LU
2967
. oirc .i. cú beag no measchú, O'Cl.
trí airfite dála .i.
druth, fuirsire, oirce,
Triads 241.
oirce no cait (among the
`esrechta maccru'),
Laws i 138.33
.
orcca,
iv 326.13
(pets of
the wife of an `aire túise').
Mugh-eme ainm in c[h]etna oirce
ceta-rabae ind-Heri,
Corm. Y 883
(
p. 75.8
; = in cetna orce
LB,
Corm. p. 29
= in cetna oirc, Bodl.). ba banc[h]ú tra in
t-orci, ib. (
p. 76.20
). cloicend ind orci, ib. (
p. 77.6
) =
in
oircne,
Corm. p. 30.
dael . . . méitigther oirce,
Fél. p. 42 z
(
Jan. 15
) =
orcni,
Fél. xxxiv
.
Con-ogam . . . oirci ar aicme
ailme,
Auraic. 5748
(a species of Ogham).
See oircne.