n (ár + cú, cf. We. aergi. St. fr. Táin Gloss. suggests
two words, this and archú watchdog
but see EIF 115 n. 82
).
(a)
war-hound, slaughter-
hound
(some exx. could belong to (b) infra):
atá á.¤ (.i. cú
doratad dar muir .i. cuilen brotcon) lem-sa . . . tri slabrada
fair ┐ triar cacha slabraide. A hEspáin dosfucad,
LU 5001
=
archu,
TBC-I¹ 512
;
á.¤
,
TBC-LL¹ 1003
.
oslaicther dún dond archoin,
1007
.
is londbruth n-archon (árchon v.l.) cách tanic and,
5316
.
imar glimnaig n-árchon hi fotha,
LU 6463
(TBC).
cethrar farchon fogharg,
ZCP ii 144.31
.
amail arcono ut
canes rabidi
,
Aisl. Tond. vii 3
. archoin .i. coin dásachtacha,
O'Cl. Fig. of a warrior:
erig a árchu Emna,
TBC-LL¹ 3977
.
līnais Nia . . . slōgaib cach māirrīg ārchoin,
Ält. Ir. Dicht.
ii 18.y
.
cloicthech T. . . . do loscud lasin archoin cétna .i. la
Tigernán,
RC xviii 281.20
(Tig.).
(b)
watch-dog(?):
im archoin,
Laws i 126.9
.i. cu araig,
cu na tri ngnim .i. dingaib fer forrana, etc.,
144.12 Comm.
arcu anindli(?),
v 250.4
.i. in cu bis ar in arach na ro hindledh
re torba,
17 Comm.
oc marbadh in arcon anraith,
iii 466.27
Comm.
archu anrath duine dire ┐ duine marbadh othrus
lais acht beith a ngnimaibh techtaibh dingbail fir forrain,
O'Curry 2513
(
Eg. 88, 42(43)b
).
Meas Roida cétna tecoiscc árchona
.i. coin áraigh .i. coin na trí ngním . . . .i. lorgairecht ┐
gabaltaige ┐ dingbáil fir forana,
O'D. 985
(
H 3.17, 848
-
849
);
O'Curry 2514
(
Eg. 88, 42(43)b
). archu .i. cú bhios ceangailti,
O'Cl.
Cerberus archu iffirn,
BB 417b38
.
con-ogam .i. archu
ar aicmi bethi,
Auraic. 5741
.