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ei BEI bes BES
port tliera. ' Honos alit Aries'". H. 2.16.
Paper fragment bound up with the vellum.
One. of tlie antiquaries here mentioned by
O'Rody, was doubtless the celebrated Duald
Mac Firbis.
beA|\iK\ •DeA]>5, a celebrated gap in the mountain
0Í Sliabh Caoin, lying on the borders of
the counties of Limerick and Cork. The
road i'rom Kilmallock to Cork passes through
this gap, which is situated one mile to the
south of the parish church of Kilflin. TJiis
gap is well known to Irish Historians as the
place where Mahon, the brother of Brian
Boru, was murdered by his Eugenian rivals,
in the year 976. This gap lies between the
hills of Kilcruaig and Eed Chair, the former
on its east, and the latter on its west side.
beAi\nAC, toothless. C'Oonor. ad. ann. 1233.
béA]mÁn eile, the name of a parish in the
barony of Ikerrin, county of Tipperary, taking
its name from the conspicuous gap now called
the Devil's Bit. " 1\o gAbj'AC vi.]\ I'jiucAip
riA bóini niimAJ nibjiej aja^' iiii-óe i]'en rriAJ
teuA in mucce-0c\ ic Laica^i celt, oa|\ bjio]--
tiACAili) bbATiniA A cl,é ]\A beÁ]\nA iiieA]\A in-
gini c]ie5A ]\yY a ]\Áce)\ beAjmAn Gle in-oni
A n-'oe]' f]\^ -ptiAb Gblinntu ingini juAipe;
OAp pnt) y\nit pif a n-ApAp AbAnt) Iuia cacbAC
imniACAi]\e iii0]i tiA múniÁti. Glendal.
foL 105.
beApc, a bundle which may be carried on the
back. H. 5. 15. O'D. 1695.
beACAtiinAf, becAinnup, bicAtnnu]-, food, provisions,
living, support, sustenance. See bec-
ounce each way bears over the other, i. e. exceed
each other. Baivl. 487. O'D. 2087.
beicAp, impersonal from bi-óini ; " cen beicAp
ACA puiguijA^o". H. 3. 18, p. 402.
beicic, becAe, they shall or will be ; see oiot-
^A-ó. H. 3. 17, O'D. 548.
bebAib (Ó), from the lips, by word of mouth;
" ApcA in neich ]\ipi cAbuip nee cpebui|ie
copA cóip Ó bebuib", to fasten that for which
security has been given from the hps [by
word of mouth]. Éatcl., 487, O'D. 2125.
belAib, A|\, in opposition or preference to.
Egert. 18. C. 2167. Four Masters, 1583.
Also, before or opjyosite. Ex.: " 1lo liAt)nAicci
CO n-onóip AgAp 50 nAipmi^om ipin
'OoiiibiAg nió)i m AiTOtiiAcliA Ap béÍAib nA
hAlcópA". Four iMaslers, 1010. " Ardmachffiin
majori ecclesiaa?iíásummumaltare,
cum magno honore et solemnitate sepultus
est". Triad, p. 298. " goncAp nech tiiA
riunncip Ap a bélAib". " Let one of his
people be wounded before his face. H. 3. 18,
p. 358.
beÍAc, compitum. Z. i. 22.
benuAn, buTOAU, a calf H. 2. 15. O'D. 1205.
benn-oAn, benuAjAn .1. IA05 bo, vitulus vacca.
C. 2755.
beo-CAiniieAll,, a burning candle; a living witness.
Egert. 88. C. 2573.
beo'OACA. Tllip beotiACA, a month when a tree
is growing. H. 2. 12, p. 21, col. b.
beo-^oil, live cattle.
mApb 01b.
E. 3. 5. O'D. 1457. See
beoib, flesh, fat. See AiipobpACC. CA]\pAic A
AiiinA]-.
beoiL (Inishowen, Donegal).
bee, small. See beAj; bee oéncAi-ó, a small beo-piAji, service due to the chief during his
worker. H. 2. 15, p. 55 b.
life-time. H. 2. 15, p. 16. col. a. See wAipb
beib, for nieib, wear, consume " ; AmAib 'oo beib piAp.
AbecA", " as he spends his life". Egert. 88, p. beo-pcApA"ó, separation while both are living.
2568.
H. 3. 17. O'D. 572.
beiljib, pi. Dat. of beAb&c, " oo jaaIa óo ^op beo-clup, Hve cattle. O'D. 2193. See cbuf.
beA^Aij 00 beibjilb An cijie A]iAibb oo ceic- beouigcep, it is revived, renewed. O'D. 2219.
y\w Hi tléilb". Four blasters, 1601. " "Oob C. 429.
CjllAp UA OOlppib OOJAbÁbA AJAp CpAp nA bepA .1. bpecemnAij-p. Egert. 88. C. 2406.
beiljib beAivnbjupce oo ponA'ó lAp An o)\- Hip bepA jAn pip. O'D. 2211. TTIa-o bepA,
OAnAp". Four Masters, 1602.
conbejiA 1 cóip. O'D. 2213. bepApuisell
béitn .1. olige-ó cinne, law decision. H. 4. 23, pern pceo pile'o. O'D. 2214.
C. 2113, C. 2763. "beim cAi]\be nA ca]v bépcnA, bepjnA .1. olije-o. H. 3. 17, col. 247
HACAp. C. 879.
peace, law, order. "OAjbepgnA, civilization.
bei)\ Ap, be off, escape by ffight (Kilk.).
H. 3. 17. O'D. 553: "Ouuie pip ApAibi bépcuA
beipini, I get, obtain, bear away, acquire. Lat.
/era. "a in bpeic -o-pip c]\AnTO ópin AniAC.
tlAp COnUApCA AgAp UUCU pAlbl UAp Aiobpi-
11-ÓA. Rami. 50lj, fol. 55 a. a. See bÓApcnA
Rawl. fol. 32, ba. H. 2. 15, p. 12, col. a; to and neiiiibépcnA. bépcnA .1. bA pepA 5nAe
bear; " bei]uup éi)\ic a ciniiit)". H. 3. 17, C.
21H. " umg) beijiip cac 5|iat) dia pAibe", an
no AibnTo 5ACA cuAice. H. 2. 15, p. 16 a.
II. 2. 15, p. 61 a. E. 3. 5, p. 31, 0. 1. Ho