tremibeir

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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Calque of Latin trānsferō via tre- (trans-) +‎ beirid (to bear, carry).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tʲrʲeṽʲiˈbʲerʲ]

Verb

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tremi·beir

  1. to transfer
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 8a5
      Crúx didu ainm do gním in chrochtho acht tremi·berar di suidiu ↄid ainm dun chrunn.
      Crux, then, [is] a name for the act of crucifixion, but it is transferred from that, so that it is a name for the tree.
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 2b17
      Cenelae ciuil in-so ⁊ trimi·rucad di suidiu co n-eperr libro psalmorum
      This [was] a kind of musical instrument, and from this it [i.e. Latin psalterium (lute)] has been transferred and is given as a name to the Book of Psalms.

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