n
o.m. (*
de-fo-rath,
Wortk. 175
). Also deoraid i, m.,
later also deora t, m. g
s.
deóraid,
LU 5137
(TBC).
deoradha,
Laws i 70.21
. n
s.
deóra (: teóra),
IGT Decl. ex. 792
. See
§§ 11
,
21
.
outsider, outcast; person whose protection and rights have been restricted/forfeited. opp. to aurrae
ZCP xxxiii 87-92
,
GEIL 5
.
native freeman:
deorad advena,
Ir. Gl. 303
.
deoruidh .i.
daorrath,
O'D. 99
(
H 3.17 83
).
deoraidh .i. easurra,
O'Cl.
cid dogni deoraid do urrad what makes a stranger of (i.e.
deprives of citizen rights) a freeman?
Laws iii 380.25
.
urraid
essem ┐ deoraid a mac,
Ériu i 126.12
.
a n-ingnais a buil do
deoradaib acu `apart from what they have of immigrants',
MacNeill,
Pop. Groups § 155
(
PRIA xxix 106
) (
Lec. 460
). In
various legal phrases:
deoraid coid ┐ cercaille,
O'D. 968
(
H 3.17 679b
) =
O'Curry 2533
(
Eg. 88, 44 (45)b
).
deorada
urradais,
O'D. 966
(
H 3.17 679a
) =
deoraid urraid,
O'Curry
356
(
H 3.18 197a
).
deoraidh frecair,
Laws iii 380.z
of a man
for whom his `fine' have renounced responsibility, see
Ir. Recht 74
and s.v. frecor.
In general outlaw, exile, stranger, wanderer:
suidigestar
Adomnan deorad etarru A. set a stranger among them (as abbot),
Mon. Tall. 85 (162.13)
.
bamsa deorad dar crích n-Ulad fri
bliadain,
RC xiv 412.1
.
don deóra (: feóla) dagḟir to the noble
stranger,
Metr. Dinds. iii 162.12
.
do bhádhas im dheóraidh
(= hospes eram),
TSh. 7153
. Often with notion of indigence,
need, defencelessness implied (cf. meaning pilgrim below):
dín cech deoraid,
LL 182b2
.
post congmhala dámh ┐ deóradh
of the learned and the destitute,
AFM vi 1908.7
.
bud aurchur deoraid sin ┐ ní ba hicht urraid,
TBC-LL¹ 1288
.
lám deóraid,
LU 5137
(TBC); 'it will be the imposition of the status of deorad and not the protection (icht) of the status of aurrad on him'
ZCP xxxiii 91
. Esp. alien, foreign
mercenary: ?
in duine ro tairgestar na deorada leis . . . re
denam foghla,
O'D. 1621
(
H 5.15 15a
).
m'amais ┐ mo
deoraid,
MR 204.17
.
go dtiubhradh tuilleadh deoradh leis (of
the Anglo-Normans),
Keat. iii 5292
. Cf.
O'Cl.
: deoraidh .i.
trén no láidir
. Also:
ō deoraid .i. ōn gilla
servant
,
Fing. R. 871
.
A pilgrim
, esp. in phr.
d.¤ Dé,
Laws i 78.21
.
v 252.9
(
deoraid,
iv 228.6
.
deoru,
v 118.11
). He can act as a `naidm' where a
contract is sworn by saints or gospels
, see
Bürgschaft 59
.
ionadh deoradh do ghabhail a pilgrim's stead,
RC xxv 388.7
.
bendachtu for deoradu Imblechu,
MacCongl. 55.13
.
do deoradaib craibdechaib,
Reeves Ad. 367.1
. As n.pr. m.
Deoraith,
Mart. Don. Jan. 13
. g
s.
mac Deoruidh
,
Hy Fiach. 34.5
.
mac Deoraidh
,
BB 112a47
.
mac Deorad
,
195c32
.
o Deóraid,
Hib. Min. 70.7
. As name of St. Munn's Crozier
Celtic placenames of Scotl. 264-65
,
Peritia xv 374
. Also beyond legal process, privileged (= nemed)
EIF 172 n. 91
.
Compd.
¤breth:
ní foim diubairt d.,
Tec. Corm. 56.16
(quoted by
O'Mulc. 341
, where the word is imperfect but is
glossed .i. comtrom
). Cf. deorata.