adjo, ā. (muirn).
(a) in follg. exx. represents variously senses a, c, or d of1 muirn;clamorous,tumultuous;spirited,mettlesome;animated,joyous. fer mor m.¤boisterous (?),Anecd. i 65.1 (of a smith). Cumscraid mormurnech `of the great hosts' (?),Ériu i 116 § 5. gairguba ┐ golgairi . . . int ṡloigh mormuirnig `tumultuous',Aen. 529. milid mera muirnecha merdana `cheerful',CCath. 5365. gasradh moirneach Mhoighe Rath `joyous warriors',Content. xxx 24. dirim mór múirneach meirléimneach,Todd Lect. iv 78.13 .adv. co muirneach mormenmnach `cheerfully and spiritedly',RC xxiii 400 § 5. Of things or places: ar Troe murnigh na maer,BB 52b21 . tarcasal mara muirnigh `boisterous',MR 288.5 . fosgadh a stuic mhúirnigh mhóir,Ériu i 100.3 . longes adbul-mor ba murnichi (murnigev.l.) nā gach longesmorenumerous,bettermanned (?),Cog. 48.1 . longphort leathanmhuirneach,ML 74.12 . an ciachbhrat . . . ciothmhuirneach `showery' (of the sky), 102.27 . Of actions, combats,etc., prob.spirited,ardent,impetuous: rugastar . . . sitheadh mear muirneach,ML 86.35 . ruathar ro-mhuirnioch rabharta, 114.3 . an comhrac as mó ┐ as muirnighe, 114.27 .
(b) in follg. late exx. seems to meandear,beloved: gadhar m.¤ `a pet dog',BCC 320.9 . a mheic mhuirnigh!,PBocht 92 § 13. senchaidh m.¤ is maccaem,AU ii 504.16 . maide muirneach mullaigh na míleadh (of a chief),Hackett xxxix 100. is nír muirneach leis gan cleith é | d'easccaine ara bhraithrehe (Colum C.) did not like him (Mo Chuda) to curse his brethren,BNnÉ 181.12 (the text seems corrupt, first line is hypermetric).Tender,affectionate: fa muirneach . . . oileamhain na hingine,ML 38.19 . do hoileadh an mac go múirneach léi,Eochairsg. 89.13 . an té dobheir a ṡearbhfóghantuigh suas go muirneach,Proverbs xxix 21.