tar cenn
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- dar cenn
Preposition
tar cenn (with genitive)
- on behalf of
- 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. 16d8
- Bíuu-sa oc irbáig dar far cenn-si fri Maccidóndu.
- I am boasting about you to the Macedonians.
- 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. 18a14
- As·ririu-sa mo chumang dar far cenn.
- I will expend my power on your pl behalf.
- 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. 72d11
- dum·em-se ⁊ deich tarm chenn
- protect me and avenge on my behalf
- 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. 16d8
- because of
- 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. 27c4
- Ɔna tíssed etir in dígal; níba samlid insin, acht du·fïastar tra cenn-som.
- So that the punishment should not come at all; that will not be so, but punishment will be inflicted because of them.
- c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 110c
- Ba bés leusom do·bertis dá boc leu dochum tempuil, ⁊ no·léicthe indala n‑ái fon díthrub co pecad in popuil, ⁊ do·bertis maldachta foir, ⁊ n⟨o⟩·oircthe didiu and ó popul tar cenn a pecthae ind aile.
- It was a custom with them that two he-goats were brought by them to the temple, and one of the two of them was let go to the wilderness with the sin of the people, and curses were put upon him, and thereupon the other was slain there by the people for their sins.
- 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. 27c4
Inflection
Inflection of tar cenn
| Person | Normal | Emphatic |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | tarm chenn | |
| 2d person sing. | ||
| 3d sing. masc./neut., dative | ||
| 3d sing. masc./neut., accusative | tara chenn, dara chenn | |
| 3d sing. fem., dative | ||
| 3d sing. fem., accusative | tara cenn, tra cenn | |
| 1st person pl. | ||
| 2d person pl. | dar far cenn | dar far cenn-si |
| 3d person pl., dative | ||
| 3d person pl., accusative | tara cenn, tra cenn | tara cenn-som, tra cenn-som |