Irish

Noun

corann f ‎(genitive singular coirne, nominative plural coirneacha)

1. tonsure
2. crown

Derived terms

• coirneach ‎(“tonsured, monk”)

Synonyms

• (crown): coróin

Noun

corann

1. Alternative genitive singular form of cora ‎(“weir”)

Mutation

References

• “corann (‘tonsure’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• "corann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin corona ‎(“crown”).

Noun

corann f

1. tonsure, crown of the head
   • 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. 11^c10

     cen chorin glosses uelato capite

2. crown
   • c. 875, 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. 24^a6

     innacorne glosses in modum coronæ

Inflection

Derived terms

• cairnech ‎(“tonsured, monk”)

Descendants

• Irish: corann ‎(“tonsure”), coróin ‎(“crown”)

Mutation

References

• “corann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.