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v ā, Usually with ē-fut. in Mid.Ir. ( noscairiub, Ml. 43a23 , see GOI § 651 ). A t-pret. occurs in: ro scart , TBC-LL¹948 , 1382 (see under (g) infra). In Ó Bruad. also with stem scéar-: rear scéar, Ó Bruad. ii 32.4 . roscéaraidh (: fhoscéalaibh), 140.10 . re ar scéaradh, 198.23 . IGT Verbs § 28 . Vn. scarad, scarthain.

I Trans.

(a) separates, parts : bendacht for ríg na nhuile | ron scar, a c[h]naim senbuide (to a tooth), Trip.² 1625 . scérthar a leccni, benfader a fhiacla as a chind, PH 1118 (will be destroyed? Cf. (g) infra).

(b) most commonly in phr. s.¤ x fri y separates, severs x from y: noeb is núibhuaga . . . | scérdair frisin slóg i mmaig | bertair isin morchathraig, SR 443 = scerthair, MacCarthy 40.14 . ni sinn rotscar frit sluagu, SR 1735 . scéraidh soin rígh re ríghain, IGT Verbs ex. 292 . Of the separation of body and soul: anim Patraicc fria chorp | is iar sáethaib roscarad, Hy. ii 63 . bātar tra demain ┐ aingil ic imchosnum 'mon anum ō do scarsat frisin corp hé, ACL iii 226.9 .

(c) in same construction deprives of, cuts off from, relieves of: níb scara fri bar pecthu `(your faith) . . . doth not sever you from your sins', Wb. 13b19 . fear ris ro scara a cond ┐ fer ro scara frisin domun, Laws v 234.22 . ro scar fria náire is fria nert | dag-mnái Dáire deprived of her modesty, Metr. Dinds. iii 134.11 . cia rét . . . non-scérad fri grád Crist? in ron-scérai tréblait?PH 5873 . ba lor leis do biudh inní no scaradh fri accurus as much as would keep him from hunger, CCath. 1183 . conid hí ind fingal sain ro scar rīgi nÉirenn fri claind Echach D., ZCPviii 317.14 . Dia sgéarus inn ris gach n-olc, Dán Dé xxvii 27 . go sgarfadh an Fhiann leis a cheann would have cut off his head, Oss. iv 82.4 . do scar in cloidemh na deich ndeslámha fiched riu cut off, Comp. CC 113.29 . s.¤ láma fri: atiur-sa brethir . . . na scér-sa lama riu ca slaide ┐ ic a n-essargain I will be unremitting in my attacks on them, TBC-LL¹ 4450 . cona ro scar lāmha fris go ro eidirdelaigh a cenn rea chúilmēidhe, ZCP xiv 232.12 .

(d) with other prepp.: cip e . . . ingaibes na huli ulcu-sa . . . scerthar . . . o phéin na híttad, PH 5624 . scarthais Día dá cech dis daibh | forba (sic leg.) saethair na sen-náeimh withheld from each pair of them, BNnÉ 97.1 . marbhaid an t-anam do bhríogh go sgarthar leó ó Dhia é because it is taken from them by God, TSh. 1486 .

(e) with cognate accus.: nib [ṡ]ursan sccaradh sccarmait, BNnÉ 313 § 5 .

(f) spreads out, unfolds : scarais iarum a forbrat | i taig, glossed .i. scailis `spread', Hy. v 34 . a Brigit scar ós mo chind | do bratt find dom anacul, LL 308a48 (SG 389.16 ). scar dam . . . forgemen mo charpait fóm, TBC-LL¹ 3285 . scarais .i. sgaoilis no sreathnaighis, O'Cl. iss ed ro-da-scara in scél 'this is the story that demonstrates it' Ériu xx 196 § 19 .

(g) in sense of do-scara destroys, knocks down :? scarais a hech cenn abréit (`severed'), Hy. v 55 (see note). sruth aile .i. donither isin sruth .i. scara[s] sruth destroys, Laws v 270.25 Comm. (cf. trascrus, ib. ). scarais coica rígmac im thalmain díb foe, TBC-LL¹ 920 (trasgrais, v.l.). co ro scart maccu na curad . . . ar dorus a llis, 948 . Cf. mac bec . . . bar ro scart na curaid, 1382 (.i. ro trascair, St.).

II Intrans.

(a) separates, parts : in tan scermait when we shall part, Trip.² 811 . co ro scarsatar fo osadh, AU i 508.x . scarait . . . oc Beluch da Liac, LU 2936 . scérdait far n-óendili i fat, TBC-LL¹ 2796 . o chonrāngatar . . . | nī scērat is nī scarfat, RCxxxvii 348 § 73 . o scerait, ┐ o na biat imale (landlord and tenant), Laws iii 144.8 Comm . ro badh ferr linn na sccarmais, BNnÉ 313 § 5 .

(b) departs, vanishes, is dissipated : atbathsat slúaig síde Truim | ro scarsatar a morgluind no longer do they perform great deeds, LU 3569 (SCC 29 ). ar na scarait (sic leg.) trí haige bruithi and that it be never without three boiled joints, Laws i 48.2 Comm . an lá sgéaras Dia fa dhiomdhaidh when God departs (`when God . . . separates us'), Dán Dé xii 7 . an uair ghébhas [bás] do chomarba . . . ní scéra cen anmchairdes fair he will not depart (this life), BNnÉ 14.8 . Note also: ni scel do scar gan dogra was disseminated, Irish Texts ii 58 § 13 .

Of contracts, agreements, lapses : ō ro scarsatar ar cuir 'since our agreements have lapsed', SR (Adam and Eve) 72.1725 .

(c) In phr.: s.¤ x fri y x separates, parts from y: na scarad frisin fer, Wb. 10a3 . roscarsam frib, 24d26 . ba méite limm ni scartha friumm, 29d8 . arna rascra a menme contra (= fri) deum, Thes. ii 253.7 (Stowe M.). ro scarus-[s]a rut is rot' chlaind, SR 2031 . nomad loighi na con in gach cuilen dia cuilena, no in cait, co ro scarsat riu, ┐ o scerait, is smacht unnta, Laws iii 378.26 Comm . sochaide scaras fria choemu, TBC-LL¹ 195 . ni scér-sa frib-si, 1140 . scerdait a óicc fria tairsech, Three Hom. 110.20 . sgéarad . . . rem chloinn, DDána 57.23 . bidh anos sccérfus do spiorat red chorp, BNnÉ 56 § 61 . ag Cairbre L. trá scaraid Oirghialla . . . ré clannaibh Néill branch off from (in genealogy), Keat. ii 5546 .

(d) in same construction relinquishes, gives up, is without, desists from: in tan noscairiub frisna huili deithidnea, **Ml.**43a23 . in corp marbde frissa roscar-som, Wb. 3a14 . noscarinn friu gl. detrimenta, 24a4 . marudscarsid fri tola, 27a30 . ro-scarsat friae (fidem), 28a20 . roscarsat fri hiriss, 29b22 . in tain scaras fria thola, Thes. ii 247.7 (Cambr.). 18 . ro scar fri féle, SR 3216 . indid F. . . . | roscar fri míadh Cluana móir?, AU i 442.19 . scérait fri airfitiud in domain seo, LU 2402 . in tan no scairiub frim chrí when I die, ZCP vii 308.26 . dia ro scardais fria cloissin if they ceased to hear it, Ériu ii 128 § 96 . ní scarat mná re baoís, iii 148 § 3 . Dún Tulcha . . . | ní scéra re deg-seanchaid will never be without a good storyteller, iv 150.z . nir scara (ní scere, v.l.) fri hordan n-old mayst thou never lose, IT iii 16 § 41 = Bruchst. i § 16 . do sgar sé re meanmain móir | . . . | do bhí go dearóil dá deoin, Dán Dé ii 14 . roscair si friom oirchisecht (: ro-chair) she has ceased to pity me, BS 54.12 .

Note also: doscar saerbrigh re cach clainn strength has departed from every tribe, MacCarthy 426 § 6 . go scar lán rem lámhuibh-si `until fulness leaves my hands' (i.e. till my hands are empty), Ériu ix 165.z . nocha sgéra brígh an bennaicht | re síl Énna, IGT Decl. ex. 847 .

(e) with ó: ro scaradar fir Érenn ó Themraigh ┐ ó chéili, Comp. CC 114.19 .

(f) with OCUS: da scaraind gan troit is tú if you and I should part without conflict, TBC-LL¹ 3679 . gar sgar mé is mhac M., Aithd. D. 10.36 . ní sgéar ┐ Muire mhór, Dán Dé xxvii 34 . do Chinél A. . . . | dobhér uaim uille airmhe, | sgeurad sa[n] dream . . . | is bérad leam Laoghaire (a poet recounting a genealogy), Irish Texts iv 51 § 18 . cionnus scerfaimne ┐ iadsomh fri a roile, Leb. Gab.(i) 198.15 . Note also: o'n lá thuit C. . . . | níor sgarais ó shoin acht ar ár dtí thou hast never ceased to pursue us, Oss. vi 12.23 .

Part. brat scartha, Laws iv 184.12 . a anom ┐ a chorp . . . sgartha ré 'roile, Desid. 6241 . air na mbeith sgartha o bheatha Dé, Donlevy xxiv 28 .