| 单词 | red branch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRed Branch Red Branch n. (in Irish mythology) either of two of the royal halls of Conchobar, king of Ulster; frequently with reference to an order of warriors or knights (sometimes in full as Knights of the Red Branch). [After the name of the royal hall of Ulster in Irish mythology, Early Irish Cráeb Rúad, lit. ‘red branch’ (Irish Craobh Rua; earlier as compound Early Irish Cráebrúad, adjective, lit. ‘red-branched’) < cráeb branch, bough, tree (of unknown origin) + rúad brownish-red, e.g. the colour of red hair and of dried blood, also (in poetry) strong, mighty (see main etymology).] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > titles applied to royalty > for royal house of Ulster Red Branch1717 1717 H. MacCurtin Brief Disc. Vindic. Antiq. Ireland i. 82 These Champions were commonly call'd Curuidhe na Craoibhe ruadh, i. e. the Champions of the Red-Branch; and were counted the most powerful and most valiant in the western World in their Time. 1772 S. O'Halloran Introd. Study Hist. Ireland i. v. 40 Long before the birth of Christ we find an hereditary order of chivalry in Ulster, called..the Knights of the Red Branch. 1892 W. B. Yeats Countess Kathleen iv. 73 Tales Of Finian labours and the Red-Branch Kings. 1963 B. Kiely Journey to Seven Streams 233 All I ever heard about the dogs in these mountains is that their family tree is as old as the Red Branch Knights. 2007 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 19 July 8 Conchubar..sat on the throne of Ulster while the warriors of the Red Branch strode the land. < as lemmas |
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