urrainn

I.

urradh, urrainn

authority, guarantee, author, Irish urra(dh), surety, author, defendant, urrain, stay, prop, Middle Irish errudus, responsibility; from ràth, ràthan, surety. Urradha were a chief's "gentlemen" paying rent or servic (Sil.Gad.).

II.

power, is urrainn, can; Irish urra, power, urrain, stay. See urradh.