tarsno

Etymology
A derivative of (whence ), from. Originally probably a yo-stem, but the expected nominative/accusative is unattested, the dative  taking its place.

Noun

 * 1) crosspiece
 * 2) * c. 800, The Tract on the Mass in the, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 252–55, paragraph 18:
 * "sga"

- Suidigoth combuig Casc ⁊ Notlaic: parsa deac in eo na crosa, inna tarsno,  pars inna cuairt roth,  parsæ cache oxile, a  itir in cuaird ⁊  chorp na cros, .i. a  cacha rainne. A mbís ho ṡen suas dind eo do epscopbaib; a tarsno for laim cli do sacardaib; a ni for laim deis do huilib fogradaib; a ní ond tarsno sís do anchortib ⁊ aes na aithirge.