n
o, m. édan, m.
IGT, Decl. § 17
.
Front, brow,
forehead: étan (gl. frons)
Sg. 113b7
. don etan (gl.
fronti)
Gild. Lor. 103
.
brōn .i. a fronte ar is for
ētan bīt[h] aithgne mbrōin nó fāilte,
O'Mulc. 167
.
topach[t] a ḟolt o chúl có étan de,
TBC-LL¹ 1891
.
romair in lon
láith assa étun,
LL 121b29
=
RC iii 181.35
.
atraracht an
lon láich asa éton,
TTr.² 1474
.
co n-ecmaing a hirlond
inn-éton in rechtaire combói triana chend siar,
Ériu iii
136.12
.
i n-étan ind rechtaire,
LU 53b29
.
is leis
doradadh cuing for muinélaibh damh ar tús, ar is fria
n-édnu na ndamh do bhíth a feidm gó sin,
Cóir Anm. 103
.
fri etnu dam,
LU 131b1
.
co ti allus bar n-etan,
MacCarthy
58 z
(cf.
SR 1452
).
i llaind a étain,
TBC-LL¹ 1266
.
hi
certmedón a édain,
PH 7271
.
a gclár a éudain,
Rev. xiv 9
.
tuicsin isin incind edain = intellectus in fronte
Ériu ix 63.3
.
Transf. and fig.:
a n-aigthe...fo thúaid ┐ gǽth garb ina
fír-etan,
FA 26
LU (= ina n-enech LB). i calne lúin éton
(: cétol) in front of the calends of June
Fél. June 1
.
i nOchtimbir étun (: cétul),
Oct. 1
. Of hills
, etc. :
tainic
reime i n-étnaib cnocc ┐ carracc,
Acall. 3438
.
cuirfid
Tuath D.D. ind-étnaib cnocc ┐ carracc,
7535
. co táet
fuil flann | fonn fo étnu across the face of the plains
ACL
iii 297.14
. In expressions denoting to face, front: is la
hUib C. cētaig | cruadc[h]ongbail a n-ētain friu `it behoves
...to confront them fiercely'
Ériu vi 121.19
.
Ētar étan
ri dílind,
Metr. Dinds. iii 104.1
;
110.13
.
do sheas mé a
n-adhuigh a éduin,
Galatians ii 11
. The end of a table,
room, etc., as opposed to the side: éadan an tighe ag na
hollamhnaibh ┐ an t-éadan oile ag lucht freastail `the upper
end...the other end' (oppd. to slios `the long side')
Keat. ii
3903
. soir ┐ siar do bhádar dá éadan an tighe `the ends of
the house looked east and west'
iii 568
. a gcert-édan in
buird `at the head of the table'
Fl. Earls 46.27
. Of the
bottom of a vessel:
ni frith dabhuch a raibe édon,
BCC
§ 158
=
ni frith domain isin dabaig .i. más,
Fél. 244.23
.
Front of a book
SGS iv 92
:
ar bhfaicsin bhar n-anma-so ina heudan,
Luc. Fid. 4
.