u, m. Vn. of ad-cosnai. Also with initial f fascnam.
(a)
act of going towards, striving towards, seeking: inna.¤
gl.
affectum,
Ml. 48d21
. inna ascnamu gl. motús affectusque
mortalium,
53a7
. a.¤ no serc gl. emulatio est afectio,
56b28
.
huand a.¤
gl. (nocendi) affectione,
72b23
. oc asgnam gloriae,
Wb. 1c18
. huand a.¤ ṡóinmech gl. adsis pede . . . secundo,
Sg. 69b8
. serc fochraici ara n-a.¤
(sic leg., ed.) `desire of
rewards so as to win them',
Ériu vii 138.y
. a.¤ suälach,
Arch.
iii 311 § 2
. fascnam firinne na scripturi diada . . . fascnam
.i. innsaigi,
O'C. 627
(H 3.18, 303). a.¤ ind ecna ┐ na fellsamdachta
. . . do aisnés,
Alex. 806
. ? raitech ascnama methais,
Laws iv 28.6 Comm.
, cf.
v 248.24
. ? ar na mairnighar
ascnama a dibaid,
O'C. 2310
(
Eg. 88, 24 (25)a
). a.¤ sacarbuic
a reir anmcarud going to the sacrament,
O'D. 2189
(Nero A
vii, 132a), Of journeying to a place: oc a.¤ tíre tairṅgiri,
Wb. 11a19
. sét . . . / do a.¤ tíri Cannán,
SR 5038
. oc áscnám
Rómae,
Trip.² 805
. do a.¤ in tslébi,
LU 1746
. slige do a.¤
geilestair,
Laws iv 278.29 Comm.
doluid in fer sech Find
do a.¤ int sidha eli,
RC v 202 § 24
. a.¤ a n-orba ┐ a feraind
fadein,
TTr.² 9
. ticc . . . do fhascnam a crichi bunaid,
RC
xxiv 178.22
. ro ghabh ac sira.¤ na mara,
St. Ercuil 914
.
do chuiredar amach a curach . . . re fasgnam na fuar-gaithi
forgloine,
KMMisc. 315.1
. a.¤ .i. imthecht,
O'Dav. 85
. a.¤
nime,
Mon. Tall. 141.16
. Padraíg fria fascnam nime,
BB
38a1
. cia roibi in cū oca ascnom was making for him,
TBC²
519
. ba hudmall a rēm ┐ a ascnamh (a phantom),
RC xiii
222.2
.
(b) With prepp.: luid reime do ascnum co Temraig `fared
forward to',
RC xxiv 184.12
. adchīd bātt beg . . . ag ascnamh
chuca,
Fl. Earls 14.13
. ag dian-asgnamh do na dur-
shlogaibh . . . dochum D.,
MR 226.6
. oc ascnám do Damaisc,
LB 146a25
. in curach ac fascnam dia saighidh,
RC xxvi
160.z
. coteraig A. ┐ M. . . . do a.¤ hi crich Ciarraige,
IT
ii2 210.74
. ba hed a.¤ isin flaith / . . . / in rí beres breith for
cách / a ṡerc ┐ a omon,
IT iii 155 § 46
. ní ro léicc an omhan
dóibh sidhe ascnámh isin conair coitchinn,
FM vi 1900.7
.
asccnamh a n-agaidh a namhat,
2060.24
. intan robuí
C. . . . oc ascnom íar slige Chúaland,
BDD² 287
. in grian
. . . ic asgnamh re seol-uchtachaib . . . do chomsoillsiugadh
na cetharairdi,
MR 112.12
. a.¤ tar tuind,
ZCP vii 309.19
.
iar n-a.¤ sair tar caingel `going in past the altar-rail',
Ériu iii
100 § 25
. ag ascnámh triasan naomh-staigri,
Fl. Earls 206.9
.
(c) Technical name in prosody for a type of `dúnad' in
which part of the first word of a poem is repeated at its
end, e.g. Donchad, dond a a.¤
; see
Murphy Metrics 44-45
;
IT iii 29.19
,
30.1
,
121.1
;
Auraic. 2200
;
ZCP xxix 92
.
(d) Gramm. of the case governed by the prep.co: fer . . . co
fer a a.¤
,
Auraic. 1519
. ni bi int inotacht cin int asgnamh,
4916
.