. aine, Bcr. 31 c 4 (pron.). apm.oina, Ml.
70 a 4 (adj.); oína, ib. (pron.). Mid.Ir. oen, later aen; in compds.
often én- or (before palatal vowel in follg. syll.) éin-. Mod.
aon.
I As num.adj.one.
(a) absol.: oen .i. un ab eo quod est unus, Corm. Y 1001. a hoen, a dó, a trí, SR 741. a n-oén ar fichit it tri secht sónthe twenty-one , Ml. 2 d 2 (treated as neut.).
As pred. with cop.: is oín hua tinscanat, ni oín hi foircniter(i.e. they begin but do not end with the same letter), Sg.
162 b 1 . Generally in sense unique : Brigtae ba hóen a amra,
Hy. v 43 (`B's miracle was unique ', Thes.). int Imblech . . . is
oin ina erdarcusI. is unapproached in fame , Bruchst. i § 145 ( An. Inisfallen 742 ). a Flaith na naem, robo aen do chaemhthy loved one had no equal (?), Arch. iii 298 § 70.
(b) attrib., rarely follg. noun (this construction seems con-
fined chiefly to expressions of time): dia oin `ein einziger
Gott ', Ält. Ir. Dict. ii 10 § 5 (oen, aon MSS.). Moin oin `M. der
einzige ', ib. § 1 . as athair aen dan in coibche sin `it is to the
father alone this nuptial present is due ' (?), Laws iv 60.12 .
luid in gilla lathi óen andone day , LL 51 b 2 . laa n-oen and, IT
i 122.19 . PH 74. fec[h]t n-oen ann, IT i 136.17 .
(c) generally preceding noun, forming a compd. and re-
maining indeclinable, one, a single. Lenites follg. cons. and
often prefixes t- to s. (When the noun is folld. by prep. ar and
a multiple of 10, oen is freq. omitted: bó ar fhichit = oenbhó
ar fh.twenty-one cows .) cid oín dune (gl. nemo), Ml. 33 c 12 . ma
tecmadh secht tengt[h]a i cinn aenduine, ZCP viii 111.20 .
ildáni do óenfiur . . . óendán do sochuidi, Wb. 11 a 16 . triar,
óenfer (of the Trinity), Hy. v 18. in días do gabáil immón
n-óenfer, FB 15. comland oenfirsingle combat , Ériu i 114 § 1. eirge athlamh aeinfirrising quickly as one man , CCath. 4436 ,
cf. ZCP xiii 205.1 (where read: aoinfir). fer oínsétche du-nar-
ructhæ act oentuistiua man of one wife to whom only one child
has been born , Thes. ii 241.9 ( Ardm. 18 a 1 ). Echaid Oenáu(= one-eared ), Trip. 126.18 . Eochaidh aonshulaof the one eye ,
ML 86.23 . ro sníastar ar oenchois ┐ ar oenláim ┐ oensúil,
TBC 564. ba hoinlebor leo int saltairthey considered the
Psalter a single book , Hib. Min. 2.56 . Lugid Macnía (.i.
oenainm), ZCP viii 312.5 (i.e. Macnía is a single word, a name
not a patronymic). oen-chailech indises Matha . . . a dō
indises Lucas, PH 5219. ind aenailidh dún ar ttriur | is
aenbla lin dar ar cendwe three shall be in one grave with one
shroud about us , Anecd. ii 30 § 4. hi curach óenseichedof one
hide , Trip. 222.11 . oín fechtonce , Ml. 138 b 8 . oin[ḟ]echt, 34 a 9 .
du intiuch oín laia journey of one day , 140 a 1 . oigreadh
éntráithice of twenty-four hours , Ériu iv 218.16 . bás aonuaire`instant ', Keat. iii 2272. ata oenní ocund do denam `I have
one expedient ', PH 1192. cidh énní dhibha single item , Laws
ii 156.3 Comm.
Often used to strengthen cech (cach): ni choemsaitis . . .
cech oenfochraic dib d'aisnes, SR 520. cech laithi, cech
óenbliadain, 1458 . mórfessiur . . . oc cor cacha hóenslaite,
FB 2. gulban cach óen-eóin, Met. Dinds. iii 258.26 . tri mile
ceol . . . cacha henchlaisi, RC xxvi 146.7 .
Used to emphasize a follg. superlative: issí in dictatoirecht
éncéim ba huaisle buí occo, CCath. 95.
Such compds. are used in pl. without inflexion of oen:
óenlitrib, gl. singulis litteris, Sg. 28 a 12 . frisna hoen n-apstal
déceleven , PH 5123. tri cét fer for oencosaib ┐ for oenlamaib
┐ aensuilib `each using only one leg ', Dinds. 41 ( RC xv 431 w ).
dariachtadar óendóene d'Ultaib . . . d'fórithin Conculaind .i.
Senal U. ┐ dā mac Géggea few individuals , TBC 4205. rosiachtadar aendhaíne asin máidm sin, Alex. 291. ra étlaitis
. . . ar oenḟeraibone by one , LL 268 b 26 ( MU 44 ). go n-imthightís
na haonmhna Erindwomen used to traverse Ireland alone , FM
ii 1164.4 .
(d) used before noun in sense only: ni óentorbe doraricc dúnnot merely one profit , Wb. 19 b 23 . ba hed a n-oínbiad isin
díthrub (= de mannae cibo solitario), Ml. 97 d 8 . bá hóenglunn
dó sercc di mnai a bratharhis only crime , IT i 121.3 . Tomas
. . . is e oendiscipul nā boi imalle frisna hapstalu, PH 6728. énmac Dé, Ériu iv 114 § 17. Domnall . . . enrí Tefthasole
king , RC xviii 18.1 . enrige in domainsole (undivided) sove-
reignty , Alex. 114. se oenur 's a óenbenhis wife , SR 1888. Findabair d'óenmnaíF. as a wife , TBC 3031. mad ben tsaor
í, biadh 'na henmnáoi agam, ZCP i 125.1 . tene an aonbeime
[na n-oenbeim v.l. ] .i. Aodh (i.e. one who strikes but once?),
Anecd. ii 52.1 .
(f) often the same (= Lat. idem); in this sense declined in
Glosses. inna oena méite (gl. tantidem), Sg. 203 a 26 . inna oína
oina-sa (gl. hos eosdem), Ml. 70 a 4 . Cf. Wb. 5 d 1 . ni tre oínmetur
ro ceta [int ṡailm], Hib. Min. 6.182 . aensmacht ar cach
ceathrathe same `smacht'-fine , Laws iv 104.24 . bid grád
n-oenfir forrathey shall all have the same rank , Trip. 152.22 (= in pari habendos respectu, Colg.). ac oenmummib daronsat
ceirdgnimrada gailethe same instructresses , TBC 3006. fer
oentreue dōfellow-tribesman , PH 75. d'a fir aencluichi nō
aentigheas his playmate or housemate , CCath. 2432 , cf. 644 .
ni uīth cuit don m[n]ai . . . a n-oentig aithigh tighi, Cáin Ad.
§ 2 . t'fhear êanaoisethy coeval , Dán Dé xvii 3. in tan do
bamar-ne ag aenfoghlaim gaiscidhlearning . . . together , ZCP x
304.29 . clanna ar saor, meic ar moghadh | dheit . . . fá
énomhan `united in fear ', Studies 1921, 75.4 . ata sinne . . .
dh'aoinchreidimh ┐ dh'aontsacramuintibhone in faith and
sacraments , Luc. Fid. 378.7 .
Similarly in a number of stereotyped adverbial phrases:
i n-ait . . . oenbailiin one place, together; ó oenbél (-guth)with one voice, unanimously; for oenchoíon one path = to-
gether; d'oendán(lit. `of one profession') united, in concert:
co ndernsat caratrad do beth d'oeṅdhán i cend Aristobuil,
LB 140 a 15 = Todd Lect. vi 76 z (see Scot. Gaelic Studies
i 30 ); d'oenláimin co-operation, in concert, LB 140 a 16 (d'én-
laim); i n-oenḟechtsimultaneously; d'oentoíbtogether; i n-
oenuairsimultaneously, etc.
Folld. by FRI or OCUS(= as):oenfholaid . . . frissin athairof one substance with the Father , PH 177. do laechaib fa
óengním ┐ óengaiscid fris féinof the same prowess as himself ,
FDG 733. i n-énaimsir [f]rium-sain my time , CCath. 1704. marb a n-aonmhis . . . ocus Fiachrain the same month as F. ,
ZCP xi 44 § 50. sinn d'éinfhine is an t-Airdrí, Dán Dé xv 15. go gcuire ionn i n-aointeach 's an cuire fionn, xiv 26 . Fiach-
raidh . . . ó aoinchill ┐ Fiaccfrom the same church as F. , Mart.
Don. Oct. 12 ( p. 272 x ). aen .i. inann, O'Dav. 165.
(g) in late Mid. and Mod.Ir. aen (aon) used alone with a
noun = any ; aen . . . amháinone, a single . The sense any arises naturally from the use of oen in neg. or indef. state-
ments. cipe toltnaigfes don chomdid i n-aen-urd díb, PH
4014 . aen cach .i. nech itir ut est: ni aera óen cachhe does not
satirize any one , O'Dav. 11. ata in t-aenridiri amain agar
leonadh uile, ZCP vi 41.30 . en-spirut amhainone spirit , Fl.
Earls 136.15 . aointsióth amháin do bheith i nÉirinn uile`general peace ', Keat. iii 3135. go mbeidheadh corp na
hEagluise ar aonbheusaibh amháinthat . . . might follow the
same customs , Eochairsg. 5.36 .
II As indef. pron.
(a) one, an individual (declined). ednon
óen (gl. ĭdem), Sg. 201 a 11 , cf. 55 b 3 and Ml. 70 d 1 . inunn oín,
Ml. 56 b 1 . cuit inna aine ┐ inna aile, Bcr. 31 c 4 (referring to
`prima luna ' and `secunda l. ' of Lat. text). inna oína oina-sathese same individuals (gl. hos eosdem), Ml. 70 a 4 . cach oén
creitfess hí Cristevery one , Wb. 4 d 21 . fer . . . saiges a chert do
cech óen, FB 11. pianad cech oein as dir duit, PH 6599. malarta cech oin olchenathe ruin of all , 714 . nach oen déraich
a tírany one who deserts his country , Mon. Tall. 17. oenaib.
dedaib. tredaib, LL 123 a 9 .
With art.: in t-oen neamfoitnech nemaicsidethe One im-
passible, invisible, PH 178. Cf. bíaidh solud Israel mar theine
┐ a Aóinnáomhtha mar lasairhis Holy One , Isa. x 17. lé
bréithir na n-áon náomhthaof the holy ones , Daniel iv 17 .
saor . . . mo aon ó neart an mhadraidh, Psa. xxii 20.
(b) in late Mid. and Mod.Ir. any one, esp. in neg. and indef.
sentences: [gnúis] nach obann aonthat rejects none , A. Ó
Dálaigh xviii 4 . atbert N. na ro choemnagair aen do leigen
inntithat he could not let any one into it , Leb. Gab. i 10.3 . níor
bh'uamhan liom aon dom chreichI had no fear of being raided
by any one , Ériu i 95.19 . tuc Dia nert . . . duit ná tucad d'áon
romad, BNnÉ 7.4 . dá mbiadh i n-a iongnadh ar aonif any one
should wonder , Eochairsg. 16.36 . imdeargadh aoin gan
adhbharabuse of any one , Content. xxiv 13.
III Used with prep. in the follg. adverbial phrases: ar oen
(fri)together, at the same time (with):cach baili i fagabhar iat
araenwherever both are found together , Laws ii 414.9 . mas
etarru araen atat buachaili `if the servants belong to them both ',
416.11 . céin bemaid araen beóas long as we both live , ZCP iv
239.29 . in mac gēntar uatha ar áenwho will be born to them
both , viii 113.16 . curab da ndēruib aráen doronadh an lochof the tears they both shed , Maund. 179. dob í inghean Uí N.
a máthair ar aonthe mother of them both , Maguires of F. § 8. do rithreadar ar aon i n-aoinfheacht (= ambo simul), TSh. 10325 .
With FRI: co tisad ar oen fri Ultualong with , TBC 2 1477. tanic in rig . . . ┐ in uli shacart ar oen fris, PH 2159. an ccéin
báoi ar aon léa anam `so long as he lived along with his soul '
(? as long as body and soul were together ), ZCP i 64 § 69. Folld.
by ocus: dofóeth Marcán . . . ar óen ocus Medraige, Met. Dinds.
iii 320.36 . dochuaidh Bairri . . . ar áen ┐ Eolang, BNnÉ 17.
19 .
mar oen (fri)together (with):doruacht mar aon re fuigeall`along with the remnant ', Laws ii 238.7 Comm. oc fledugud
mar oen fris, PH 2372. téid . . . mar aon re hiomad d'ógaibh,
Keat. ii 55. cosa . . . mar aon ris gach mball oile, TSh. 60. bud hi an bāidh braithreisi | beith dūinn mar aonthat we
should be together , ZCP viii 214.12 .
IV In some cases oen forms genuine compds. in which the
meaning of the follg. word is modified:
(a) chiefly with adj., esp. adj. derived from noun: ¤adair-
cech: apm.oinaidaircechu, gl. unicornes, Ml. 45 a 5 . ¤bélrach:
dorat rath na n-ilbelra doib . . . is iat oenbelraig có sin .i.
Ebraispeaking (only) one language , PH 2517. ¤bennachone-
horned, as subst.a unicorn, LL 135 a 50 . tír nathrach is oen-
benach, 136 a 19 . ap.oinbenchu, Ml. 45 a 5 . See oenberach(treated separately below). ¤charptech, TBC 4252 (where
it is used of one who drives alone, a warrior without a chario-
teer). fuilliucht ind óenchárptig, 713 . ¤cosachone-legged(-footed):gsm.ind oinchosaig, Goid. 71.3 . pl.na hoenchossaig
odra, Rawl. 76 a 46 . ¤dánach, ¤dírech: beas aendanach,
bid aendireach `who has one art, let him have one "dire" ', Laws
v 108.11 (opp. to il-dánach, -dírech). ¤faebrach: do biailib
oenfoebrac[h]aibone-edged , CCath. 5442. ¤fiaclachone-
toothed , Leb. Gab. i 78.9 (en-). ? ¤folbthach: a oenḟolbthaig
oeniressaig! `of one substance and one faith [with the Father ]'
(? only praiseworthy, only faithful , reading ṁolbthaig), PH 161 . ¤geinne: óengeinne Déonly-begotten , Hy. vi 25 ; cf. tar
in mac n-óengine .i. Críst, Ériu i 196 § 13. ¤gelaltogether fair
or white, pure white , common epithet of silver: oengel in dún,
Met. Dinds. ii 72.17 . cúach argit oengil, LL 34 a 54 . do cnaimh
aoingel elifinte, CCath. 4691. do cholomhnaib marmair aingil,
Fl. Earls 152 x . a díí láim oengela, LB 124 b 26 . im thrí .ix.
con n-éngel, LU 6768 ( BDD 28 ). tred do chaorchaibh aen-
gealae, BNnÉ 56 § 63. ¤ingnech: Monica éningnechone-
hoofed, CCath. 3841 (explanation of the name Monychus <
μονόνυχος). ¤iressach, see molbthach. ¤menmnach: in
t-ennac aenm. `single-minded ', BColm. 12.16 . co henme[n]m-
nachunanimously , Cog. 120.6 . ¤trabdae (< treb), gl. soli-
tarius, Ml. 46 d 1 . (b) with noun: ¤ciniud in Laws, onlychild or descendant,
the last living member of a `fine', Thurneysen, ZCP xiv 347
§ 3 b. is e bes foloing aencinnid `the food-rent which the sole
survivor submits to ', Laws ii 256.25 . bes oencinneda, iv 302.20 .
biathad in aencineda gin fine, ii 354.3 Comm. ¤coissidm.:
oenchossid sciach `a one-stemmed thorn ', ZCP iii 7 § 25. mac
ind oenchoissedaone-footed, IT i 102.17 . ¤echaidm.a rider:
gl. eques, Sg. 55 b 7 , 50 b 2 (óin-). da o[e]nechdae, Corm. Y 1082 =
do aen[e]achdae, Corm. p. 38 (rót). ¤tiges (= ¤tigedus)
dwelling together with, cohabitation : aontíghios daor an dia-
bhail, RC xxiii 12.10 .
). Later masc.áonach (m., gs.-aigh,
np.-aighi), IGT Dec. § 55.11 . (a) in primary sense `a reunion', hence a popularassemblyor gathering, generally (though not exclusively) for games,
races, and similar contests, as distinguished from an `airecht'
or assembly for communal business; commonly transld.
`fair', though it does not seem to have been intended for com-
mercial purposes. The chief oenaige were held periodically at
fixed places. The word is often used of the place where the
assembly was held and hence figures in many place-names,
usually folld. by a gen. but occas. absol., e.g. mod. Nenagh
(Co. Tipperary) < an Aenach < a n-oenach; fón Aenach,
AU ii 376.15 (= mod. Enagh. Co. Roscommon). See Hogan,
Onom. s.v. oínach .
i n-oinach, gl. in theatrum, Thes. i 497.38 ( Ardm. 183 b 2 ).
aenach, gl. agon, Gild. Lor. 45. in t-oinach rígda (= agon
regale), Lat. Lives 21.9 . oenach Tailten do cumusc, AU 830 =
commixtio agonis Talten, 716 . oenach .i. āine ech, Corm. Y
1002 (i.e. horse-races). d'echtres nō d'oenuch, Sitzb. Pr.
Akad. 1919 v 93 § 26 . fer ro chóemaig na cleasa | ic gním óenaig
ech-thressa `holding a meeting for horse-races ', Met. Dinds. iii
350.23 . oenach dogníthe la Ultu cecha bliadna, SC 1. bá
hiat dā comthinól airegda no bítis oc feraib Herend .i. fes
Temra cecha samna . . . ┐ óenach Tailten cech lúgnasaid, LU 4212 . iar cor graphand doib i n-óenach na Cruachna, FB 66. ruc Cu C. buaid ind óenaig, ib. Tir Tailten . . . iss ed tir in sein
bas oenach cluchi dot claind-siu, ZCP xiii 372 § 4 (Baile in
Scáil). iar n-aighe aonaigh Life fri tríbh láibh, FM ii 672.11 .
aimser aenaid (during which fighting was forbidden), Laws v
302 y . ní hinbaid oenaig ind inbaid garb gemretta so, LL 264 b 12 = MU 18.21 . gaibid som a dillut oenaig immi, TBC 2727 = a dilatt n-oenaich, TBC 2 2038. do cuir a deisi aenaigh
┐ oirechtais uime, ZCP vi 27.34 . i Cruachain dognithea
aenaichi Erind, Ériu ii 178.12 (aenuigv.l. ). dligit amais
aenechu, ZCP iv 468 § 5.
In wider sense, of other gatherings of a social nature: in
cetna oenach Olimpthe first Olympiad , Rawl. 73 b 21 . oenach
Slebhe Sion, Ériu ii 98 § 3. a haenach nime `from the assembly of
heaven ', Fél. p. xxiv § 3 . i lLoind Ela . . . ba he an tres priomh-
aonach Erenn eissem .i. aonach Taillten ┐ aonach Cluana
meic Nois ┐ Lainn Ela, BNnÉ 178 § 30 (where `aonach' in the
case of Cluain m. N. and Lann E. refers to the religious com-
munities in those places). tri haonaighe Erenn . . . an tres
aonach m'aonach féin, ib. § 31 (the speaker is St. Colmán of
Ela). Cf. Triads 35 : tri háenaig Hérenn: áenach Tailten, á.
Crúachan, á. Colmáin Ela. In follg. exx. seems used as a semi-abstract: a haithle a
n-oenaig ┐ a n-aniusa (= their sports), FA 30. bíadd prantigi
. . . ised aonach ndedenach indsin is coir do imbirt isna
mbelaib iar praind hi sessam, Mon. Tall. 83 , where it seems
to mean a religious observance (chant) in which a number
take part (but text may be corrupt).
(b) transf. of place where an `oenach' or assembly is held:
for forod áenaig in dūine, LU 10194 = oenaic, ZCP iii 232.3 (of the green or playground adjoining a chief's residence). ro
gab dar oenuch mBreg Leth, IT i 119.11 , cf. dar Aenach
mBreg Leith, BDD 1. Similarly in place-names. Somet. of
a burial-ground: co fil [corp Dá Thí] for lár Óenaig Crúacan,
LU 2801 , cf. 2851 . ni fil cnoc i nOenuch Cruachna nach fert
rig nó rigflatha nó mna nó eicis, YBL 192 a 50 . Lagin i nOenuch
Albi [no adnaictis] . . . Fir Muman i nOenuch Culi ┐ i nOenuch
Colman, LU 4111 , 4112 . There was also an O.¤ Colmáin in S.
Leinster: coscradh Oenaigh C. la Muiredhach for Laigniu
Desgabair, AU 826 ; cf. in circo Colmain hi lLifiu, LL 321 h 44 =
in circio C., BB 177 e 47 .
Of a harbour:óenach na n-ethar n-étromm, Met. Dinds. iii 168.4 . Of the Roman Forum:is lais ro címdaiged oenach
na Románach, LB 150 b 47 . for cathairib in oenaig isin Roimh,
CCath. 5145. (fig.) óenach mbúada a thulchind, TBC 2 59 = o.¤buada ina thilchind, TBC 258 (`ein Festplatz des Triumphes ',
Wind.). sinidh mo p[h]enn bec braenach | tar aonach lebor
lig-oll, ZCP 8.12 .
2 oenach some kind of injury or wound? is cutruma trin
coirpdiri cacha cneidi do rith ann cach aenaigh coruicci tri
oenaighe `in the case for each "aenach"-injury' , Laws iii 346.2 ,
do rith ann cach oenaig co cenn tri aenaighi, ib. 9 . ar oenach,
ib. 16 .
