adj
i
I
Absent
, opp. to frecndairc:
amrad .i.
ecnairc rāidh...ni rādh acht is amrādh....i. ni fri nech
frecnairc rāidhim nī, ach fri nech ecnairc,
H 3.18, 616a
(gl. on Amra CC). aisndeis ecndairc indib huilib (tertiae
personae)
Sg. 161b3
. dég rombu écndaircc dó he was
absent from him
148a6
. mairg in iath ecnaircc aerthiar
RC xx 44.23
=
LU 5b31
. tucfait o teorfégad spirtalla a
mmenman na réta ata ecnairce dóib they will understand...the things that are absent
LU 36az
=
RC xxv 248.5
.
ēcndairc fri frecndairc, a fault in literary composition, viz.
using address and narrative with reference to a single
person in the same stanza (cf. faisnéis is agalluimh a
n-énrann
IGT, Introd. § 2
),
Auraic. 5171
, etc. Cf.
Metr. Dinds. iii 54.9
, cited below. nir bu ecnairc (with gl.: .i.
ni bu écnaigthid)
Hy v 5
(
Thes. ii 327
) is obscure.
II
Absence: écndairc cian ut ille
(gl. absenti)
Sg.
138a2
. ecṅdairc ocus (gl. quasi absenti)
138a3
.
nis
n-ecnairc mogha midhiter dire .i. ni mesamnaighann an
brethem eneclann...do neoch a n-ecmais a tochusa,
Laws
iv 378.20
. asbreth fri cechtarde i n-ecndairg araile to each
of them separately
Ériu iii 137.52
. g
s. as attrib.: taiselbad
n-ecnairce discovery in absence
Laws v 328.24 Comm.
aer-aicetal ecnach n-egnairce recitation of a slanderous satire in
absence
228.27
. Esp. in formula i n-écnairc (with gen. or
absol.)
in the absence (of): a n-ecnairc meanman in the
absence of full mental powers (of a minor)
Laws v 510.5
.
i n-aighidh a fir...a n-ecnairc in the presence of her partner
...in his absence
ii 380.1 Comm.
mad i n-ecnairc; mad i
n-a fiadnaise,
v 356.28 Comm.
athgabail forniatar i
n-ecnairc ne[i]ch,
ii 124.28
C. éccnairc .i. an aimsir do-cuaidh thort the time which is past
O'Cl.
seems based on:
frecnairc fri hecnairc anois | a lucht imdénma in ḟenchuis,
Metr. Dinds. iii 54.9
, but the sense is not well supported.
III In the phr. ar écn(d)airc
for the sake of
(a common
formula in prayer or adjuration). The earlier sense may
have been
instead of
, a not unlikely, development from for
the absence of. In: ar éicndirc ma frisaiccid Crist (gl.
rogamus vos...per adventum Domini nostri)
Wb. 25d24
the sense is doubtful; either = ar é.¤ Crist, ma frissidnaiccid
for Christ's sake, if ye expect Him or (even) in His absence,
if so be ye expect His coming.Cf. in macc amnas ro
dasgāid | Brigtæ ar écnairc a rríg `for her King's sake'
Thes. ii 336.2
(
Hy v 35
); with gl.: .i. ar in rig i tai
ecnarcus tabair ní...damsa, olse for the sake of the king
who is absent from thee i.e. in whose place thou art (?).
a Chríst cotamróither...ar écnairc do gérat, ib.
Fél., Ep. 72
(cf. under 2 écndairc).
ar écnairc Maicc Maire,
384
,
404
,
526
.
arécnairc do martrae,
514
.
ar egnarc a croichesium
...ar ecnairc a esergi,
Ériu i 122.30
,
32
.