adj
i, also loinn, luinn.
(a) Of persons
keen, eager: ata
lainni gl. avida sunt,
Ml. 33d5
.
34b9
.
boi obeid .i. auidus .i.
laind,
LU 931
(
ACC 80
). l.¤
gl. acer,
Sg. 64b7
.
acer .i.
l.¤ nō tin[d] nō trén,
Corm. Y 11
(=
Thr. Ir. Gl. 1
). nidam
laindsea lánbrostud ar nech etir da indsaigid I am not eager
to urge anybody to assail it,
LL 230a27
(
TTr. 959
).
mac l.¤
luchair lātha ar gail,
ZCP viii 334
n.l. in tí as laind ┐ is escaid,
gresed in lesc, alacer et impiger,
PH 5825.
Also
joyful: in
tí is láind ┐ is failid don fháilte spirutalta qui spirituali
laetitia hilaris est,
5830
.
láind . . . ┐ subach forbaelid,
5920
.
With n.pr.:
Lugaid l.¤
,
ZCP xiii 5.15
. Adv.
co laind ┐ co
héscaid,
PH 6029.
With copula and prep. is l.¤ la
desires, delights in:
nach
ní . . . is adlaic ┐ is laind la duine, is ed isbeir `is toisc',
Corm. Y 1201
=
toisc .i. voluntas hominis .i. inní is laind la duine,
Thr. Ir. Gl. 41
.
cía lasmboth scīth ┐ lasmboth laind techt
int slōgaid,
TBC-I¹ 155
(
LU 4617
) =
cia lasbad lesc ┐ lasbad
laind,
TBC-LL¹ 408
.
tairsi linne . . . mad l.¤ libh,
Leb. Gab.(i) 198.9
.
bheith 'na n-aontoigh ní luinn lat,
KMMisc. 242 § 7
.
ní
loinn lemsa comhlonn . . . do denam ritsa,
TBC-LL¹ p. 245 n. 10
(
nī accobar lem,
TBC-I¹ 1194
).
ba loind les techt,
CCath. 360.
maircc chuindges ni for carait / minab l.¤ l[e]is a tabairt,
ZCP
iv 469.16
. coim tar an anam lér fhaoi / an chalann ní budh
loinn lé `the body is not anxious to protect the soul',
Dán Dé
ix 9
. Mág Suibne dá madh l.¤ lais / do thairg O Domhnaill . . .
do gairm de `had it had attraction for him',
O'Gr. Cat. 386.10.
leis nach loinn uabhar d'éisdeacht,
DDána 100.3
. gion gur
luinn leis `not anxious',
Content. xiii 22
. ge madh l.¤ leó
anacal dfaghbail nocha nfhuairsiot idir (`they expected'),
AFM
v 1846.6
. Also with DO: congnamh dan loinn treabh do
tháth `helpmate ever eager to weld the land together'
Magauran
2770
. With FRI, in different sense: rob rolaind frinn gnúis
Rígh réil may the glorious king greet us with a smiling face,
ZCP vi 266 § 10
. With compar. and superl. lainne
prefers,
likes more, most
:
robu luinne lim do thuitim leis nā lim fēin,
Fianaig. 96.19
. cona bui da Románaib aenduini lasar'
lainni gnim in catha catharda innás (i.e. Brutus),
CCath.
1131
. lúdh n-a coinne dá mbé ar bhochtaibh / loinne lé
rochtain dá réir `she is still more anxious to meet them',
Magauran 1522
.
h'foghnam as e as loinne linn,
Irish Texts ii
44 § 31
. With proleptic -de: co mad laindite leo in forcetul
do gabail do laim ut libentius a[u]diatur,
PH 6759.
(b) In a variety of other applications
bright, pleasant, etc.:
ingen Araind fort lár luind (of Brug na Bóinne),
LU 4129.
am lis loinn,
Irish Texts i 55 § 5
. int-aislingthe laind landes
(of dream of Pharaoh),
SR 3350
. sínus Ádam in láim luinn
`eager',
Ériu iv 118 § 31
. clandais Buide a liic laind `his keen
stone',
Metr. Dinds. ii 24.77
. Cf. fuil gormlaind don grein it
gris `the bright sheen of the sun illumines thee',
Cog. 124.2
.
As subst.: l.¤ .i. solus no taithnemach, . . . annlesach cach
l.¤ lochta gáisse `very helpful is every bright one of the folk of
wisdom',
O'Dav. 1184.
Compds. With nouns.
¤eólas: loinn-eolas, Lism. Lives
Gloss.
¤ḟordiuclandtaid: lainnfordiuclandtaid avidus devorator,
Dinds. 9.
With adjj.
¤chréchtach:
iomdha laoch
loinnchréachtach,
CRR² 76.26
(lonn?).
¤gnímach:
in
lainnghnimach Lighan,
Caithr. CC 7
.
¤réid:
an tuath
lainréidh Luighnisi,
O'Hara 3310
, where Ed. suggests cpd. of
lonn-.
See also lonn.