n
u, m. Later o.
amas
m. (g
s. and n
p. amais),
IGT
Decl. § 53
. Vn. of ad-midethar. See
Celtica i 339
.
(a)
attempt, effort: ind aimsea gl. adnisús,
Ml. 104a1
.
ambat nersaigthi a n-aimsi gl. inritís conatibus,
127c25
.
amsiu gl. conátus (noxios),
16a2
. int a.¤ admidethar a combach `the effort which he makes to break it' (the Host),
Thes.
ii 253.14
. dá éignighe do-bheir duine amus ar aithrighe do
dhéanamh however hard a person tries to repent,
TSh. 2431
.
(b)
act of tempting, temptation: ainsium ar lín a.¤
protect
me against a number of temptations,
Fél. Jan. 30
. ní digen a.¤
forsin Coimdid I shall not tempt the Lord,
Trip.² 2326
.
tiagam cu tartam a.¤ fair dús in fortachtaigfe a déa,
2618
.
ni tharda amus for da choimdid ┐ for da Dia,
PH 4717
.
(c)
act of attacking; attack: connar étad ní dóib asna
amsib sin so that they could not be harmed by those attacks,
IT i 74 § 12
(LMU).
fógluaisi Fuamnach gaeth n-ammais,
Ériu xii 154.19
. tucus-[s]a amais mora ┐ ro elodar as gach
amus (of Juno's attempts to harm the Trojans),
Aen. 1618
.
rotesctha milidh righ isínd amus sin,
BB 206b42
.
le hamas
oidhche,
Rel. Celt. ii 301.37
.
ocht bfhaolchoin do amus
forsan ttréd,
BNnÉ 183 § 5
.
sgaram re haimsibh Éreann,
IGT Decl. ex. 1351
. amus longphuirt attack on a camp,
ZCP
xiv 249.11
.
do tabairt amuis longpuirt ar feraib Erenn,
RC
xviii 273.3
(Tig.). amus caillea (amass coilledh, v.l.) attack in a
wood,
Cog. 74.13
. Fig. amus ceneoil do denum de no tuilithe do
rad ris to assail his legitimacy,
Laws i 192.4 Comm.
do beir
amus do bachall Ísu fair,
Trip. ii 454.9
. dergthair coltur
iarsain i tenid et dober in liaig a.¤ de for broind ind fir makes
as if to attack the man's chest,
LL 329a41
. in duine ba hail
leo d'amas . . . don tslisin the person whom they wished to
hit with the withe,
Laws iii 226.26 Comm.
nach neich fora
tabrad a.¤
,
RC viii 50.4
(
LL 13327
). ba nār laiss a.¤ amlaid
fair that he should be insulted like this,
BColm. 74.10
.
(d)
guess, conjecture: is hé a a.¤ lemm gl. cum iam fere
centum annorum esset,
Wb. 2c27
. hua ambus gl. conicio,
Ml. 75d8
. huand a.¤
gl. coniectura,
91c6
.
amus nó baramhail,
Keat. i 46.11
. go dtug gach aon . . . amus fair made a
guess at it,
103.25
.
(e)
act of hitting the mark: do anfadh én re a amas
`the
bird would wait to be struck',
Studies 1920, 99 § 12
. nach
teibeadh aonurchar air gan an t-ubhall d'amus without
hitting the apple,
Keat. ii 3301
. do lógh eólchoire dhamos
from being plunged in grief,
Gleanings from Irish manuscripts 19 § 29
. do-bheirid
an drong oile amus ar na harmaibh `seized the arms',
Keat.
iii 2847
. tugsad amus ar a gcorránuibh seized their hooks,
PCT 285
. Prob. also in:
a ḟorom ┐ a a.¤ ┐ a ammsigi,
LL
8291
(TBC).
(f) Metr.
assonance
, imperfect rhyme: ní fhuil san amus
acht fogar ionann do bheith ag na guthaidhibh etc.,
Éigse
vi 345.3
. See
p. 344
-
348
and
Ir. Syll. Poetry 9
.
In prep. phrase for (ar) a.¤
Orig. expressing purpose,
anticipation etc.: ar amus oencat[h]a for the purpose of a
single battle,
CCath. 5504
.
da for nertadh ar a.¤ mait[h]iusa
do denamh,
5524
.
fuaratar clocha . . . co mbertis leo iat
for amus a llias,
PH 1035
. atnagar an long ar a hamus
the ship is brought to fetch her,
ACL iii 309.20
.
Hence
against:
sluaiged la Toirrdelbach ar amus Tighernain,
RC xviii 176.7
(Tig.). credimsi in firDia cedna / dom
churp ar amus eca `helper of my body against death's attack',
RC xxiii 408.2
.
tionóilid go h-armtha ar amus na Lionóidech,
Hy Fiach. 336.7
.
Most frequ. in purely local sense
to, towards
(see St.
Ercuil Gloss.):
comēirgid Ulaid ara amus,
TBC-I¹ 528
.
tiagait
. . . for a.¤ Ratha Ini,
TFerbe 57
.
ac tócuriud Conch. ar a.¤
a fhledi,
MU² 155
. rogell Tairrdelbach co tibredh aramus
na cleirech `deliver him to the clergy' (of a prisoner),
RC
xviii 162.21
. In hostile sense:
tarlaicset a tri coíctu camman
ar ammus a chendmullaig in meice,
LL 8342
.