n
o, u ; n., later m. ; the form
ecoisce,
BB 262a54
(
IT iii 195 § 36
), if not a scribal error may be g
p.
(a)
external characteristics, distinguishing mark, sign
by which
a person (thing) is known for what he (it) is : conróbad
écoscc a cheneóil foir the mark of his nation (i.e. circumcision)
Wb. 6d6
. is hecen sainecoscc leosom for accrannaib
inna ní prechite pacem (gl. quam speciosi pedes evangelizantium pacem)
5a5
.
ecosc n-abstal forib,
24a25
.
basa
iudide ó écosc...nipsa iudide ó béssaib,
10d34
,
35
. cometecht dia n-écoscaib cen chometecht dia mbésib indulgence
of their external customs but not of their morals
11c5
. is
e in n-écosc .i. cride imthoimnech co ngoirtius nemnech co
ndéraib troma, etc. (indications of repentance)
PH 6442
.
ba berrad mogadh (.i. ecosc) bai fair-seom,
ACL iii 12
.
Cf.
cach lasa mbiat fethla .i. ecusc no comartha,
O'Dav. 899
,
cf. (f) below.
(b)
kind, species : sainécosc noe (gl. celox, species est
navis)
Sg. 69a24
. an uair rachair d'innsaighi in othair...
féch ar tús créd é in t-écosc .i. in ben nó in fer é (i.e. sex)
O'Gr. Cat. 232.26
.
(c) in general,
appearance, aspect
: oft. in combination
with delb, cruth, and nearly synonymous, though strictly
used in a wider sense, including dress, etc., as well as
person ;
snuadh .i. ecosc no sainfeth,
O'Dav. 1417
.
ba
hed ecosc na n-erc...i bae findae aúdergæ
,
Corm. Y 585
.
dorīmi a ēugosg feib rombōi a lī,
698
(
p. 59.22
).
a
crúth, a écosc, a chongraim,
FB 44
.
tucsatar tuaruscabail
na hingene do etir chruth ┐ delb ┐ écuscc,
IT i 119.9
.
Moling 11
.
ar chaine a dealbha ┐ ar ingantus a ecoisce
(ecoisc v.l.),
IT iii 195 § 36
. isin deilb ┐ isin ecosc in
rochesair (in ea forma habituque)
Lat. Lives 97
.
for
moladh crotha ┐ datha ┐ delbe ┐ eccoscca in clerigh,
Moling 41
.
rogab eccoscc doidheilbh fair,
§ 52
.
tánic
Alaxander i fíadhnaisi na hingine do thaiselbadh a crotha
┐ a écosca, a eirraid ┐ étaig,
TTr.² 493
. ba docraid a
ecosc il-leth a broitt (deformis esse et truncatus habitus
videretur, of St. Martin who had given away half of his
cloak)
Lat. Lives 88
. boi menma fherrda i n-écosc banda aicce
(of mother of the Maccabees)
PH 6613
.
gnūisi bāna co
n-ecusc dhuine mairbh acu,
RC xxviii 318 § 36
.
gillae ecuisc
anindustae,
Corm. Y 1059
s.v. Prull
. fer écosca ingnaid a
strange-looking man
LL 289a33
. teora hialla go ro-examlacht ecaisc (of bird flocks red, white and black)
TBC-LL¹
5632
St.
dolluid fond ecosc sin,
FB 92
. isind ecosc cetna
PH 1546
.
dealradh na diadachta i ndreich ┐ i n-eccoscc in
chleirigh,
BNnÉ 275.4
.
a hégosg ní fhidir mé | ní théd súil
silleadh uirrthi,
Studies 1922, 247
. ecosc namat ridicule of
(a person's) appearance (a punishable kind of satire)
Laws v
228.27
(with gl.:
namuitt um a ecosc .i. `ni sūil,' `ni
srub',
232.8
; cf.
O'Dav. 1297
). Of places, etc.:
ecosc
ṅ-áimin...tegdassa adchondarc-sa,
Thes. ii 292.22
.
ecosc na
loch crotha gradhuill n-aluind,
Anecd. i 51.1
.
ba hedh a
hécosc na hindsi, tir mblaith mbuidhech,
70.7
.
ed a écosc
in taige,
LL 248b38
=
ZCP iv 24z
. Cf. cit. fr.
Ériu
viii 135
below. a phuirt is iongnadh th' éagcosg (to a
castle),
Ir. Monthly 1920, 539
. rob é airdmes...a n-eices
...ar écosc in armuige sin what they judged from the
appearance of that slaughter
MR 240
. By extension goodly
appearance: (ben) co ndeilb ┐ écosc ┐ soerchenel of fair form
and presence
SCC 42
.
(d)
garb, attire:
triar cruittire con-écosc
ríg im cech n-æ,
LL 248b5
(
ZCP iv 33.22
).
coica ban...
co n-ecosc ban síde impu,
250b45
(
ZCP iv 42.5
). ica freasdul
la Magnus do bhiudh ┐ deoch ┐ edgud nó ecasc (
livery
?)
Marco P. 122
.
(e) in a looser sense form, manner, guise
.
eccosg .i. cuma,
O'Cl.
muadh .i. égcosg dealbh, no cuma,
ib.
muad .i. egusc,
Corm. Y 958
. co ructha a breth chōir
for cāch...i n-écosc co n-uamun ┐ co n-imecla in choimded
`in a manner suited to'
PH 4154
. fo ecusc athgabala by
way of distress
Laws i 192.29 Comm.
ara feiser fer recht[g]a
i n-ecosc dilsi `that thou mayst know when a lawful man is
in the person (i.e. the legal position) of an outlaw'
iii 136.1
.
(f) various occasional uses—
Argument, summary (indication of what follows): hæcosc (gl. argumentum)
Wb. 27d17
.
Figure of speech: hond ecosc [c]omarleicthiu by a permitted
figure (gl. schemate)
Ml. 20b14
.
Equipment, accessories,
ornament (?): see (d) above and cf. further:
fethal conduala .i....eccusc comduala,
O'Dav. 992
, quoting
Laws v
384.24
: ni conai fethal connduala what keeps the ornamented
relic (i.e. the case or covering) with gl.:
ni coimedas ecosc
dala coin,
386.10
.
feuthal .i. eugasg,
Corm. Y 669
.
fethal .i. ecosc ut est sceith co fethal condual la cach n-ae
H 3.18, 616a
(glossary to
TBFr.
, cf.
ZCP iv 33.20
,
and see fethal). Cf.
O'Dav. 899
cited above.
rogha
iomdhaigh a nEamhain M. cona hégoscc orrdha fuirre
`the apartment of your choice...with gilt facing' (gilded
aspect, splendour ?)
Ériu viii 135.8
. In follg. ex. hecosc
may stand for thecosc:
luid tria hecosc ┐ druidecht a
ṡenathar do Themuir through the instructions
ZCP viii
311.18
.
In fuil écosc fir agat, a ingen ? nimtha. an ail feis lem ?
ar C. are you married ?
ZCP xii 252.15
.
Cf.
emenina .i. bannda no banecusgda no bangnimach,
Auraic. 3091
.