n
io, m. (1 enech + ruccae)
A
(a) In technical legal usage a dishonour to a person consisting in injury to a relative of a certain degree, or to his
tenant of a certain status:
enechruice .i. enech rú cian .i.
cian o inchaib atcíther a rú .i. a imdergad. enech din .i.
agad crodergad [agait croderg] amail rogab mac do máthar,
mac do shethar céli foissmad, céli taistil ni na bita [main
anb ita] diles sectmad lógi a enig [loige enech] ind,
Thr. Ir. Gl. 19
(the varr. in square brackets are added from
H 3.18,
120
=
O'Curry 224
) =
Corm. Y 532
(where enech...croderg
is omitted and the penultimate sentence reads: ni nad bitái
dilis. Leg. ní nadbi taí diles what is not thine own
possession. See
ZCP xv 247
). cach gres, cach enechruice,
is ḟor cintaib treisi ata `all attacks, all insults are among
the offences of three days' stay' (i.e. with regard to these,
distraint may be stayed for three days)
Laws i 162.27
(with gl.:
cach gres .i. do neoch i ndlegar lan, cach enechruice .i. o ta lan amach, .i. leth ┐ sechtmaid,
166.18
).
oenchumail i n-enechruice rig frisi forfuacht...ba mathair
.uii. rig frisi foruacht (.i....oenchumail .uii. mbo doib a
morfessiur inna enechgris),
ZCP xv 348
.
(b) the compensation due for such dishonour; a half
or a seventh of the `eneclann' of the person so dishonoured:
teora fodla fuil for inchaib duine .i. enicland ┐ enechruice
┐ enechgriss (enechruice .i. i leith ┐ i sectmad,
Laws
v 96.6
.
airer enechruice (.i. cumal enechgrisi no enechruici
nama),
ii 204.22
;
206.4
(cf.
126 n.1
). Cf.
lanamnas fir tathigthe cen targud, cen urgnam; cuiced
a lamthorad cuit in fir .i. in chele fri himscarad doib, arus
enachruice dosum furesi insain, cia forruastar fria, ised
asrirtar do de,
396 x
. na teora eirce seo... .i. eneclann ┐
dire ┐ aithgin .i. eneclann ┐ enechruice ┐ enechgris
iii 26.27 Comm.
B in wider sense
shame, disgrace, insult: ma rogata
nech do torc... ┐ ma dotī dām caem, bes enechruice duit
(i.e. you will be shamed for want of provender),
Laws i
122.7
. fer tri sruba; sruib tuirc fochlaid scoltas ainechruicce cach aimsir snout of a rooting hog which cleaves
shamefacedness (from lack of provender) at any time
iv
310.18
. Similarly: ainm cuile no scrine bis iar cul colbu,
is indi bit tarsanna coema fri enechruice in which are fair
savouries (as provision) against shamefacedness
H 3.18,
368b
=
O'Curry 790
(cf. under enechgreiss cit. from
Thes. ii 292
).
ind athis ┐ ind enechrucce ra immir Lamidóin formsa
LL 224a27
=
TTr. 512
.
ba hathis...leis...Frigía do bith
fó chuitbiud ┐ enechruce,
TTr.² 181
. dom snādhadh...
ar thenidh ifirn ┐ bratha ┐ enechruce fiadh gnūis Dē, Scúap
Chr.,
Otia ii 96.15
.