n
ā, f. O.Ir. pennit, a learned formation from Lat.
poenitere or poenitentia (see
Thurn. Hdb. 517
,
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 213
).
Mid.Ir. often pendait, g
s. pennaite, pendaite.
(a)
penitence
:
pennait a poenitintia
,
Corm. Y 1043
. cen
pennit, gl. imprudentes,
Wb. 22c5
.
denam . . . pennait buan
is atheirge,
SR 1574
=
denum pendait,
LB 112a42
.
(b)
penance, expiation
; in rel. lit. generally of penance imposed by the Church.
adlaíg bite oc pennit in aeclesiís,
Wb.
9c11
.
ro chrú[th]fem-ne ind pennit bes chóir fortsu,
Mon. Tall.
§ 7
.
ind pendaid,
§ 23
.
etach pendaite . . . .i. etach silici,
PH 453
. barc pendaiti a book of penance (i.e. penitential),
O'Dav. 239
.
loirghniomh na peannaide,
Rule of Tallaght 6 § 5
.
Aedh . . . do tesdail iar pennaid a mignim,
RC xvii 374.16
(Tig.).
iar bpentait toghaidhe ina tairmthechtaibh ┐
peacthoibh,
AFM i 494.3
.
In Laws of fine or penalty due to clergy for injuries, not
assessable by laity:
uair nach dligid tuath pennait,
iii 382.20
.
Of a penalty in general: issí a pennit dé, gl. si quis non vult
operari, nec manducet,
Wb. 26b20
.
lathi a imorbois, bid he lā
a phennati,
MacCongl. 29.6
.
iumda ernail pennaiti . . . iter
bual
ad ┐ sróigled ┐ crochad
,
LB 157a29
. Of the pains of hell
:
tuilled péne ┐ pennaite,
FA 16
. an pheanaid uathbhásach
(= supplicium),
TSh. 6401
.
(c)
pain, suffering
in wider sense:
ag fulang paisi ┐ peannaidi,
ZCP vi 42.14
(of a wounded man).
ro baoi a pennait ┐ a
peirical anbhail,
Fl. Earls 202.13
(of illness), cf.
178.1
.
beag
gach peannaid go bás Dé,
A. Ó Dálaigh xviii 1
. le huisce na
peannaide water of affliction,
2 Chron. xviii 26
.