n
u, n.
a nd.¤
,
Sg. 63a13
. dinn mbera (n. loc.?),
SG 148.17
.
Originally a spike, a point? Cognate with ON tindr
spike, tooth, mountain-peak. Cf. mō nā cliab co dendaib dēs
a basket with spikelets i.e. ears of corn,
BB 402b8
.
(a)
height, hill:
[d]inn ainm gach druimne,
Metr. Gl. p. 17
.
pridchaiss fri dē i ndinnib (glossed i telchaib),
Hy. ii 28
(
Thes. ii 315
).
dionn .i. tulach nó cnoc,
O'Cl.
d.¤ .i. cnoc,
Lec. Gl. 83
.
dinn tulach ┐ dinna tulcha,
O'Dav. 743
.
dinn .i. ard
nó cleth[e],
649
.
isé in cnocc mór mó cach d.¤
,
Metr. Dinds. iii
180
. ith ┐ blicht for cach d.¤
on every height,
LL 200b48
.
sab suithe cech d.¤
on every eminence,
ACC 26
(
RC xx 168
).
senchas d.¤ Erenn inso,
RC xv 277
. bla cethra d.¤
a hill constitutes an exemption as regards (lit. of) cattle,
Laws iii 296.11
.
rí os cach airm os cach dinn,
SR 209
.
rí . . . tuarcgab cach d.¤
dia dulb,
7438
. rosiacht d.¤ richid the hill (fortress?) of heaven,
2099
.
iscorsit . . . for d.¤ flatha finde,
Fél. May 17
. bit áird
úas d.¤ fhlatha they will be high above the Kingdom's height,
Prolegomena 155
.
sliab Sióin ina d.¤ uasu,
LB 157b35
.
gan mheath
cnuais ar choll ndatha | . . . | . . . ar gach dionn,
Content.
xxx § 19
.
(b)
fortified hill, walled or fortified town, citadel, stronghold:
a ṅdind suthul á nomen
gl. oppidum Suthul,
Sg. 63a13
.
D.¤
Map Lethain. . . . .i. Dūn Maic Liathain,
Corm. Y 883
.
D.¤
Tradui .i. dūn tredūi,
883
.
Babilōin d.¤ rochumtaig Nīn,
ZCP iii 18.33
.
d.¤ dianid ainm Ilia,
TTr. 1014
(
LL 231a9
).
dochum denna ┐ rigimscingi Príaím,
1845
(
LL 241b
).
Toghail
dénna Arimin annso sís,
CCath. 382
.
iar n-indriud in denda
,
BB 424a41
.
rig-dinn Bresail Bregamain,
Metr. Dinds. ii 80
.
ar na dindaib rocumdaiged leo i nErinn,
Lec. 576a6
. gur
gabsat dí chathair déc dia ndinndaib (or for dind[g]naib?)
dithoghlaidi,
ZCP i 398
. breó dar dinna a torch over fortresses,
AFM an. 898
=
AU 902
(poem). d.¤ betha the world (lit. the
fortress of the world):
nocon fhuair for d.¤ betha acht tri locha,
LL 5b35
(`on the fort of Bith',
Leb. Gab.(i) 62
). Cf.
d.¤ domuin,
SR 866
. Fig. of a person a citadel, an eminence, a towering
figure: d.¤ oc libur leigdocht he was an eminence in the book of
the law (of C.C.)
.i. no forcanad libru rechta co clethi,
ACC
§ 27
.
Drongach Doile d.¤ gaile,
Rawl. 85a1
.
an dionn eagnaid
is geal gníomh,
Ó Bruad. ii 136
. Of a notable event climax:
Dinda na Tāna so sis .i. Caladgleo Cethirn, Fīacalgleō Fintain, etc.,
TBC-I¹ 2747
.
(c)
stead, notable place:
na tri dinna .i. Síd in Broga ┐ Duma
na nGiall ┐ Dun Crimthain,
Dinds. § 3
(
RC xv 291
).
do dindaib
Ua ṅAmalgaid annso .i. Carnn Amalgaid ┐ Tir Amalgaid ┐
Fearsad Threisi,
Dinds. § 135
(RC xvi). hi maig Find . . .
mórtha d.¤
the spot was ennobled,
Metr. Dinds. iii 394
.
(d)
mansion, court:
dinna na n-ingen . . . for fiarláit in
dúnaidh,
ZCP i 372
.
bit cethra dinna anorcha acu soin,
368
.
(e)
pinnacle, peak:
eclais iar na cúmtach o cholomnaib ┐ o
dinnaib ardaib,
LB 159a57
.
no foghluaisiond . . . dar dendaibh agus dar droibelaibh,
TBC-LL¹ 5620
(Stowe).
(f) In nn. loc., see
Hog. Onom.
(g) Used figur. in amplificative sense foll. by gen. of
definition: bid bláith do deog a d.¤ chuirn from a mighty
goblet (?),
Ériu iv 106.8
.
d.¤ chuirn,
ACL iii 307 § 20
. ? conusaicet in scoith ndimoir | d.¤ comart[h]a tire tarngire a prominent sign (?) (of the land of promise) (but see below under
compds.),
ZCP x 410
. sé 's a drúth, ba d.¤ dīrmma a striking
cavalcade,
BColm. 88. 19
.
(h) as adj. agreeable, pleasant
:
dinn .i. aibhinn,
O'Dav. 735
.
d.¤ .i. cnoc no
uasal nó aibind,
Lec. Gl. 83
.
dinn .i. aibind,
Stowe Gl. 69
.
sephainn co grinn ceol (sic leg., coel, text)
nglain ṅgil | bái a
thoirm d.¤ fo secht nimib,
SR 2160
.
na sáraig Samuel fáith
find | congab grad núalnar náebdind,
6026
. ?
dá fagur tairisi dind,
Celtica xiii 12.203
.
Compds.
¤bile a lofty old tree: ronfáema ar dinnbile (of
Christ),
SR 8223
.
a rí na ríg, is tú mo dín mo dinnbile,
IT iii
41
.
¤brat a mighty cloak (?): cet each ndonn ndindbrataibh
(dínbhrataibh, LL).
BB 278b16
.
¤chomartha a prominent
sign: gur ferad cith cruaid-ger cloithnechta dinncomartha
ármuigh dferaib Erend (cf.
MR 236
where O'Don. from another MS. reads, probably rightly, d'innchomarta),
LL 410b7
.
¤chor:
a mighty setting forth (?), a great enumeration (?):
ni fail
do dainib . . . | nech thucas tria dindchur de | na fail d'ingnud
lam rígse,
SR 335
.
¤fher a notable man:
Dímman derrit d.,
Gorm. June 27
.
¤fhogal
plundering of fortresses (?):
mór . . .
leath-truim díth is dionn-fhoghla,
Keat. Poems 996
.
¤gére:
ar a d.,
IT iii 189
.
¤mall (?):
dognith la Finnbarr . . . cumtach
d. daigfethal,
SG 84.37
.
¤mór: dia fúair deg-raind dindmóir | i crích Sengaind a noble share of strong places (?),
Metr. Dinds. iii 298
.
¤ogam
fortress-ogham (technical gramm. term):
dinnogam .i. aicme bethi .i. Bruiden, Lifi, Femin, Scolae,
Nemthend,
Auraic. 5687
.
¤orc[h]aill: Donadhach dindorcaill
a noble protection (?),
AFM i 516
.
¤roga: a high choice, something
noble or pre-eminent: mac fial Finnloga . . . | dim (leg. dia?)
cech dindrogha dliges `to whom is due every choice honour',
Lism. L. 3470
.
¤shenchas
history of notable places (lit. hill-lore), topography, legendary lore: inn eól dúib a d.?
LL 152b9
.
feib adfét in súidi snas, | is desin a d.,
Metr. Dinds. ii 44
.
ba
suithe in cach dindsenchas,
LU 657
(ACC).
friscomarca filed
.i. duili berla ┐ dínshenchus ┐ primscéla hÉrend,
IT iii 50
.
is cuman lim . . . dindsenchas clainne Adaim,
LL 376b35
.
d. na cnocc ┐ na tulach,
Acall. 4788
.
re táib dindsenchais
cach cnuic,
2436
.
dubláidi dindshenchais dait,
Metr. Dinds.
iii 20
.
nobiad aici a fhis dindsheanchais cach inaid sund,
YBL 195a20
.
a shenchaidhi . . . na fhochair ┐ sé ag déanamh
dinnshenchais na criche reimhe dho,
ITS v 28
.