n
m. an unfledged bird, a nestling:
esen .i. es ┐ en. es didiu fo diultad, essen didiu ni hen
chadacht no ni hen clumda cedacht not yet a bird, or not
yet a fledged bird
YBL 265c9
=
Corm. Y 511
. a n-isseniu
(gl. pullos suos)
Ml. 80a6
[leg. eiss- ?]. amail esene fiach
unfledged ravens
Corm. Y 731
.
ni frithidi bid esine éim
(.i. ni hinann so ┐ eun do gabail a sás),
ZCP ix 141 x
=
TBC-I¹ 797
(frithid bid eissine). go luth eisine
with (but) the
vigour of a nestling
Anecd. ii 21.1
.
il-leith eiseine,
22.24
.
téit in banchorr isin fairrgi síar do duth, co toét cona
heisínib essi,
Triads 237
. Cf. intī nar leic essin mil maigi
do sil T. `never yielded even the leveret of a hare'
Cog.
66.11
(éis an ghiuilgennaigh v.l.).