n.pr. m. S. Dochata naomh epscop ┐ angcoire, AFM 837 = Docutu sanctus episcopus et ancorita Slane, AU 837 .

n o, m. (L. episcopus ), later (b) escop and (c) espoc bishop: Esodir in t-epscop | abb ecailse ardae, Fél. Jan. 2 . conid e epscop insin cita ruoirtned la Laigniu, Ardm. 18a1 ( Thes. ii 241.15 ). luid epscop Fith leo ib. ( Thes. ii 240.19 ). epscop uasal hic afriund di, Anecd. iii 69.15 . epscop Sanctān, Hy vi 21 ( Thes. ii 353 ). g s. dubbert grád n-epscoip foir, Ardm. 18a1 ( Thes. ii 241.15 ). gními epscuip a bishop's duties Wb. 28b20 ( 1 Timothy iii 2 ). béssi ind epscuip, 31b13 ( Titus i 7 - 9 ). im damnæ n-epscuip, Ardm. 18a1 ( Thes. ii 241.7 ). d s. du epscop Fith ib. ( Thes. ii 241.3 ). n p. epscui, Mon. Tall. § 15 . a p. dorat palliu[m] . . do A. on ordaigfed epscopu, Anecd. iii 70.12 . d p. da n-oirdnedh na n-epscopaibh (: thoccair = thogair), BNnÉ 283.20 . Perh. in lit. sense of episcopus , overseer: in dercada .i. ind epscoip (gl. speculatoris) Ml. 127a10 . (b) huasal-escop Insi Fail, Uí Maine 143 (201)rb 60 = Auraic. 5267 . eascob (.i. uas cob), BB 337 b5 = Laws v 22.2 . ocht n-eascoib deg, MacCarthy 284.19 = BB 10 a20 . easgab, IGT, Decl. § 11 . (c) Dubthach espuc Aird Machai, AU 512 . quies espuic Mic Cairthinn, 505 ( Lang. of Ann. Ulster p. 13 ). in t-easbog , BB 207b5 = in t-espoc , Todd Nenn. 68 . esbag, IGT, Decl. § 11 . an t-espoc , BCC § 76 . easbog, 1 Timothy iii 2 . oifig easbuig , iii 1 . TSh. 9755 . easba, Parrth. Anma 104.9 ( = Luc. Fid. 59.8 ). easbuig (a p.) ib. Criosd do righne na céid-éspuig...┐ iad sin easbaga oile, 100.14 = Luc. Fid. 56.1 (-ésbhuig). nach raibhe Lúiteur no Cailbhin 'na n-espugaibh, Parrth. Anma 104.12 = neasbaguib, Luc. Fid. 59.6 .

Anomalous forms (or spellings?): ard-easpcob Hierusalem, Ériu iii 196 § 15 . espscop , Mon. Tall. § 7 .

adj io-iā (1 fuined) occidental, western: connici in n-acían muridi f.¤ insi Bretan, LU 30 = funita, Rawl. 71a17 . airir inn occiain f.¤ , CCath. 5373 . Daniel ... episcopus Saxan funetta, Anecd. iii 64.13 . na Saxain funeta, 68.8 .

Cf. fuinide.

npr. m. a name borne by more than one mythical king of Ireland and later by some historic persons. The orig. vowel is ō, cf. the dat. forms Nodonti, Nodenti ( Corp. Inscr. Lat. vii 138 , 140 ).

Declined

(a) as d-stem: n s. Nuadu, LL 127a48 , 128a27 . Nuado, 25b13 . Possibly earlier Nuada, AU 780. Nuadha, AU 810 , 811 ; O'Mulc. 665 (one of the three `fáithi fis' of the heathen Irish), and later texts generally. g s. Nuadat, LL 128a26 . Nuadhat, AU 774. Nodtat, Mart. Tall. Feb. 19. a d s. la Nuadait, LL 128a25 . In later Mid. and Mod.Ir. the g s. Núadhat (-ad) continues in use ( Nuaghad, BB 32b38 ); also d s. Nuadhait, Keat. i 218.36 (Nuadha v.l.), but: lé Nuadha, ii 2175 . The n s. Nuadhat (-ad) is occas. found, BB 46b37 (g s. Nuadhat, ib. 36 ); g s. Nuadhaid (: cuid), Content. vi 154.

(b) traces of a parallel n-declension occur in early texts: g s. in oratorio Nodan , AU 808 , cf. ath Dísirt Nuadhat, ii 448.5 (prob. same place, see Hog. Onom. s.v. Disert Nodan). d s. ut impletum est i Nodáin [leg. Nódain] locha hUama [sic leg.], Trip. 144.15 , cf. Nuadha locha hUamae episcopus et ancorita abbas Airrd Machae, AU 811.

Núadha, IGT Dec. § 8.9 (declined like elta, n-stem, but d s. do Núadhait ).

adj o,ā. (oígi+-car `loving') hospitable : ba dercach aigedchair , LB 4a42 = PH 282 where Atkinson expands: aigedchach. clérech aeghedhcair, AFM ii 1088.3 . cléireach . . . aeidheachair do laochaibh ┐ do chléirchibh, 1114.5 .

As npr. m.: Oegedchar episcopus Noindromma, AU 734.