adj
dáne (: áge), dána (:
dála,
SR 6933
; : Cannána
7343
); gen. dánai (: lánai); dat. dánu (: consádu), dána.
COMP. dánu (: cádu), dána; dáine (
Gadelica i 90. 10
);
dánaite; ní is dána
audacior
Ir. Gl. 1131
. Superl.
dánam,
BFF 164 § 8.5
. Adv. co
dánae
.
I Of living beings or their attributives: stout-hearted,
courageous, daring, fearless; emphasized: bold, brave
; the
opposite of etánae, uaimnech, immecal, eclach `timid,
fearful,' and often synonymous with
essamain
, trén, calmae,
slattrae. It translates Lat. audax, temer, and confidens.
Laws and Glosses offer no example.
(a)
Iessu Aaron macc Amrai. Dauid in gille dáne (v.l.
dána),
Thes. ii 301. 1
.
Duid dána,
SR 6933
.
dána cen
ecla,
ib. 7835
.
Fergus dánae,
TBC-LL¹ 2090
Y,
ib. 964
.
1084
.
2133
.
2195
. dána cách co hetech every one is bold till he
meets with a refusal
Tec. Corm. § 31. 19
.
dune as dánu
corragaib ule a ngiallu,
LL 184 a 32
.
mór ndrong ndhermáir
ndána ndiumsach rodechta and hi mbuaili báis,
Alex. 129
.
mór ndrong ndhánai ndheigḟear ndhánamail ro hellachtai
and,
ib. 131
.
docomraicset co dána dúrcraidech ris,
Acall.
1917
.
is tu tánic co dána inar crichaib ne,
PH 3907
.
rorad
Ísu gné ṅgorta do beth fair...co mbad dánaite tísad diabul
dia aimsiugud,
ib. 4780
. Of a deer:
dobhí an fiadh go
beannach borb ag seasaṁ san leirg go dána glic,
Oss. vi
20. 13
. Of the countenance: is dana drech Doimine iter
ocu erigthi bold is D.'s face
Corm. Tr. 61 s.v. duillén
.
Of the soul:
is dána cip indus in ainimm is aimnert ┐ is
imecal in cholann,
PH 3054
.
Bold, confident
: isat lána do
thrócaire in choimded conid aire sin atberat som co dána
immalle frisind apstal, &c.,
ib. 5872
. an tathair neaṁdha
do ghuibe ( = ghuidhe)
co dana,
Lib. Flav. 36 a 1. 14
.—Often
applied to the martyrs, the brave warriors of Jesus (mílid
dánai Ísu, amsáin Ísu).
Dionis derb dáne,
Fél.
May 25
. féil mo Dimóc dáni (: láni),
ib. Dec. 10
. ronsnádat dond rígu cona ṅdúnud dánu (: consádu),
ib. Jan. 23
.
co mórsluag ba dánu (: chádu),
ib. Mar. 20
.
findṡluag
Epectiti as dánu,
May 23
. Andreas as dánu (: nobágu),
Nov. 30
.
(b) abs. n
a bold man:
isé in dána dichondircil,
TBC-LL¹
5417
.
(c) In neg. sense,
brash, impudent
: nīm dāna iar fīr | imma dāla mo degríg 'I am not truly rebellious about the dispositions of my good King',
SR (Adam and Eve) 98.2069
.
tusa imorro notpianfaither co sír ar
dochathaigis co dána i nagaid in choimded,
PH 6605
.
fer
nosairimend co dána ┐ co slattra,
ib. 5326
.
sínid Iudas
a láim forsin méis co dána ┐ co hesamain,
ib. 5137
.
risan
droing úd dobhí coṁdána sin ┐ teampoll...Dé do thruailliughadh,
Donlevy xiv 14
.
(d) is dánae leis he dares
, translating Lat. audet:
cindus
is dána leis a athair do rád frisin coimdid intíí ṡáraiges
co follus a thimnai,
PH 7885
.
manip dána re nech corp
Críst do thaiscid i llestar nglan is córu co mór edánus dia
thabairt isin corp nélnide o peccthaib,
ib. 5331
. So also
Laws v 328. 5
f.b.
: munob dana re nechtarde díb, and
Lism. L. 4712
: damad dana lat fer dár muinntir do dul
i ndeghaidh in fiadha for do chomairci riasin péist [noragad].
II Of actions:
showing or requiring courage; daring,
brave
. trít ragonad Lug...doriṅgni in neṅgnam ṅdána a
brave deed of valour
LL 27 b 38
.
co gnímaib danaib,
Ériu v 211. 85
(LL). In a bad sense:
urchor dána duaibseach,
MR 284. 26
.
is dána an nídh fá dtugais láṁ,
OCT
57.18
.
III
Strong, vehement
: fá sin dimdheargadar é go dána
they strongly reproached him for it
Donlevy 128. 22
.
COMPS.
fíal-dánae,
TBC-LL¹ 2107
.
2110Y. ro-dánae, q.v.
MOD. dána, fear dána a brave (bold) man
: dá ṁalluightheacht é bíonn sé na ḟear dhána (Kerry). dá ḟaid iseadh
is dána the longer the bolder. Begley and MacCurtin
Engl.-Ir. Dict. (1732) give: buille dána = buille láidir a
bold stroke; dá mbeinn coṁdána ┐ a rádh if I may be so
bold as to say. They also give the meaning `audacious,'
which is still heard in the south. dána ar familiar with
Dinneen
; cf. 1 dánacht, dánaigecht. The
dán
= dána, mentioned
by O'R. and
Dinneen
hails from Scotch dictionaries.