n O.Ir. n., later f. : n
s.
a ngné
,
BCr. 33c5
(
Thes. ii 22.36
).
a ngnǽ
,
Sg. 205a1
. Mid. Ir. survival of neut. :
gné
m-bróin,
FA 33
;
gné
n-onore,
PH 7001
;
gne
n-aill,
CCath. 1026
;
MacCarthy 138.10
. a
s.
gnei,
Sg. 166a2
. g
s.
in gnee
,
Goid.
67.23
(
Lib. Hymn. 11b
). n
p.
gn,
BCr. 33a8
(
Thes. ii 20.37
).
(il)gn,
Ml. 97a1
.
LU 7533
.
gnee,
BB 297b35
.
gnei,
321b51
.
A common Mid. Ir. pl.
gnéthi,
LL 265b20
.
gnethi,
PH 7471
.
gnéithe,
IGT Decl. § 2.18
.
(a)
kind, species : fúad et gné
form and kind,
Wb. 32c9
.
gnǽ for leth ... far leth .i. tresṅgné `a species apart ...
"apart" that is, by the species,'
Sg. 73b1
.
tri gné forsin apgitir,
BCr. 33a8
(
Thes. ii 20.37
). bieit ilgné indi son there will be many
kinds in it,
Ml. 97a1
.
gne gneach a specific species,
Laws iii
96.10
.
in gne no in cenel in fidh ? ... masa chenel cadet a
gnee ?,
Auraic. 853
-
854
.
atat cóic gnethi icon duine-marbad,
PH 7471
.
da gne for leth dechnaid .i. sned ┐ trebradh,
BB 297a37
. for tri gneib in three kinds,
Fél. 4.30
.
gné
ḟerrdha díb ┐ gné bannda (of diamonds),
Maund. § 138
.
gné
pupall `a kind of tents,'
§ 49
.
an ghne as anbhfainne
d'apoplexia
,
23 K 42, 23.1
.
na gnéithe don Gháoidhelg,
IGT
Introd. § 2
. Clann Charthaigh 's gach gné i ngabhoid `each
of its species,'
TD 32.15
.
maille ris an uile ghné airm,
Ezekiel
xxxviii 4
.
cred an ghné dhuine an té sin,
2 Kings i 7
.
gné
óir nó airgid do chor amach to issue a new coinage,
Mac Aingil
305.1
. tairgit gnē chomhadh dōip `they offered them some
gifts,'
Fl. Earls 14.15
. dognīt gnē chiūnais ┐ chomnaidhe
ann `they had some rest and repose there,'
ib.
y 0
.
gne d'imegla
... orra ...,
32.7
.
ge gur fulaingset gne shaot[h]air,
88.10
.
(b)
form
,
(1) of outward appearance, appearance of
countenance :
issed a ngne cétna foir,
BCr. 33c5
(
Thes. ii
22.36
). saingné fornaib gnímaib inna preceptore ... a special
form,
Wb. 5a5
.
gné fírinne fuiri the appearance of righteousness,
Ml. 95b6
.
is follus co mór gné m-broin fair-seom,
LU
2279
(
FA 33
).
fond ... na cathrach ... co ngné gréne fair,
LU 2039
(
FA 11
).
ro soí gné Emer,
LU 3890
(
SCC 40
).
is
derb limm nochloemchlaifed gnee (leg. -fe a gnee ?),
TBC-LL¹
284
.
imsod a gne do gruaide,
TFerbe 720
.
ra sáit gnéthi
da gnúsib,
MU² 500
.
slóg rosóiset gnee,
Ériu vi 149.72
. ni
rangatar gaill a ngné, `did not recover their countenance,'
Cog. 98.19
.
Aen. 2642
.
co mad gné forbáiltechuis no-beth
fair,
PH 3075
.
doraitne gné báis foraib,
3488
(cf.
A. Ó Dálaigh xliv 7
). robo ghlas a ainech ┐ a ghne `countenance,'
Cóir Anm. § 8
.
ba cael gné a chuirp,
ZCP xi 108 § 2
.
gnē
feola deirgi fair oc a chaithim (of the Sacred Host),
xii 373.12
.
gein co ngrinne gnéa `winsome of mien,'
Metr. Dinds. iii
300.44
. is olc do gne cid mor do meisnech `thou lookest ill ...,'
Cog. 170.11
.
gne do ghnuisi,
TTebe 3599
.
ar ghabhabhair
do ghné an chróigh,
IGT Decl. ex. 318
;
199
.
caillid a ...
ngné ┐ a maise,
TSh. 546
.
béal ... ar ghné ógróis,
TD 39.4
.
nach i ngné Gaoidheal gairmthir `... their names are not like
those of the G.,'
Content. xxix § 31
. Of gramm. inflexions :
huare rombói la grecu a ngnæ the Greeks had the form,
Sg.
205a1
. ailigid gnei changes the form,
166a2
.
(2)
way, manner:
fon ngne seo (gl. in chruth-so),
Laws iv 214.19
. for gne gille
`after the manner of a pledge,'
i 276.17 Comm.
;
188.30 Comm.
ar oen-gne
in the one way,
ZCP viii 266 § 34
. da leana tú he
is na gneithi seo in these ways,
Ériu v 138 § 122
. da ngabham
is an ghné chóir (sic leg.) if we take it in the right way,
Dán Dé xxii 1.
(3) Prep. phrases : ar gne
like : fuair a ghruaidh
ar gné mónann `his cheek as the berries,'
Content. v 121
.
proportioned to (?) :
ar gne dia ccēill ┐ dia thuixin,
Fl. Earls
182.2
. fo gné (gnéithibh) under the appearance (semblance)
of, in the manner of, as :
a m-bachla ina lám[h]aibh fo gné ...
imdechta,
PH 5104
.
fo gné bairgine ┐ fhína,
5183
. caith
corp fo ghnē rūine in Righ in mystical fashion,
RC xxxvii
345 § 5
. cibe noscaith co dana | fo gné cech bīdh immana
(of the body of Christ) ... as he would any other food,
349 § 80
.
Corp Críost ... fá ghnéithibh na fola,
O'Gr. Cat. 39.23
.
fa
ghnéithibh aráin ┐ fíona,
Eochairsg. 20.30
. fo gne síthe
`under the guise of peace,'
ALC i 84.2
.
AFM ii 996.1
.
fa ghné
mhaitheasa fíre,
TSh. 8135.
(c) a legal point, an argument, a case :
seo na gneithe er
nach roichenn Muircertach ... in cét gné dib ... gné eile,
O'D. 1956
-
7
(
Eg.90 f. 7 (8a
) (
O'Gr. Cat. 77
).
er na gnéithib
seo,
O'D. 1959
(ib. b).
an tres gne
,
ML App. 180.10
.
(d) leg. a version :
gné n-aill a different version,
O'D. 568
(
H 3.17, c.440
-
41
).
deithbir na na (sic !) cantana fodera
dam in da ghne sin do scribhad,
O'D. 213
(scribal note,
H 3.17, c. 169
).
Compds.
¤buan of lasting form :
sgath an dána gnéabhuain,
TD 31.16
.
¤bude of yellow appearance :
a chiabh ghnéabhuidhe,
TD 2.28
.
¤gen : a maise 'sa gnéghean `her loving
countenance,'
Oss. iv 266.3
.
¤glan :
seabhac ... gné-ghlan,
Ériu v 172.2
.
¤nuaide `youthful looking,'
TD 2.45
;
`glistening,'
28.11
.