n
n. and f. in O.Ir. of heteroclite decl.: g
s.
ind neime
,
Sg.
112a1
. n
p.
neimi,
139b6
. As d-st. (?): cnuicc nemed malignant
boils,
Goid. 172.23
. In Mid.Ir. and later treated as fem.; often
with g
s. nime, hence n
s. nim.
(a)
poison, venom:
neim
,
Corm. Y 991.
fí .i. nim,
O'Mulc.
597.
nem nathrach, gl. venenum,
Ml. 33d10
. gl. virus,
Sg.
112a1
; aconitum,
139b6
.
tuccad neim doib i llinn,
Thes. ii
323.14
(
Hy. iv pref.
).
Crist dom imdegail . . . ar neim
,
357.11
(
Hy. vii 59
).
deog neimhe,
Laws i 2.16
.
do dail na neime
. . . ar Art,
Ériu iii 170.3
. urchar . . . do shaigit nemi `a
poisoned arrow',
PH 7642.
ar comarthuibh na neimhe symptoms of poisoning,
Rosa Angl. 134.20
. pl.
cruth cen cheill . . .
is neime i n-ōrlestar,
ZCP vi 267 § 2.
co nemib ┐ epthaib,
LL 120a12
. Of animal venom:
de neim inna nathrach,
Fél.
Ep. 480
(see nathair).
tri neme nathrach,
TBC-LL¹ 5539
St. (fig.
of three warriors).
tria neim na dracon,
PH 339.
co tard
beach a neim for mo lethrosc-sa stung one of my eyes,
FDG 255.
(b) in fig. sense, bane, malefic power: es de boi inn nem sin
fuirri (of Balor's eye),
RC xii 100 § 133.
sleg co mbricht neme
vii 292.35
.
cithnélla neme,
TBC-I¹ 1950
, cf.
co tuitet nemhe
niuil truim,
O'Dav. 1281.
neim ar cach ḟir díb,
TBC-LL¹ 2922
(description of the `clann Calatín').
bidba troch co tromneim,
Metr. Dinds. iii 172.66
.
tech . . . robo lór do neim
,
ib. 326.38
.
neim ar th'urchur ┐ neim fort féin a bane on thy cast and on
thyself,
TBC-LL¹ 1187.
(in cheville)
marbais, mór ind neim, | a
mbúar uile,
Metr. Dinds. iv 64.87
, cf.
LL 299a35
. ? g
s. as attrib.:
is neime do iurnn . . . .i. as neimnech do neoch in t-iarunn baneful,
O'Dav. 1135.
co ndeachaid neimh an troisccthi for
Diarmait `the virus of the fasting went against D.',
BNnÉ 89
§ 189
. Of snow accompanied by severe cold
(
Celtica iii 262
): sneachta neime do chur oidhche fhéli Sanct Nicolás
`poisonous snow',
ALC i 370.3
=
snechta na neme,
Ann. Conn. 1245 § 10.
Cf.
[snechta] na nemi,
AB 1179
(quoted
AU ii 197 n. 8
). Cf.
neimh fhúaire na hoidhcheise,
Studies x 417 § 1
. gach cuan go cconfadh neimhe 'each sea is in deadly tumult'
Féil. Mhic Néill 174 § 43
.
Virulence, keenness, penetrating force
, often in favourable
sense; freq. in g
s. as attrib.
ar
neim
┐ ar nert ┐ ar nidhachus,
Fianaig. 68.30
(qualities of a warrior).
a righ L. is lerdha
nimh !,
MR 214.3
.
Nechtain cosin neim
,
LL 11a48
=
gus an
neimh,
Leb. Gab.(i) i 182.3
.
lám co neim
,
LL 154a18
.
betit
curaid arna raind | fa neim claidib Con Culaind,
TBC-LL¹ 795.
fon crúisig neme,
1286
(of Conchobar's spear).
ilcleasa neme,
3932
St.
céim neime,
Ériu v 223.63
.
crithir do neimh na
tenedh sin,
RC xxiv 381.23
.
cú neimhe,
ZCP ii 344.7
. Of
feelings:
re neim fergi an dúileman,
RC xxiv 378.34
.
adéura
[Críosd] lán do neimh ┐ d'fheirg,
Parrth. Anma 476.11
.
Sharpness, bitterness, causticity: érnais cen neim
(of St. Brigit),
Hy. v 7
, glossed .i. cen imdergad without (causing) a blush,
Thes. ii 328.21
(cf.
Stowe Gl. 259
).
uath nime for tengthaib
na filed,
O'Mulc. 830c
. la neim laidhe (of a satire),
ACL iii
295 § 27.
begán glóir do budh mór neimh (i.e. quiet but
incisive words),
ZCP viii 223.6
.
sanas nemhe na námod,
Ériu iv 212.12
. amhail adubhairt Fionn sin, | ro gabsam
náire tré neimh (i.e. his words stung us to shame),
Duan. F.
i 31 y
.
Compds.
¤dénmach o, ā.
poison-making
(Lat. veneficus):
trí druíd nemdenmacha `poison-giving' (? maleficent),
Trip.
138.27
(neimd. v.l.). ?
¤mod: nemmod la saoruib . . . in
mod dogniat tria a neim .i. tria a mbeim (i.e. force, intensity?),
O'Mulc. 830 h
(fanciful etym. of word neimed).
¤tenga
`poison-tongue'; an evil-tongued person, a slanderer:
nipsa
nemthenga mo chrích,
LU 9335.
A standing epithet of
Bricriu:
Bricriu noithech neimtheṅga,
ZCP viii 218.11
.
la
Bricrind Nemthenga,
FB 1.
do Bricriu Nemthenga,
IT ii1
173.9
.