n o, m. (g s. imluaide also found, Laws v 334.20 Comm. imlúate, RC xiv 420.2 ) act of setting in motion (in various significations). In Ml. gl. agitatio.

(a) act of stirring up, stirring, moving, setting in motion (trans.): línanarta gela ┐ goeth oca nimluad, RC ii 394.5 . Eas Rúaid ... | cén beit eicne 'ga imlúad as long as salmon are stirring it, Ériu iv 150.28 . rí rofaed inn-angel n-uag | ba gnim ṅdangen fri himluad, SR 7230. i.¤ ┐ comtocbail in cogaidh moir, CCath. 1169. imluadh catha eter rigaibh `to foster battle between kings,' Aen. 1683. ainesccaidh la neach imlúadh a lam docom in cat[h]a sin, CCath. 5589. d'imluadh a rethedh toghla `to impel battering rams,' 655 . in ni uil ac i.¤ an muilind, Laws iii 280.16 Comm. aca i.¤ sis ocus suas, 202.23 Comm. in duine teched sechu dobertis essidhe i cliabh ... ┐ a imluadh tar an allt, Lism. L. 4834. a n-inad a imluaidh o a tigh, RC xliii 54.9 . d'imluadh ┐ do choimhthreōrugadh in naemhshēpēil, Fl. Earls 124.17 . ro indsidar ... gur ceannaighchi ... iat ro buí ic imluadh a cennaighechta ` hawking ,' Stair Erc. 225.

(b) act of moving, moving about (intrans.); movement, activity, exertion: ri dorigni sreba sluag | dona hénaib fri i.¤ , SR 306. o rolínad ind arc huag | robái in digal for i.¤ , 2510 . ind Olimp huag | cen chumscugud cen i.¤ , 126 . roordaig tret na n-uan ... for i.¤ iarsin sleib, Todd Lect. iii 44.8 . ised is lethbrisid and aen duine ac imluad `one man being in motion,' Laws iii 260.4 Comm. madh a n-imluadh in agaid miled `their movement against soldiers,' CCath. 5081. a mbátar ciana for imluad forsna tonnaib, RC x 52.2 . a reim iomramha ┐ iomluaidh, Leb. Gab.(i) 126 n. 11 . re fothrum a fannbratach | ic imluad ic eitealaig `the rustling of their standards streaming and floating,' MR 184.8 . nírbho ail doibh in laithi do imluadh ar oman a faircsina `to move by day,' Marco P. § 56. romgab in críne m'imlúad age has taken away from me my motion, Ériu iv 154.15 . as-ren boin do raith inna imloth ┐ i nn-aurslucuth a indisi `für seine Bemühung,' Bürgschaft 25 § 70. re hi.¤ muntiri in rig re freastal ... na fleidi sin ` activity ,' TTebe 460 . tri fodla for Feraib Bolg | cid a n-imlúad, ní hanord `as to their movements there was no disorder,' Metr. Dinds. iii 170.26 . ? To this: imsgar ┐ imludh na cloinde sin Iba[i]d `the travels and wanderings,' Ériu viii 8.2 .

(c) act of wielding weapons, hurling missiles: cid Ferchess ... o ragab a arm d'imlúad, LL 27b3 . mor céite is mor carrac cruaid | immá ndernus airm d' i.¤ , Acall. 3434. conár cumhaingsiot na sloigh ... a n-airm d' iomluadh no d'imirt, AFM vi 2034.1 . rogabsat ica n-i.¤ do cec[h]tar in da leit[h]i (of missiles), CCath. 5653.

(d) act of driving trans.: tussu gan charptiu d'imluád, TBC-LL¹ 4149. luidh Fionn d'iomlúadh in eich duibh gussin tráigh, Duan. F. i 28.26 . ni tráth imlúate echraide, RC xiv 420.2 . Of driving cattle: aris romor do imluad, Laws ii 126.15 . soilbech bethach la log n-imsaetha .i. la log eimhluaidh dá scripul x i n-imluadh, O'Dav. 1070 (cf. Bürgschaft 45.13 ). cinmotha smacht an imluaig, O'D. 1694 (< H 5.15, p. 31 col. 2 ). ? Here: seoit imluaid seds as payment for driving ?, Laws iii 320.5 , 7 , 13 . seoit imluaidhe, v 334.20 , 25 . seoit imluaidi ... no cuitighi tobaigh, O'D. 2412 (< Rawl. B 506, fo. 52d ). fiach imluaidh, Laws v 224.23 . is e oiret rethis in fiach imluaid, co log tobaig fo aicned na criche i ndentar in t-imluadh, 26 . Intrans. careering: hi cocrichaib nad clechta err óencharpait | do imluad ar m'ési, LU 8506 (FB).

(e) act of agitating, harassing (used esp. of demoniac influence or possession); agitation of mind, anxiety: inn i.¤ gl. [mentis] agitationem, Ml. 90d15 . dunt i.¤ gl. ad agitationem [mentis], 15a17 . ni ar laiget a chumachtu ro-fhodamair Ísu do diabul a i.¤ sund, PH 4816. ro-saerad ... in duine o'n demun boi oc a i.¤ fri híl-bliadnu, 1988 . mar da badar ar an imluag sin adchondcadar chucu dream do ridirib while they were thus perplexed, YBL 146b17 . fri hilchaingni fri i.¤ , SR 4542. secht mblíadna dó bochta búan | ocus gorta cona imlúad, 6850 . ar ní bí sním na immluad na imradud inar menmannaib, Alex. 876.

(f) act of bringing into action, effecting, exercising; action, performance: cenco tic de i.¤ a fhlaithiusa ar a arsaidecht `exercise his dominion,' CCath. 590. do foillsighedh dosam tre i.¤ adharta (MS. imluag agharta) `by means of ritual' ? Ériu viii 18.18 . erridecht ar armaib ┐ i.¤ (MS. imluag) ar airdclesaib dexterity ?, Ériu viii 8.2 . ic imluadh a ngnim ngaisccidh isin cath, CCath. 5878. co na fedad i.¤ n-imtheachta `he was unable to effect a movement,' TTebe 3277 . rofeatarsa nach do gnim gaisgedh ná d'imluadh echta ... thangais, MR 284.19 . gach aidmibh ergaile ba gnath etir Eirennchoib d'iomluadh i ngurt gaisccidh, AFM vi 2234.18 . ? Here: fer foloing einech gresa cin i.¤ fine `without the action of the family,' Laws iv 350.25 . (cf. cen adhall fine, ib. 1 Comm. .)

(g) act of putting forward (a proposition), advancing (a proposal); a proposal, a proposition: cia d'echlachaib hErenn sin do i.¤ (tic dimluad, St.) athisc ┐ irlabra frim-sa, TBC-LL¹ 1720. luid techt co n-ascadaib húad | o Iacob, cain int imlúad, SR 3054. doriachtatar ri fessaib ┐ ri fáitib, ri imluatib ┐ ri epistilib, TTr. 150. doronnad i.¤ sida etarru ┐ Manannan, RC xxiv 276 § 11. tancamar ra hi.¤ n-athisc dait, CRR 28.1 . cred adhbar bhar n-iomluaidhsi uaidhe, eidir ?, ITS v 46.23 . iomluadh siodha etir na hiarladhaibh sin ... fri Gaoidhelaibh Leithe Cuinn, AFM vi 2044.15 .

(h) act of telling, discussing, mentioning, praising; praise: ni chreiti[s]-sium físi na hamra na haislingi and, mina bedis persanda uaisli aca imluad `spreading it about,' TTebe 62 3. na scaram frit na ret' luag | cén bes anim coar n-i.¤ , LL 375a39 . Fiachu Labraind, línib slúag | os cech arm-raind co n-imluad `extolled beyond every armed squadron,' Metr. Dinds. iii 460.6 . oclach thainic co hAed ruad | mad ail do neoch a i.¤ `if any care to hear tell of him,' iv 6.6 . nímthá sáethar re imlúag (v.l. himluadh) `I have no trouble in telling it,' Ériu iv 158.15 . da adhmoladh ┐ d'imluagh gacha feassa gu frichnamach, BB 31a20 . imarbaidh einigh ... d' imradh ocus d'imluadh ocus d'adhmholadh, MR 94.20 . ga háoinfhiodh bog bláthmar búan | ag ughdaraibh dá iomlúadh, IGT Introd. 5 § 10. nach biadh a éag re iomluadh, Content. v § 164 . dá gcuirinn síos annso ... go mbiadh eachtra adhbhal ré a hiomluadh orra, Keat. ii 3412. an turas céadna do-chuaidh | san bhFraingc fa fochainn iomluaidh, Aithd. D. 36 § 21.

n great exertion, trouble: caidi dethbir eturru sin ┐ an baile ata an tsoilbech beithach la logh n-imaetha ? biaid an tsoilbech ... do comloighidecht imluaidi i n-a n-ellach the case of the good milch cow including the cost of the trouble, Laws v 342.22 Comm. (see Bürgschaft 45.10 ). soilbhech beithech la lógh n-iomṡaotha im airchenn eallamh, Ériu xiii 29.25 . [im]saeth .i. éimhluad, ut est soilbech bethach la log n-imsaetha .i. la logh eimhluaidh dá scripul .x. i n-imluadh ┐ rl., O'Dav. 1070 (cf. 227 ).

n o, m. (Lat. scripulus, see Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 211 ) sgriball, sgreball, IGT Decl. § 17 (71.18) . a scruple : screpul quasi scripul, ab eo quod est scripulus , Corm. Y 1150 . ? dee .i. screbal, O'Mulc. 336 . ? scrupul .i. cloch fil a muir ruaidh .i. comthrom screpaill, conadh uaithi aderar, O'Curry 1466 ( H 3.18, 651 ).

(a) in Laws a unit of value, ⅟24 of an ounce or milch cow and equal to 3 pinginn. See Thurn., ZCP xiv 342 , xv 254 . uair .ui. grainni .x. ┐ .u. ced ┐ .lx. comtrom uingi. Uair cethra graindi fiched cruithnechta comtrom in screpaill airgid 576 grains make an ounce . . . 24 grains of wheat make a scruple of silver, Laws v 18.8 Comm . ó she lethpendingib gabar inotacht in tomhais; na sé lethpendinge is trí lán pendinge, na trí lan pendinge is screpall, ┐ is amhluidh so ro soich in tricha scripall on aig the three full pinginn make a s., O'D. 903 ( H 3.17, 645 ). ro suidiged a fochraicside for seot (sic leg.) deich screbul a sét of the value of ten scripuli, Laws iv 212.x . ro suidiged for seot (sic leg.) .ui. scripall (sic leg.) a fuillem, v 378.5 . colpach ocht scribull (sic leg.) acht cethoro pingeinne a heifer of eight s. less four pence, 172.2 Comm . molt . . . .i. s.¤ a fiu, ii 226.11 , see ZCP xiv 342 . in screpall (sic leg.) .i. log fir fognama ┐ meich, i 212.16 Comm . doní saorus in breithemh . . . don screpall deolaidh, O'D. 559 ( H 3.17, 439 ). naidm fri tri certle is fiu screpull, O'Dav. 617 (cf. Ériu xiii 43.19 ). scripul i turorguin uire iar trib druchtaibh, 677 . For s.¤ indracuis see indracus. In non-legal documents: sē scripuil for unga an ounce and six scruples (a fine), Cáin Ad. 44 . inna da sill is da scripul co leth, RC viii 368.3 . co rirfe in fer uallach a enech ┐ a anmain ar lóg ōenscripuil, xxvi 44.5 . gach teine . . . do bhíodh screaball nó trí pinginne ag rígh Múmhan do chíos uirre, Keat. ii 3819 . Note also: cuitbide . . . .i. ní ferr lethscripul `not better than half a scruple' (i.e. valueless) gl. fribolus, Sg. 49b10 .

(b) the s.¤ óir probably represented a different value (not found in Laws): nī rogaib A. acht . . . screpald óir cecha bantōsigi, Cáin Ad. 24 . screbal óir gach fhir, Acall. 1432 . a chís rigda . . . .i. screpall óir . . . .i. cethraimthi uinge óir a scruple of gold, i.e. ¼ of an ounce, LB 132b3 . achtmad oen-screpul óir no argit, LL 304a11 ( RC xiii 86.12 , SG 379.20 , Lism. L. 307.27 ).

(c) in general sense of fee, contribution, tribute, cess (freq. of the sum paid to a cleric for the exercise of his office, etc.): roddet o manchaib na túath | . . . | in screpol issin cendfhathe the s.¤ and (`in', Ed.) the bequest (?), Ériu viii 68.24 (see cennaithe). screpul doberar do gilli no óclig `a groat' (as a reward), Mon. Tall. 143.8 ( den scribul, 12 ). screpul fóss is cūairt is cāin | duit, a C[h]olmāin, BColm. 48.30 . da n-ícat mo screpul-sa (said by Moling), Anecd. ii 34 § 2 . Mael-Isu, comarba Patraic, for cuairt Muman . . . co tuc a lanchuairt, eter screpal ┐ edpurta `both cess and donations', AU ii 20.2 , cf. 76.12 ff . tucsad screball cumaili cacha tuaithi do cacha bliadna .i. tri ba ┐ timthacht cach rig dogebad rigi da cloind they gave him (St. Cormac) a s.¤ of the value of a cumal for every túath, Irish Texts iii 4 § 10 (= BB 234a25 ). sgreball caethrech a tribute of sheep, Hy Maine 80.6 . With qualifying gen.: do orduigh screaball baithis Pádraig ar gach neach da ngabhadh baisteadh san Mhumhain .i. trí pinginne Patrick's baptismal fee, Keat. iii 377 . Cf. doberar screaball dó ara bhaisded .i. sect pinginne oir, Lism. L. 2832 . dorat Ciarán a clog do Caeimgen i comurtha a n-oentad ┐ i screpul a chomnae as his communion-fee, 4470 . an sgreaball ongtha fee for unction, Hy Maine 80.1 . doberatt bale . . . dō ina screpul soscēlae `gospel-tax', BColm. 42.13 . screpall soiscéla, a airdrí Muman . . . Cá screpall sin, a chleirig? . . . Crich ┐ ferann don chleirech, ar Beineoin, Acall. 5393 (`gospel-penny', Gloss.). doratt . . . na hImlecha i screpall a thodhuisci do Dia ┐ do Chiarán as a fee for his restoration to life, RC xxvi 370.27 = ACL iii 226.2 . ? Cf. screpall ar feoil | eoinmhet ar eoch mall (screpul ar feoil naige, v.l.), IT iii 84.11 .

(d) as a unit of weight: nī fuirecht cid óen screpul ba mo tríun arailiu `that one third was greater than another by a single scruple' (of a piece of silver broken into three pieces), Hy. v 80 ( Thes. ii 346 ). ro cuiredh a chorp a comrair fo iadhadh, ┐ tucait secht scribhaill de ór fora ucht, RC xlvi 248.30 . See scrubul.

(e) piece, morsel : screapall beg don chiaraigh `a little piece of the wax', Fl. Earls 34.17 . ro tescadh screpal beac dieroile chloich ndīp, 164.28 . Cf. scrupul.

n (Lat. sillus, a measure of weight ): sillus . . . est unus scriptulus et quarta pars scriptuli; inna da s.¤ is da scripul coleth, RC viii 368 .

n Orig. prob. —un, ā, f. (cf. orgun, túarcon) vn. formation from *to-air-(fo-?)-oirg-. a form of theft or plunder . Defined as taidorgain i naidche stealthy plundering by night, O'Curry 521 ( H 3.18, 262a ). cid dia n-éirena(i)tar dosom int sheóit s[e]o ? ... dia th.¤ , Críth G. 123 . athgabail ... im t.¤ do bechdin `for robbing thy beehive,' Laws i 166.26 . athgabail fir laisi fuirecar set turoirgni neimid for a indile `the stolen beast of a `nemed ,' v 262.1 , see O'Dav. 1503. corus indbir a t.¤ `to plunder a lawful weir,' Laws v 476.20 . breth im gata ┐ turoirgne ┐ saruighthi, i 278.12 Comm. do gaduib, ┐ do turoirgnib, do braduib, do creachuib, 226.7 Comm. do gataib ┐ do brataib ┐ do saraighib ┐ do turoircnib, O'Curry 2127 ( H 4.22, 86 ). nach athghabháil do berar fri gait ┐ turoirgne, O'D. 607 ( H 3.17, col. 456 ). scripul í turorguin uire iar trib druchtaibh `for tearing up mould,' O'Dav. 677.