n
pl. seiscne (cf. 1 seisc)
unproductive
ground; a marsh, swamp, bog
:
`bothach' seiscenn,
Metr. Gl. 21 § 70
.
bothach .i. móin ┐ seisgenn, Meyer Contribb. s.v.
3 bothach
.
cuirrec[h] . . . do rād fri seiscend,
Corm. Y 331
.
tir n-andomain
.i. curraigh ┐ seisccend,
Laws v 252.1 Comm
.
andomuin .i.
ferann ainethaim, ut est andomain tíre .i. tír a mbí inne
doimne, cuirrig ┐ seiscenn no moin,
O'Dav. 140
.
i cnocaib i
sescnib ┐ i rrotaigib anaitreba,
LU 2062
(
FA 14
).
gataitt da
gerran . . . nos berat fodess fón sescán,
Trip.² 2834
.
i nimain
. . . tar feith no seiscne,
O'Curry 2327
(
Eg. 88, fo. 25
).
Femen cid
sescand cose | ┐ cid rotá raigne . . .,
LL 278a4
.
Sescend Temra
. . . .i. sescend salach bec fil and,
30c43
.
co sescenn sal serg,
Anecd. ii 33
( Poem 18 § 2
). fagbhaid a n-ionad sin, ┐ tiaghaid
for seisgenn ba nessa `a neighbouring morass',
TFrag. 146.16
.
do hordaiged . . . sluag ferdha re foghnam fo na fedhaib ┐
buidhni sotla solma fo na sesguib (seasgannaibh, seisgionnaibh, v.ll.),
ML² 1064
.
i seisg, a sesgonn, i sléibh,
BS
38.23
.
In place-names:
co Sescen in da Cor, a Sescunn da Cor,
Thes. ii 238.9
-
10
(
Ardm. 17a2
).
Sescand Cluana maccú Birnd,
LL 275b13
.
Dún Sescind,
CRR 4
.
a seisceann Droma dá
trén,
Acall. 845
.
bui-sum . . . i n-a tig a Sescinn Uairbeoil,
RC v 199 § 7
.
Sesccann Lúbánach,
AFM vi 2346.z
.
? To this: fessatar co cend trí cóicthiges and i tig Conaill
[maic] Gleo Glaiss. Ba hé sescend a n-oigidechta in chétadaig
┐ ni ba hí ind adaig dedenach `the barren part of their guesting
was on the first night',
RC xiv 428 § 53
=
ba hí an chēad-adhoigh seiscionn a n-aoigheachta,
Acall. (Leabh. ó Laimhsgr.) i 257.1
(cf.
Acall. 2107
v.l.).