n (-ae) io (cf. snigid)
snow
: daṅdichdet snechti ioiuis gl.
niuesque deducunt Iouem,
Sg. 8a8
.
cene snigess s.¤ finn,
O'Mulc.
110
.
dorigni P. . . . in n-im dont sh.¤
,
Trip.² 185
.
flaith . . . cen
s.¤
,
LU 2298
(
FA 35
).
ferais s.¤ mór forru,
LU
4777
.
oc fennad lóig
. . . for snectu,
IT i 71.15
(
LMU 7
).
s.¤ serba,
IT i 190.28
(
FA 30
LB).
ro scailset . . . snechtadha na sléibhti (snectai, v.l.),
CCath. 2338
. s.¤ mor eter dá Notlaic a heavy fall of snow,
AU ii
290.22
.
le car snechta,
IGT Decl. ex. 245
(
Aithd. D. 15.12
).
ní raibh geimhreadh riamh gan sneacht,
Dánfhocail 268
.
In comparisons:
bíann . . . ba gilidir snec[h]ta,
TBFr. 103
.
batar gilithir sneachta n-oenaichde na dí dóit,
BDD² 20
.
fuairiu ina sírsnechtu,
IT i 190.30
(
FA 30
LB).
samalta fri
deread sh.¤ i claidib,
RC xxiv 198.z
.
a etach taitnemach amal
s.¤
,
PH 2966
.
As vn.
gabaidh . . . ac s.¤
,
SG 35.8
.
g
s. as attrib.: s.¤ tria shín `through a snowstorm',
Hy. v 19
(
Thes. ii 331.4
).
etrochta snechtai,
Hy.
vii 19
v.l. (
Thes.
ii 355.17
).
dáth
snechtai,
IT i 69 § 4
(Lg.). broig s.¤
snowflakes,
Bruchst. 25
.
frossa s.¤
,
MU² 403
.
grend s.¤
,
Irish Texts ii 33 § 14
. fir lén
clúmh cuilte sneachta `men to whom a quilt of snow is a bed of
down',
TD 21.7
. a bhláth solas sneachta `bright snowy flower'
(of Mary),
PBocht 4.33
.
i ló shneachta,
TSh. 9839
.
With follg. gen.: sneachta neime do chur `poisonous snow
fell',
ALC i 370.3
(referring to snow accompanied by severe cold,
Celtica iii 262
). In kenning for the name Fínnachta: ibthius
snechta fina ḟirfess, Thurn.
Thurn. Zu Ir. Hss. i 51 § 19
, see also
p. 49
and
GOI p. 681
-
2
.
Fionnachta Fionn . . . | sneachta
fíona . . . na fhlaith,
Content. xxviii 45
. sneachta fíona ar
gach fearann `wine-snow',
xxx 17
.
In n. loc.:
rí Thíre-an-tSneachta,
Ériu i 84 § 27
.
ag rígh tiri
in tsneachtaigh,
RC xi 29.23
. Compds.:
in saithi … sneachtcheathach,
Celtica xiii 46.89
.
a shengbhasa sneachtgheala,
40.26
.