v In dep. position usually -ais, see GOI § 543 (a) By Hull, Language xxiii 422 - 3 and ZCP xxviii 258 - 9 taken as meaning fears: ess ann is etoil duiniv an tan is lān dērcae imthēd co ndēirc, adnais (atnas v.l.) cech n-olc, cartha cech maith hates (?), ZCP iii 448.5 . aghus Dia, 7 (contaminated with ad-ágathar; aghais, ais, v.ll. , Language xxiii 422) . a n-adais ïer mbās, 454.19 . cia t'ainmsiu . . . nachit ais nachit chara, LU 5797 (TBC). isbert Lug . . . nachadais nachadcaru, ZCP xii 404.4 . on do ḟiur adnaiset gruaidi, Laws v 370.6 `lit. a loan to a man whom cheeks fear i.e. a man whom honour fears, a dishonourable person', Hull, ZCP xxviii 258 ; specifically a cáinte 'satirist', Cáin Ónae 42 . ni ais tenid na midhnais / cene snigess snechta . . ., O'Mulc. 110 = ni aiss t. na mid nais, H 3.18, 75 a20 . rolā a moing dar a hais / cride maith recht nodaais, Fianaig. 16 § 43 .

n see Vendr. Lex.: a.¤ .i. abann, ut dixit in file: Mac Conaing cosnamh fris / ni a.¤ tenid na midhnais / cene snigess snechta finn / fidba for lind latha lais, O'Mulc. 110 (= H 3.18, 75a18 ). See ad-ais.

n some kind of malefic spell or sorcery; destruction (?): fí ... .i. neim. unde fidbae .i. fithnaisi, O'Mulc. 534 . fidba .i. neim nech rogab credbad, 598 . Cf. cēne snigess snechta finn | f.¤ for lind latha lais ib. 110 (?). fiacal fidbai a tooth of venom (or destruction Ériu l 185 ) (?) in the head of Ailill Aulomm wherewith he bit Lugaid MacCon in the cheek, a presage of the latter's death, Lugaid being killed shortly after by Ferchess with an enchanted spear: rotbí fiacail fidbui `a poisonous tooth has wounded thee' Fianaig. 36.16 . donaidli fiacail fidbai, ZCP xiii 375.15 . xx 222 ( B. in Scáil § 12 ) = dianaitbi fiacail fidbi, ZCP iii 461.20 . don-airraill ... co fíacail fidba robúi ina chind ina leccoin RC xiii 464.2 . ro[t]geguin fiacail fidbúi ib. 6 . dobhoí in fiacail fidba (.i. neime) a cinn Oilella, Cóir Anm. 41 . Cf. d'fidbadaib neime, CCath. 4981 ?

Possibly identical with 1 fidba.

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 .

v i Orig. with redupl. pret.: senaig, Fél. May 15 (cited O'Cl. s.v. seanaidh). ro shenaig , Trip.² 2841 . ro senaich , 2060 . A redupl. fut. is perh. to be seen in sinis, TBC-I¹ 3090 (rhet.). IGT Verbs § 74 . Vn. snige; cf. also 3 senad.

(a) pours down, flows, drips, drops : snidhfidh .i. silfidh, O'Cl. amal bróin nailgen sniges hi cnai `as the gentle rain that droppeth into a fleece', Ml. 89c15 . snegdatar sruamma do nim (the Deluge), SR 2521 . snigis fleochad a muig Life it rained, IT i 41.36 . coro snig flechud mór isin talmain sin, Trip.² 1420 . cene snigess snechta finn, O'Mulc. 110 . snigid snechta do cech róen, LL 298a26 ( SG 366.23 ). Cf. snigis ┐ legais in snechta `ran liquid' (Gloss.), MU² 507 . snigid gaim, LU 852 . sair snighes Tibris the Tiber flows eastwards, YBL 157a19 . rosnig Sūr im glūn a graige the S. rose round the knees of their horses, RC xxxvi 262 § 8 . co snigdis [uile] seoch in cathraigh isin muir `flowed', CCath. 1743 . snigid banna aile la taeb na columan trickles, PH 6358 . snigfid fuil [a?] formna fer, TFerbe 103 . snigfid crú a cnesaib curad blood will flow, LU 4586 (TBC). ro snigseat sruamandai . . . saerfholai dar curpu, Alex. 253 . co nusnigdis srotha fola . . . asa trillsib, TTebe 1034 . rus-snigestar frasa . . . der dar gruadib dí, 2176 . ro snigestar rath in spirita sechtanaig . . . forsna hapstalu, Fél. May 15 gl . on: rath in Spirto . . . | senaig for cléir. folt fochas . . . fair co sniged co brainni a imda hair . . . which flowed down over his shoulders, TFerbe 40 . amal rosnigset monga ┐ fuilt . . . do corraib na tuagh `the way . . . the hair . . . dropt from the beaks of the axes', CCath. 5897 . con sníghsead im flaithus na S. .i. clanna Niuil overran, BB 18b20 . a snigh do bhraonaibh le feadhaibh fannáille, DDána 83.17 . cenglait a croinn cu snighenn sugh friu amail chuslenna uiscidhe `so that juice drops from them like watery pipes', Marco P. 163 . amhail shnigheas gainimh na huaire san urláisde as the sand runs down in the hour-glass, TSh. 112 . gurab éasgaidh shnigheas ┐ shileas sáimhrighe na colna ón toicceach slips away from, 947 . snigfedh dioghal an Choimdhedh foraibh ind, BNnÉ 325 § 40 .

(b) Somet. also in pass. or with follg. accus. (cf. snige (b) supra) causes to flow, pours out: cú na cerda crithrib cró | snigfid fairne ferga fó will rout companies (?), TBC-LL¹ 539 . ? is tre fír [flathemon] aibne usci iasc a tonnaib de snamaib snegtar swimming fish are poured from the waves of the water of the river, ZCP xi 89 § 17 = segar, 82 § 23 , cf. p. 100 . snigtis tenid a meóir maith `his noble fingers used to drip fire', Metr. Dinds. iii 332.25 , but cf. co snigtis richsi teined a suilib a mér `poured out of', Dinds. 62 ( RC xv 460 ). roptar dera folai rosnighed it was tears of blood he shed, RC xxi 392.12 . ? Cf. sni[g]it, ciit, golait, Anecd. i 59 § 77 . nir snighedh on crand dúinn aniu acht daethain ar manach (of a tree which distilled nectar), BNnÉ 321 § 22 .