n [i, f.] n
p.
dússi,
Imr. Brain 13
. a
p.
dúsi,
LL 346b3
.
dúisse,
SR 8294
. ? g
p.
dúsi,
FB § 71
.
droncerddach duissi
,
IT iii
31.17
v.l.
dúis,
SR 8258
.
(a) something valuable or precious, treasure:
d.¤ .i. séd;
ōrdhúise .i. séoid ōrdha,
O'Cl.
barc co nduisib ingantaib .i. co
sétuib uaislib,
O'Dav. 682
.
flesc Aróin ba amra d.¤
,
SR 4333
.
nassad . . . amru cech ndúis (: gnúis),
8370
.
amal rodeccai
a ggnuis | dosroega sech cach nderbduis,
1070
. is tre ḟír
flathemon dofócbat dúili dúsi ili órdai airgdidi that men lift
manifold treasures of gold and silver (from the earth),
ZCP xi 82
.
?
duise .i. ina fethlai,
O'Curry 476
(
H 3.18 248
).
a fánne ┐ a
falge ┐ a fornasca ┐ a n-órdúse,
TBC-LL¹ 66
.
daighḟir dánai, fiala
a ng[n]ūisi | acht nā tardsat dūisi (duisiu, MS.) dúnai,
ACL
iii 298
. tuirmem a deilb nderscaigthi, a dreich uasna dūisib
his countenance surpassing treasures,
Bruchst. i 6
, cf.
IT iii 40
.
cétna cennaighe dodechaid . . . i nEirind co nduisib flatha fer
nGaeidhel,
RC xvi 67
(
Dinds. 116
).
co n-imchomarc dō di
ōrdūisib ┐ fīn Gall,
RC xi 442
. With extension of meaning:
am cumthach dia éis | nidam tualṅge d.¤
I am incapable of
(joy in) treasure (?),
LL 18580
(
PRIA xix 548
).
(b) Fig. of persons: roslecht[sat] dia d.¤ dia doss
leader (?),
SR 3467
. caomh d.¤ fo líogaibh lóraibh `comely chieftain under
heavy flagstones',
AFM i 532
(poem).
a dhuis díona in deg-shlóig,
SG 265
. dorar dusi (.i. trenḟer) an encounter of champions (?),
FB § 11
. mór do gnúisib Gaedel gnáth, | mór do
dúisib laochrad liath `many a chief of greyhaired heroes',
AFM
ii 594
.
Note also: duis .i. dusma (= θαυμαστός, Meyer) graece
mirabilis latine,
Corm. Y 501
.
duis .i. uasal,
O'Dav. 682
.