n io, m. IGT Decl. § 2 . shoe, sandal, slipper: assa gl. soccus, Sg. 22b9 (see Études Celt. xi 116 ). isin asa roboi fo cois deis, MacCongl. 125.1 . rolaad gille fomm assai `a gillie would take off my shoes', 69.30 . nutasigthe du gallasu gl. gallicas (= caligas) tuas, Thes. i 497.18 . is e no ṅgébad a assa imme, LU 364 (ACC). da assa co foraíb óir impu, 4513 . asso argait imm a cosa, Anecd. i 61 § 90 . se dubassi dóib ar crand, BDD 112 ( LU 7586 ). dochūadar ar n-asa hi fūal, Corm. Y 596 ; ar n-asai, Thr. Ir. Gl. 20.28 . assai immálli . . . etir a thraigthi ┐ talmain, LL 231a44 ( TTr. 1039 ). ? ní té dogrés cen assu (assai, assa, aisi v.ll.: maissi) `he must never go without sandals', Ériu iii 96 § 5 . ros ben a assa ┐ a broga de dia chossaib, LB 236a49 . ro tebrinn ola tria talmain . . . go ttainicc tara assa (brogaibh v.l.), BNnÉ 17 § 33 . taraill a asa oc dul isinn tech in comla, Ériu v 28.15 . i coirtgead da ban asu . . . da fer asa, Laws iv 148.19 . direnar dagassaib, Críth G. 232 . hais .i. broga, amail adeir senchus hasaib haccrandaib .i. asa degarimoind(?) ima cosaib, O'Dav. 1068 . cona assaib slemna . . . ima bunnu, MacCongl. 89.6 . calciatos sandalis .i. o assaib, RC viii 369.4 . asa .i. bróga, O'Cl. asa fionn cáonna um gach coll mossy covering, IGT Decl. ex. 122 . dlaí a.¤ a wisp put in shoes for comfort: aitherach dlui n-assa, Laws i 268.7 . Used in divination: ic tarchitul forsin dlái . . . fil imm asso, LU 4460 . berid ind ingen dloí ind assa colleic, 4465 . in fil in dloí isind assa?, 4472 . For compd. máelassa see 1 mael compds.

Cf. 2 as, assán.