n
m. n
s. also -o. Inflection varies. Orig. appar. nt, see
GOI 208
,
Wortk. 231
(`nomen agentis auf -ont'
from `canaid'). Later (?) also n and d. Uninflected throughout
SCano (see xviii and cf. g
s.
in chano
,
LB 241a65
=
chanand,
66
). cana f., g
s.
-ach,
IGT Decl. § 193
. Perh. (orig. ?) two
distinct words in senses (a) and (b).
(a)
cub, whelp
:
cano .i. cuilen mic tíre,
O'Dav. 529
.i. is
uada ata fotha canainde, F. c.¤ .i. cuilén,
O'Cl.
caitin, cailech,
c.¤
,
Laws v 472.30
.i. cuilen cen gnim,
z Comm.
ina comrith
canannaib .i. an tan bis a comrith cum na cuilén,
O'Curry 2511
(
Eg. 88, 42(43)a
). ? Cf.
li dathpill / doss duilleach / dealbh
canann,
IT iii 96 § 153
. Transfd. of youthful warrior: maicne
Echoch . . . / im Niall, im chanaid Cairne `including Niall,
Cairenn's wolfwhelp',
RC xxiv 184.z
=
chanaind,
LL
19432
. díon ó gCuinn . . . / ar chanaidh fhuinn Teamhra
tá (: cabhair) `whelp',
Magauran 1418
. do chanaidh Mhuaidhe
1495
.
(b)
poet of fourth grade
(`Sänger',
Heldensage 69
):
se gradha filed . . . .i. fochloc, macfuir[m]ed, doss, c.¤, clí,
anradh, ollamh,
IT iii 97.1
.
cuairt retha canat (canait, v.l.),
31.18
taken as g
s.
Wortk. 231
.
secht ngraid filed . . . cano,
cli, anruth, ollum,
Laws v 26.25
.
Ériu xiii 32.11
.
Laws iv
356.y
.
can,
O'Mulc. 537
.
canu,
Laws ii 154.1 Comm.
ard
conn canad dicain emain . . . is ard in codnetu dono canuit,
O'Dav. 1073
.
c.¤ nomen graid filed .i. caintid, ar nī a[i]rchan
cōrus a cherdae fīad rīghaib,
Corm. Y 276
. sesca la cana
(i.e. stories),
Laws i 44.z
.
ni hārmiter na fosceóil acht do
chethri grádaib . . . .i. ollam, anrath, cli ┐ cano,
LL 24920
.
in cano .i. cethra ba a eniclann,
Laws v 66.17 Comm.
seissiur
du canait . . . / for cach feacht feili feithith,
Auraic. 2239
.
secht seoid do canaid,
Laws v 66.1
.
sē bā do c[h]lī . . . / a
ceathair don c[h]āemc[h]anaid (: anait),
ZCP ix 172.3
.
glamh in chanad arin mnai, glamh in chli arín mac,
IT iii
91.15
.
dlighidh c.¤ cethrama gaoise,
Ériu xiii 22.24
.
(c)
chanter
(Sages, Saints and Storytellers 27 § 13
)
ainm
in chanand,
ZCP iii 224 § 12
.
As n.pr.:
ráith Chanand,
Metr. Dinds. iv 156.143
.
Scéla
Cano,
Anecd. i 1 ff.
= SCano.
grad C. is Créidi,
LL 17155
.
iugulatio Conamlo mic Canonn,
AU i 154.3
.
da coin Canann
ciúil,
Metr. Dinds. iii 122.41
.
Cano Gall,
CRR 8
.
Compd.:
a ulcha gaill in dedbudanaig . . . canadgrecanaigh,
IT iii 98 § 160
; 'screaming like a whelp!'
EIS 149 § 40
.
Cf. ca(u)nna.