n [io, m.] (büe,
orig. cow-less, worth no cows
Ériu xlii 41-42
) non-native
, person from outside the
túath, one without possessions, without legal connections: ni
aile maithre cuit i maccaib acht mac con glais no mac ambui
.i. ín deorad i.e. the mother-kin has no share in the sons
except for the son of a foreigner from across the sea and the
son of an immigrant from another territory,
Ir. Recht 31 §
33
.
slan n-erca tar cend ambui,
Laws v 178.8
.i. tar cenn in
ambunad, in deora,
182.4 Comm.
.i. in deoraid, inand ┐ in
murcurthi romuind,
184.21 Comm.
raith ar ambui a
n-echtair,
224.3
,
228.3
.i. tar cenn in ambunadaigh a n-echtair amuigh,
226.4 Comm.
athgabail ambui anechtair,
260.20
.
ambue: bue .i. dagfear, ambue .i. drochfear,
O'Curry
839
(H 3.18, 383a).
dona tri amb[u]aib ar a tarud eiric . . . ┐
ambui anechtair .i. daor-fuidir indsin,
Laws v 185 n.
ambūe
.i. nembunadach: būe .i. bunadach,
Corm. Y 66
.
būe .i.
bunad, ut est ambue .i. ambunad, ut est ambúe faccaib fri
laimh righ,
O'Dav. 274
.
rath ambue,
683
.
ambui tuaithe,
1372
. Perh. as dental stem in:
cuir na nurfocraidh ┐ na
[n-a]mboth,
Laws ii 218.12. Comm.
But cf.
uair ro fitir
urfocra ina mbuide .i. cibé dona trí hambaib ara tarud
éric . . . .i. fer focarthur cura ┐ ambuí anechtair,
O'D. 1170
(H 2.15, 44(68)b) =
forfocradh ina mboidhe,
1173
=
Laws v
185
cited above. In n. pr.
Brig Ambui banugdur fer nErend,
Laws i 22.11
.
bretha Brige Ambue,
18.27
.