adj (1 bann)
active, lively, zealous (?):
bannach .i. victoriosus
,
FIrM 169 § 12
. Torannán buan b.¤
`
deedful
',
Fél. June 12
.
b.¤ .i. gnimach in bono b.¤ .i. senex
fit b.¤ .i. a bono band leis sair ┐ bann ele les anair,
Fél.² xcvii
n. 12
. súil glas b.¤ ina chind (of Cú Chulainn),
LU 9265.
din
Berba bannaigh,
AU i 304.6
.
maic Bratha bannaig (brannaig,
v.l.),
Metr. Dinds. iii 338.23
. ?
d'fuil Ghall don ghasraidh
bhannaig (: Albannaig),
O'Gr. Cat. 374.23
(`excommunicated').
As subst. expld. as
fox:
bandach .i. sinnac[h],
Corm. Y 197.
b.¤ .i. sionnach,
O'Cl.
b., sionnach `a fox',
Eg. Gl. 779.