cnú
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cnú
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Forms:
chnú, cnaoi, cnai, chno, cnó, cnu, cnóe, cnoi, cnói, cnoi, cnæ, cn, cnó, chnáo, chno, cnóib, cnó, cna, cnaoí, cna, cno, cnúa, cnúithe, cna, cna, cnúithe, cnait[h]e, cnaibh, cnoibh
n
u, f.
GOI 197
; treated as m. in ref. to men:
cnú caech,
Fél. 156.7
.
an cnú do chnuas Gh.,
Ir. Syll. Poetry 23 § 1
. n
s.
in chnú
,
RC viii 56.y
. a
s.
cnaoi,
LU
7329
(BDD).
RC viii 56.x
.
cnai,
Celtica ii 80.329
. g
s.
chno,
Thes. i 5.38
.
cnó,
LU 8121
(
FB 9
).
cnu
,
O'Curry 860
(
H 3.18, 388
marg. inf.) (poss. g
p.). n
p. cnoe,
Thes. ii
249.7
.
cnóe,
LL 27688
.
Ériu iv 138.z
.
cnoi,
Mon. Tall. 13
.
cnói,
Metr. Dinds. iii 288.27
.
cnoi,
LL 13579
.
cnæ,
Ériu
vii 197.17
.
cn,
ZCP v 22 § 16
.
cnó,
Ériu xiii 26.20
. g
p.
chnáo,
ZCP xii 366.9
.
chno,
Auraic. 1183
.
Ériu xix 60.5
.
d
p.
cnóib,
Metr. Dinds. iii 130.31
. Later with n
s.
cnó,
Airne F. 354
. d
s.
cna,
IGT Decl. ex. 68
.
cnaoí,
O'R. Poems 974
. n
p.
cna,
BS 116.17
.
PBocht 1.4
. cno(: so),
DDána 9.7
.
cnúa,
IGT Decl. ex. 1783
.
cnúithe,
§ 98
. a
p.
cna,
BCC 24
. cna proscribed form,
IGT Met. Faults § 149
.
cnúithe,
Decl. ex. 1780
.
ch.¤
,
Introd. § 80
.
Decl. ex. 614
.
cnait[h]e,
23 K 42, 166.4
. d
p.
cnaibh,
DDána 2.9
.
cnoibh,
Dánfhocail 208
. c.¤
f.,
IGT Decl. §§ 83
,
98
,
203
.
Nut
:
cnū .i. cāiniu .i. millsi oldati na toraid aile,
Corm. Y 348
. feis for bloescaib cno `spending the night . . . on
nutshells',
Ériu xix 60.5
.
teinm cno,
O'Curry 769
(
H 3.18,
362a
).
ba meti cend fir in ch.¤
,
RC viii 56.x
.
bruithter
cno,
Ériu xiii 24.10
.
a chna, a airne ionnúara,
BS
110.8
.
an ch.¤ ní 'na bláth beantair,
Dán Dé vii 15
. an
chraobhshlat gan chnaoi (of Mary after death of Christ),
xxvi 38
.
is iad na cnó gnae, crand bis isin doman toir ┐ cnó
ḟasas air . . . cona[d] dib sin dognither na bleighedha buis
comardaigther risna cornaib buabaill . . . cedfaid Ferdomain
. . . epscop Chille Dara . . . conadh iad na cna imais iad,
O'Curry 1009
(
H 3.18, 429a
). Cf.
O'Curry 352
(
H 3.18, 193c
),
O'Dav.
539
. See gnóe.
síltair sopur na Segsa / . . . ó thuitit cnói
Crínmoind cain,
Metr. Dinds. iii 288.27
.
dona cnoib Segsa,
Auraic. 5317
. cnōi cuill cāinmessa hazel nuts,
Ériu vii
2.19
.
na cnadh coill ┐ na castáinidhe 'the hazel-nuts and the chestnuts',
Corp. Astron. 168.7
. cnaí conaire 'road-nuts; food one brings with one on a journey'
Celtica xiii 21
.
coimmeid hi re cnai nGaeidhealaigh,
Celtica ii 80.329
`hazel nut' Gloss. in ch.¤ gædhilach gl. auellana (leg. Abellana)
nux barua,
RC ix 226.3
.
auillani .i. na cno mora,
ACL
i 28 § 91
. bliadain na gcnó bfhinn `white nuts',
ALC i 84.4
.
cnú francach walnut,
RC ix 238 58b
.
slata . . . do crann
cno bhfrancach,
Gen. xxx 37
. c.¤ cāech nó dule feda.
O'Mulc.
757
. See cáech. c.¤ ḟás see 1 fás.
asna cnaibh seasga,
Oss. v
90.10
. Of nut-shell used as vessel:
lan lestair na cno,
O'Curry
588
(
H 3.18, 290
).
dorinneas lán ch.¤ do chantain,
Ó Bruad.
iii 214.y
`to fulfil all due', n.; see also cnúlestar below.
?Of container for ink:
do mhill olcus na cnu ┐ in membruim
inn,
O'Curry 860
(
H 3.18, 388
marg. inf.).
In transf. senses: ? nach diongna sé acht cóir fan gcnaoi
`exacts justice in every trifle',
Aithd. D. 84.1
. a ch.¤ fholamh
na n-ainmhian (of the body),
DDána 1.12
. mo ch.¤ is mo
chiste-se (of harp made of hazel),
Keat. Poems 281
. Of
persons: c.¤ caech `blind nut' (of sinner),
Fél. 156.7
.
is cnú chaech … cách na déni toil in Rig 'anyone who does not do the will of the King is an empty nut',
LL 36780
,
Stud. Hib. xix 33
. Frequ.
in laudatory sense:
c.¤ ós coill,
O'R. Poems 1685
, see n.
an treas c.¤ don chrobhaing (of Holy Spirit),
DDána 9.6
.
ní Dáibhith . . . / ná Pól . . . / . . . a ch.¤ chothrom `neither
D. . . . nor Paul . . . was his type',
Ó Bruad. ii 194.8
.
In phrases:
c.¤ chumhdaigh, c.¤ chroidhe, c.¤ choisi (acht na
cnúithe coisi),
IGT Decl. § 98
. is mé a c.¤ chridi glé
darling,
LU 8331
(
FB 24
).
c.¤ mo chraidhi,
Acall. 4876
. a ch.¤
cheannsa na rosc `tender darling',
Ó Bruad. i 8.15
. Cf.
c.¤ na cclíar,
Párl. na mB. 3816
. c.¤ chumhdaigh dar gcrobhuing féin protector (of Christ),
Aithd. D. 75.40
.
cnū
mhullaigh na macroidhe,
O'R. Poems 364
`the highest (i.e.
most desirable) nut', Gloss M. c.¤ ós crobhaing `renowned above
heroes',
AFM v 1636.7
. See mullach, mocol.
Compds. With nouns. oired cnúboithe bochtáin tiny
bothy,
Caithr. Thoirdh. 3.x
. ar mess chnó-chaille Achad
`nut-grove',
Metr. Dinds. iii 388.34
. dream ród g-cnofhídh-
bhadh g-cruinn `of round-nutted woods',
Miscell. Celt. Soc.
354.7
. .u. bainde . . . a cnulestar lán the hollow of a nut,
O'Curry 587
(
H 3.18, 290
). in chétna dabach . . . ro díscáil . . .
amal chnómaidm `like the breaking of a nutshell',
TBC-LL² 1195
.
mes mor etir cnomes ┐ daurmes hazelnuts(?),
AU i 336.21
.
With adjj.: barr dess dornach / collān cnóbeac `of tiny
hazelnuts',
K. and H. 14
.
ósin chlár chnóboc,
LL 1281
(
BB 34a3
). Cf.
cnóbog .i. bog oirdheirc,
O'Cl.
na bhfeadh
collbán, cnóbuidi,
Ériu iv 228.4
.
coull ut dicitur cno-car
fer .i. cach ag ithe a cno,
Auraic. 4279
.
crích cnóidhearcach
cláir Chualonn,
Top. Poems² 1047
.
na gcuan gcnódhonn,
DDána 111.8
.
cach coll cno-gel,
Hy Fiach. 272.10
.
With vb.: gor' cnomuidh a cride indti `broke like a nut',
Dinds. 2
(
RC xv 289
).
O'Cl.
Metr. Dinds. iii 158.12
.