adj
dáne (: áge), dána (:
dála,
SR 6933
; : Cannána
7343
); gen. dánai (: lánai); dat. dánu (: consádu), dána.
COMP. dánu (: cádu), dána; dáine (
Gadelica i 90. 10
);
dánaite; ní is dána
audacior
Ir. Gl. 1131
. Superl.
dánam,
BFF 164 § 8.5
. Adv. co
dánae
.
I Of living beings or their attributives: stout-hearted,
courageous, daring, fearless; emphasized: bold, brave
; the
opposite of etánae, uaimnech, immecal, eclach `timid,
fearful,' and often synonymous with essamain, trén, calmae,
slattrae. It translates Lat. audax, temer, and confidens.
Laws and Glosses offer no example.
(a)
Iessu Aaron macc Amrai. Dauid in gille dáne (v.l.
dána),
Thes. ii 301. 1
.
Duid dána,
SR 6933
.
dána cen
ecla,
ib. 7835
.
Fergus dánae
,
TBC-LL¹ 2090
Y,
ib. 964
.
1084
.
2133
.
2195
. dána cách co hetech every one is bold till he
meets with a refusal
Tec. Corm. § 31. 19
.
dune as dánu
corragaib ule a ngiallu,
LL 184 a 32
.
mór ndrong ndhermáir
ndána ndiumsach rodechta and hi mbuaili báis,
Alex. 129
.
mór ndrong ndhánai ndheigḟear ndhánamail ro hellachtai
and,
ib. 131
.
docomraicset co dána dúrcraidech ris,
Acall.
1917
.
is tu tánic co dána inar crichaib ne,
PH 3907
.
rorad
Ísu gné ṅgorta do beth fair...co mbad dánaite tísad diabul
dia aimsiugud,
ib. 4780
. Of a deer:
dobhí an fiadh go
beannach borb ag seasaṁ san leirg go dána glic,
Oss. vi
20. 13
. Of the countenance: is dana drech Doimine iter
ocu erigthi bold is D.'s face
Corm. Tr. 61 s.v. duillén
.
Of the soul:
is dána cip indus in ainimm is aimnert ┐ is
imecal in cholann,
PH 3054
.
Bold, confident
: isat lána do
thrócaire in choimded conid aire sin atberat som co dána
immalle frisind apstal, &c.,
ib. 5872
. an tathair neaṁdha
do ghuibe ( = ghuidhe)
co dana,
Lib. Flav. 36 a 1. 14
.—Often
applied to the martyrs, the brave warriors of Jesus (mílid
dánai Ísu, amsáin Ísu).
Dionis derb dáne,
Fél.
May 25
. féil mo Dimóc dáni (: láni),
ib. Dec. 10
. ronsnádat dond rígu cona ṅdúnud dánu (: consádu),
ib. Jan. 23
.
co mórsluag ba dánu (: chádu),
ib. Mar. 20
.
findṡluag
Epectiti as dánu,
May 23
. Andreas as dánu (: nobágu),
Nov. 30
.
(b) abs. n
a bold man:
isé in dána dichondircil,
TBC-LL¹
5417
.
(c) In neg. sense,
brash, impudent
: nīm dāna iar fīr | imma dāla mo degríg 'I am not truly rebellious about the dispositions of my good King',
SR (Adam and Eve) 98.2069
.
tusa imorro notpianfaither co sír ar
dochathaigis co dána i nagaid in choimded,
PH 6605
.
fer
nosairimend co dána ┐ co slattra,
ib. 5326
.
sínid Iudas
a láim forsin méis co dána ┐ co hesamain,
ib. 5137
.
risan
droing úd dobhí coṁdána sin ┐ teampoll...Dé do thruailliughadh,
Donlevy xiv 14
.
(d) is dánae leis he dares
, translating Lat. audet:
cindus
is dána leis a athair do rád frisin coimdid intíí ṡáraiges
co follus a thimnai,
PH 7885
.
manip dána re nech corp
Críst do thaiscid i llestar nglan is córu co mór edánus dia
thabairt isin corp nélnide o peccthaib,
ib. 5331
. So also
Laws v 328. 5
f.b.
: munob dana re nechtarde díb, and
Lism. L. 4712
: damad dana lat fer dár muinntir do dul
i ndeghaidh in fiadha for do chomairci riasin péist [noragad].
II Of actions:
showing or requiring courage; daring,
brave
. trít ragonad Lug...doriṅgni in neṅgnam ṅdána a
brave deed of valour
LL 27 b 38
.
co gnímaib danaib,
Ériu v 211. 85
(LL). In a bad sense:
urchor dána duaibseach,
MR 284. 26
.
is dána an nídh fá dtugais láṁ,
OCT
57.18
.
III
Strong, vehement
: fá sin dimdheargadar é go dána
they strongly reproached him for it
Donlevy 128. 22
.
COMPS.
fíal-dánae
,
TBC-LL¹ 2107
.
2110Y. ro-dánae
, q.v.
MOD. dána, fear dána a brave (bold) man
: dá ṁalluightheacht é bíonn sé na ḟear dhána (Kerry). dá ḟaid iseadh
is dána the longer the bolder. Begley and MacCurtin
Engl.-Ir. Dict. (1732) give: buille dána = buille láidir a
bold stroke; dá mbeinn coṁdána ┐ a rádh if I may be so
bold as to say. They also give the meaning `audacious,'
which is still heard in the south. dána ar familiar with
Dinneen
; cf. 1 dánacht, dánaigecht. The
dán
= dána, mentioned
by O'R. and
Dinneen
hails from Scotch dictionaries.