n
u, o, m. ? n
s.
dus (: Oengus),
Metr. Dinds. iii 390.17
. d
s.
dus,
Ériu lxv 128
. dus,
TBC-I¹ 2665
=
duss,
TBC-LL¹ 3460
. g
s. duis, dois. a
p. dusu,
TBC-I¹ 3601
. g
p.
doss,
Thes. ii 290.10
.
IGT Decl. § 67
. ?
dosae,
Ériu xxxix 136
.
Bushy
tree (poetic word):
dos
a tall tree with a thick branching head,
hence a tall man . . . also . . . a bush, bramble or thicket
,
P. O'C.
(a) In lit. sense of a
tree: airdem dosaiph dair highest of
trees is the oak,
Auraic. 4275
=
ardam dossaibh,
5548
.
dairib
doss,
LL 52b41
.
is decmaic mes do beith ar d.¤ mana fuil
frēmh aigi,
Laws iv 382 Comm.
co cualatar in ceol isin dus
ibair,
SG 311
. d.¤ na righ (one of the three chief trees of
Ireland),
ZCP v 21
.
fir is mna míne fo doss | cen peccad, cen
immorboss,
Imr. Brain § 41
.
ní ba lia (sic leg.) duilli for d.¤
,
SG 364
.
de dindgnaib doss,
Thes. ii 290
(poem).
Copse, thicket:
dligid a doss, a derb-chaill,
Metr. Dinds. ii 58
.
do-s-neim d.¤ dlúit[h] dairpri rúaidh (
foliage
?),
Fianaig. 14
.
inmain d.¤ ainglech idhan, | Ros nDairbrech na noeibh-ibur,
Lism. L. 4726
.
rohoileadh . . . illeptaib feoir ┐ fidnemid ┐ ua
dosaib diamraib digaindi darach,
TTebe 512
. ar cur agh a
huardhosaibh hunting the deer out of cool thickets,
Ó Bruad.
iii 52
. In n.loc.
Cnoc an Dois,
CF 263
.
(b) Transf.
protector, one who gives shelter or defence,
champion, superior
(common in poetry and rhetorical prose):
nítfia luag . . . nidat doss ós duss (Fer Diad to Cú Ch.),
TBC-LL¹
3460
=
TBC-I¹ 2665
.
Dauid, ciarbo deoda doss,
SR 6799
.
roslecht[sat] dia [n]dúis, dia [n]doss their lord,
3467
. doss
frēmunn ḟírinne (of Colum Cille),
ACL iii 218
=
Rawl. 107b3
.
doss fína fíal forglidi,
RC xx 146
.
dom' d.¤ donnbhailc deghdaire,
LL 385b13
.
is he dighlas in dus garg,
Fen. 68
.
ré secht
mbliadan déc don d.¤
,
LL 127b14
(
MacCarthy 156
).
trí bliadna
fa dó don dus, do mac Colmáin,
Arch. Hib. ii 83
(
LL 184b45
).
in doss dítnes dronga Domnand,
LL 45a31
.
testa úadib a
ndegthóisech engnama . . . ┐ d.¤ a ndíten,
TTr.² 1208
. Hence
doss díten
tree of shelter (common epithet of a hero):
rapo doss
díten . . . leo Conall,
CRR § 36
,
LL 228b14
(of Hector).
ina d.¤
dítin deghlāech,
Fianaig. 86
.
dā laech . . . dā d.¤ didin,
Cog. 56
.
ón d.¤ dídin (of Aodh Ua Néill),
Hugh Roe 284
.
robtar dois
didin . . . doibh,
316
.
Maelduin in doss díten,
Gorm. June 10
.
d.¤ ditin (of Mochuta),
SG 35
.
a dhuis díona in degshlóig,
265
.
Exceptionally in abstr. sense: doem d.¤ ditin ar nimtenchus
don fhiligh `protection is afforded for the dignity of the poet',
Laws i 62 Comm.
In compd. with adj. or subst.:
Rumel rigd.¤
,
SR 796
.
rig rodelb Pardos . . . is he ar n-armd.¤ airgdidi,
1300
.
is mé Oengus céle Dé | coemd.¤ glē clēre,
8010
.
co torchair in
caemd.¤ cáin,
LL 127b38
(
MacCarthy 156
).
docer coemdoss
Cindmara,
128b39
.
ria cuanaib na caemdoss,
140b28
.
trilis
chuanna na caemd.¤
,
Metr. Dinds. iii 424
.
In chevilles:
Dia dom chomét diplib d.¤
,
LL 297a12
(wrongly
written
d'iplib,
SG 364
) =
dib lib d.¤
,
Lec. 699a46
.
imroéfet
fri bérla | ó Róim dítnib doss,
LL 119a18
(
PRIA xix 532
).
In other senses: Hiruad . . . robean aingel Dē da deoin, |
dorigne doss cruime de
a mass (?) of worms (of Herod, cf.
Acts
xii 23
),
YBL 138b51
. aradhna . . . go sgoth-dhossaibh for a
gcennoip `
tassels
',
Fl. Earls 252
.
Compds.
¤aball: confacaid d. díonmór fó bláth a leafy
apple-tree
,
SG 351
.
¤barrach: coillti dlúithi dosbarracha
`
bush-topped
',
CF 820
.
¤bile: dosbhile buadha ar lár an oilein
a luxuriant tree,
KMMisc. 322
.
ba samhalta re doisbhile mor
os fhiodhbaidh,
ZCP x 279
. Transf. of a hero:
adbath craeb
dosbili móir | Aengus Molbtach Mac Nadfraich,
RC xvii 120
(Tig.), cf.
AFM 489
(dosbhile n-óir). Of a thick head of hair:
méit[ithir] cliab búana in dosbili find forórda fil fair,
BDD
§ 97
.
dosbili mór fair,
FB § 91
.
¤ḟotae:
eocrand . . . duillech
doss-fota,
IT iii 42.14
=
dosḟada,
16
;
dosada,
13.7
.
¤galach:
dorar ardidlach | eslabar d.,
LL 5295
(
IT iii 33
, dossg., BB).
¤glan:
Tuaim nDoss-glain,
Metr. Dinds. iii 312
.
¤lebar: do
bhí in lomán. . . gégach duilleach doisleabar tall and bushy,
Ériu iv 116
.
¤lethan: bile díghainn doislethan leafy and
spreading,
SG 68
.
fo dhoiredhuib dosleathna,
Fianaig. 52
.
¤linn: for dolinntib na habann `
bushy pools
',
RC xxiii 410
.
¤mag: ar choill | na ndosmhagh uaine aloinn
wooded (bushy?)
plains
,
3 C 13, 720.10
.
¤mailgech
bushy-browed
,
FB § 37
.
¤mór:
croind duillecha dosmhóra,
BCC § 355 d
.
coillte díona
dosmhóra duillebair,
SG 266
. See dosmar.