n
f. anghlas,
eanghlas,
IGT, Decl. § 12
.
a weak, mixed beverage, milk diluted with water; whey:
englas .i. usce glas,
Corm. Y 524
(cf. en). eanglais `milk
and water mixed'
P. O'C.
eanghlais `poor, small, weak, raw drink, better anghlais', ib. dorigne céo lomma do englais midg made cream out of whey-water
BColm. 104.1
.
tuc drolmaig n-englaisi dhó,
Lism. L. 2701
. robennach F.
an englais cur rasoudh a mblas fina, ib.
ibid englas doníther
do bainne ┐ d'uiscci,
Maund. 218
. n
p.
englasa inar
lilachaib,
Hib. Min. 66.14
. Cf.
ena...ruiced for cech
lestra...unde enag...┐ englass,
O'Mulc. 402
.
Metaph. a mixture of kindreds, metals, etc.:
Ceinéall gConaill... | uaisle Connacht... | ...eanglas is lór saoire sin | is eanglas meadha i measg fíona | eanghlas Connacht tre Chlann Néill 'the Kindred of Conall ... the nobles of Connaught ... are a sufficiently noble mixture. It is a mixture of mead with wine, the mixing of the Connachta with the Sons of Niall',
Giolla Brighde 66 § 9
.
na Goill ó Lunnainn a-le, | ... 'na n-eanglais óir is iaruinn 'the Foreigners over from London ... a medley of gold and iron',
Giolla Brighde 140 § 19
.