n
io, m. (báe good, profit)
uselessness, vanity,
folly; idleness, play, wantonness:
easba .i. diomhaoines,
O'Cl.
BCC § 399
. mad espe dom a nopridchim if it be useless
Wb. 19d17
. bad n-esbae dam du frecur ceill-siu that
it is useless for me to worship Thee
Ml. 132b3
. fretech cech
espi `renunciation of every vanity'
Mon. Tall. § 56
.
is espa
(.i. is feles) a techt,
TBC-I¹ 169
(=
LU 56b22
).
esba .i.
filus,
O'Curry 1388
<
H 3.18, 630
.
ba hespa ecóir imlúad
trenḟir ri comai cluchi,
LL 228a36
=
TTr. 819
.
guide
cech maicc lére...ní hespae,
Fél. Epil. 430
. oc clesrad ┐ oc espai dona slogaib = variis lusit artibus
(of a pet fox)
Todd Lect. v 85.14
=
IT i 46.25
.
dia ndernur uabur no esba commit arrogance or folly
LL 279a30
.
u. na hespa,
33
.
YBL 164a5
. érniud mo
chesta...corop espa olloman a poet's sport (?)
LL 141b29
.
In Laws, with ref. to
acts performed without serious
intention, in the course of play, sport, heedless trifling
(opp.
to torba, which refers to an act committed in course of
business):
in torba no in t-esba,
iii 96.13
.
re becdeithbirius no re espa,
250.27 Comm.
mas re hesba atait
maraen `if both are (riding) for amusement'
258.10 Comm.
a n-esbo `their idle offences'
v 150.26 Comm.
Of an
idle person; one at play: slan don torbach in t-esba the
person on business is exempt as regards the idler (if he accidentally injure the latter)
iii 258.16 Comm.
gen. as attrib.:
bud ferr rann espa ocus ríg-scéla 'amusing (?) staves',
Cath Almaine 2.21
, cf.
TFrag. 34.11
.
raind espai ┐ airchetail,
LL 12832
. fri forluamain n-espai
`idle volatility'
Ériu
vii 172.18
. Cf.
Ailill Cethech...cethech .i. beimnech ut
dicitur bemnech fer espai,
Rawl. 124a15
. bá saethar n-espa
dóib tíchtain a vain labor
LL 220b22
=
TTr. 255
.
dercad
espo,
Aisl. Tond. 95.16
. gan ridh [reith v.l.] n-espo
frivolous running (on Sunday)
Anecd. iii 21.5
. re heirim
n-espa...re heirim torba riding for amusement...on
business
Laws iii 258.15 Comm.
scian espa useless
dagger (a contemptuous epithet)
IT iii 102 § 191
=
Bruchst. § 73
. In stricter sense
useless, invalid:
teora nadmand aspa invalid covenants
Laws iv 54.6
. i
n-esba
idle, unoccupied:
na bi a n-espa, is ed timarna in
Ri, | lubra, legad, ernaigthi, denadh egin na ni,
ZCP vii
310.22
.
forcetul nó scribend nó cecip tarba, arna beither
ind-espa...ut Dominus ait: non apparebis ante me
vacu[u]s
,
iii 29.31
. Cf.
comhcetlud a n-espaibh,
BNnÉ
305.28
v.l.
im raind a tíri d'espaib | dorigset mor d'imresnaib,
SR 5125
.