n
f. (see K. Meyer,
Wortk. 230
) a musical
sound, a roaring or droning, used of the moaning or roaring
of wind, the singing of certain birds, and a certain kind of
human singing (humming ?):
esnad .i. abhran,
O'Dav. 777
(citing
Fél. Ep. 157
, see below). easnadh, .i. ceol; e.¤ .i.
amhrán no binneas;
e.¤ na gaoithe .i. osnadh na gáoithe,
O'Cl.
esnad .i. ni nath acht is duchann,
O'Mulc. 431
.
Corm. Y 562
.
esna .i. fogar vel ceol,
O'Curry 2016
(<
H 4.22, 36a
).
esnadh gaithe rodo seite,
Snedg. u. Mac R
§ 22
=
YBL 12b6
.
esnad na gáithe gairge,
Metr. Dinds. iii
212.45
.
atchualasa and dana esnad gaithi aduairi,
LL 235b
20
= (
TTr. 1382
).
isí esnad gaithi...,
236a5
=
TTr. 1411
.
esnad na cóic n-ess,
Metr. Dinds. i 42.57
. fogur gáeithe...
amal esnad mbrátha `blast of Doom'
TTr.² 852
.
essnad ealao,
alaind ceoul,
K. and H. 29
.
esnad daim,
LL 298a31
=
SG
366.27
.
gair bind banchuire. esnadh cubaidh,
Snedg. u. Mac R § 41
=
YBL 13a17
.
ba hesnad ainm in chiuil
dignitis na fianæ um an bfulacht fiansæ,
Corm. Y 562
.
cach óen dia mba esnad | a sóerchetul mbúansa,
Fél. Ep.
157
(with gl.:
[.i. adban] .i. canfas co binn,
O'Dav. 777
).
esnad (essnad YBL) in choicat láech...do airfitiud in tan
batis mesca na dáma. esnad dano in choicat ingen...ina
lennaib corcraib...┐ a n-esnad [a sianan ┐ a n-andord ┐ a
n-esnam v.l.] oc airfitiud in tṡlúaig. esnad in choecat
chruitte ac talgud in tslúaig do chiul,
RC xxv 30 § 15
-
§ 17
.
pl.
esnada Tigi Buchat `The Songs of Buchet's House'
32.5
(
esnad
, esnamh v.l.).
essnad th. Buiched,
YBL 113a46
.
tromm essnadha Assail `the groans of A.'
AFM an. 884
(see
Wortk. 230
). Cf. 3 esnach.