n
n, [m.] (lu-?) the little finger
. Also lautu, later lúta.
in da
mér ata nessam do lutain,
Thes. ii 249.11
.
lautu .i. lau cech
mbecc .i. mér is luga fil forsin láim,
Corm. Bodl. 10.13
.
lauda
. . . is é mer is lauga isin lāim é,
Corm. Y 809
=
lúda,
Corm.
p. 26
.
scothais C. a lúdain de,
Fél.² cvi 33
.
teascaid . . . in
clerech a lúdain de,
xlix 29
.
snaithi immon mer as nesam
don ludain,
Laws ii 120.1 Comm
.
a mér lutan d'eiterimdibe,
H 3.18, 336
(
lutain,
O'Curry 697
). In legal maxim:
`uan molt
i lutain' .i. is fiu pingin ┐rl.,
O'Curry 590
(
H 3.18, 291
). Of
little finger as measure:
lutu laime fir domidighthur dia
tigut `a man's little finger measures it in thickness',
Laws ii
232.21
, glossed
ordluch lutun,
22
.
Appar. of other parts of the body: dibaircid di (i.e. ben)
conda ecmaic tara lutain (`with mark of aspiration over t
imperfectly erased', Edd.),
LU 1540
=
luthain,
MU² 1049
(podex, Gloss.).
fri lairge luthain (leg. lutain) .i. . . . fri toin
na gabla,
O'Dav. 1204.