n
o, m. Also loiscenn.
toad, frog; some sort of vermin(?):
in loiscend .i. cū cnāmha,
Corm. Y 257
.
luaith loiscind,
O'Curry 269
(
H 3.18, 151g
) (in a list of noxious drugs the use
of which incurs full penalty). Cf. luaith loisgend í (of a
dead pig),
Irish Texts i 31 § 48
.
ilar loscond,
SR 893
(of
hell).
loisginn ┐ ilpesti ithfrinn do bheith ac cnam ┐ ac cerrbad na n-anmann,
RC xxviii 320 § 39
.
loscainn riasca,
SR 3933
(of Egyptian plagues).
in tres plág .i. loscind
luatha línmara,
LB 118a32
.
tech lán do loscannaib / . . . /
míla géra gulbnecha,
LU 9398
.
loscind géra garba,
2419
.
re siangail . . . na mbufa ┐ na loisccend,
CCath. 4348
.
ros
indarb loscaind ┐ nathracha esti,
Three Hom. 120
.
x. do
ígmaigib nathrach ┐ loiscend ┐ torathar in talman,
TTebe
1485
. comhrag losguinn lasrach mear / ná sir `dragon',
Magauran
2372
. do chuir Sé iona measc . . . an luisgionn,
noch do scrios íad (frogs),
Psalms lxxviii 45
. loisgionn .i.
snasán `[a salamander]' oir loisgthear é, ┐ cú cnámha ainm
eile dó, O'Cl. Cf. Corm. Y above.