n
io, m. a
s.
omnae,
LU 5213.
g
p.
Ucht noi n-omne,
Trip.
338.11
(
Ardm. 17a2
). Later also fem., see
LL 128b45
,
35a19
quoted below; treated as d-st.,
TBC-LL¹ 3790
(a
s. omnaid).
omna
m., pl.
omna
,
-dha,
IGT Dec. § 2 (p. 40.1)
; d
s.
ót omna ḟaid-
chennaigh,
ex. 69
, is proscribed as incorrect (ót o.¤ faidchen-
nach, correct).
(a) the bole of a tree or sometimes a tree, by later glossators
identified with the oak.
omna .i. fuamna .i. mor fuaim gaithe
fair,
Corm. Y 1026
(apparently of the whole tree including
foliage).
omna .i. dair. omnadha .i. dairghe, O'Cl. bun
n-omna
(used as a boundary-mark),
Laws iv 142 y Comm.
benaid C. omnae . . . ┐ scribai(u)s ogum ina taib,
TBC-LL¹ 735.
lingid F. tarsin n-omnai,
761
. oc esorcain omnai ibair a yew-
stem,
Trip. 218.14
(ommna, Eg.). remither re homnai ngíuis
a pine-stem,
Alex. 656.
omna dairbhre darach,
ITS xxiv 40.3
.
mar thregdas fodb omnaid,
TBC-LL¹ 3790.
hi tír omna
,
FB 47.
ro bui omna ar a chind,
ZCP xiii 178.23
(story of Absalom,
= quercus,
2 Reg. xviii 9
). ? a mainib (no omnái) cach mess,
Corm. p. 33
s.v. ness
; a variant perh. suggested by double
meaning of 2 mes(s) : all mast comes from a tree (? oak).
ar scáth na
homna,
ZCP vi 65.22
. As fictive npr. m.:
Fadb Darach hua
Omna
,
CRR 18.
Cf. the nickname:
Conall crannamna,
AU
659
. g
s.
Conaill chrandamnai,
695
. mac Conaill Chrandomnai,
RC xvii 211.6
(Tig.).
(b) fig. of a warrior or hero:
omnae ōir,
Ält. Ir. Dicht. i 29
§ 28
.
dorodbad inn omna ard,
LL 128b45
(
MacCarthy 188.4
).
la Oengus n-óc n-ardomna,
185b6
(
Arch. Hib. ii 92 § 3
). Of
saints:
Brigit ┐ Fintan . . . dī omnai óir,
35a19
.
(c) a spear-shaft or spear
:
omna .i. ga no sleagh, O'Cl.
colg
is bán-omhna 'n-a bhais,
TD 20.39
(glossed in two MSS.
omhna .i. sleagh nó gai).
tuinsemh an omna
,
Hugh Roe
256.19 (fo. 68a)
.
no gebed . . . na claidbe ┐ na sunnu ┐ na
homnada,
TTr. 1489.
(d) a mast
:
do cheangladar na homnadha . . . dona ruadh-
bhórdaibh,
ML 46.21
.