ā, f. (vn. formation from od- ess- an-, cf. con-osna,
Pedersen Vgl. Gr.
ii 455
), also asnad (
Metr. Dinds. iv 146.4
; asnadh .i. osnadh,
O'Cl.) and osna. Later also o, m. osnadh f.,
IGT Dec. § 12.3
.
g
s.
na hosnaighe
,
ex. 500
. osna (f., g
s. -dh, d
s. -idh)
§ 7
. osnadh
(m. g
s. -aidh),
§ 11.25
.
(a) a sigh, groan or similar utterance (of pain, fatigue, etc.):
có osnada, gl. usque ad suspiria,
Ml. 31c10
.
osnad .í. sním,
Corm. Y 1036.
ní hosnad iar m(b)ebail . . . is o.¤ iar mbúaid,
FB 89.
dolléci in n-osnaid as trommu cach n-osnaid,
FA 20.
ataig a osnaid ass,
TFerbe 234
.
tuc A. a ossnuth ass,
IT i
122.6
.
erchra in ḟir . . . dobeir osnaidh fom asnaibh,
ZCP vi
265 § 20.
géarosna 'na dheōidh dáiltear 'a sharp sigh is released after him',
Celtica xxvi 107 § 57
.
osnad áig,
Metr. Dinds. iii 80.31
.
ra bert a osnaid
scísi fair anechtair,
TBC-LL¹ 2969
, cf.
2935
(ra bert a osnad
).
osnadh eccomhlainn,
ITS v 140.24
. pl.
isin searbcarcair itáit osnadha ili,
Ériu iii
30 § 17.
co fogur dercháinte ┐ co trom-osnadaib sírrechtaidib,
RC iv 252.8
(
LU 2408
). osnagh groaning,
Job xxiii 2.
ar
ndéunamh osnaidh doimhne dhósan,
Mark viii 12.
eagnach,
osnadh, uchbhadhach, eaccaoin[e],
Eg. Gl. 271.
Of a strong wind
:
osnad gaethi móre ... coro bris na fidbada ┐ na tige ┐ robo bec narbtar mairb na doeni ar huamon 'a great soughing wind ... and it broke down woods and houses, and people well-nigh died of terror',
AI 186 (s.a. 1016.7)
.
osnad gaíthe moire,
RC xxiii 416 y
.
(b) a grievance, cause of complaint, passing into sense complaint (against some one), impeachment: is o.¤ do muintir Patricc cen a tabairt cucu it is a grievance to P.'s community that it was not given to them,
Trip. 82.4
. do díghail a osnaidhe,
TTr. 222.
forom-sa co mbenfat a n-osnaid ┐ a mmallachtain,
TBC-LL¹ 197.
ar omon a n-osnuidhe ┐ a mallachtan,
Anecd. ii 42 § 1
. co tardsat a n-osnaid dam `malediction',
MacCongl. 53.12
.
don trist (.i. osnaig nó mallacht) dobert P. fair,
ACL iii 20.6
.
As alleg. npr. f.:
Osnad ingen Echach Amlabair,
LL 276a38
.
a
s.
Osnaid,
b18
.
Osnadh,
ZCP xiii 18.17
. g
s.
Osnaidhe,
ib. 18
.
See osnam.