n
i and ā, f. Very variable in
form and inflection. n
s. also sibin(n), sifin(n), etc. (see infra).
sibhean(d) f.,
IGT Decl. § 54
. sibhin m.,
§ 207
(sifeand, sifind,
lochdach aráon). Cf. 1 sima, 4 sim.
(a) a rush
:
itharnnae .i. ith ┐ feorna .i. semend, ith na cethra
notēged isna cainnle apud ueteress
,
Corm. Y 735
=
isna
simnib,
Thr. Ir. Gl. 24
.
simin .i. séim a hinne,
40
. ara-letha
bun cacha simne iarna airdbe cutruma graine . . . `das untere
Ende jeder abgeschnittenen Binse gleich breit wie ein "Korn"',
ZCP xiv 355 § 13
=
Laws ii 252.1
. tuc dō mess ndub a
draignib, | tuc airgib sub ar sibnib `sie gab ihm mit (Liebes)-zeichen (?) Erdbeerfrucht auf Binsen',
Bruchst. 69 § 161
.
tolgdæ do tholgdaib simend,
O'Mulc. 815
.
ro bátar .xu.
bonsibne i lláim in meic brecderg sin ┐ delg scíach a cind cach
simni díb,
BDD² 1128
-
9
.
crithnaigset a charíni imbi imar
crand re sruth nó imar bocsimin fri sruth,
LU 6444
. ni con
ro bai ina chorp áit forsa roised (sic leg., Ed.)
rind simhni nad
bad tregdaithi,
TBC-LL¹ p. 671 n. 3
.
curcais ard immbe . . . tri
fichit traiged i ḟot cech bocṡibne dib,
Alex. 655
. conid rogab
serg ┐ galar de, co luid hi seimnib sirgc de became like withered
rushes (?),
ZCP iii 2 n. 6
.
noi sibinne rindglasa luachra,
Laws
v 276.6 Comm
.
re (sic leg.) heiteall na nén agus re gluasacht
na sibheann,
Atlantis iv 158.20
.
ro gabh Berach simhin
luachra . . . ┐ ro coraigh im bragaitt in mairbh, ┐ atracht
focéttoir; conidh desin atad sibhne Beraich go brath,
BNnÉ
42 § 86
.
an Bhanna 'sa himle ag Áodh | sibhne fanna tréna
fér,
IGT Decl. ex. 1365
. an sifind leisin sín dte | do ṡín san
ḟritheing reimhe .l. (because of the -f-),
ex. 2172
. do boic-shimnibh doronad [na histada], .u. ceme déc fod gacha sibhne
`bulrushes',
Marco P. 49
. `seimhin a black-headed bog rush;
schoenus nigricans,' O'R.
(b) a reed
: seimin gl. fistula,
Ir. Gl. 211
. do ṡeimnib ḟásas
anaici mara (of the Crown of Thorns),
Maund. 14
.
do churetur
coroin ima chenn do sibnib mara,
16
.
(c) a corn-stalk
:
ben acc dógh arbha . . . ┐ do gabh seimhin
ar lasadh (simha, v.l.),
ZCP x 14.18
.
conā fārcaib in gæth
sifind tuga,
MacCongl. 11.15
.
(d)
rope or binding made of rushes
(?) (cf. 1 sim), hence
fetters,
bonds
(?):
do fhuabair [in Clárach] simhin ar na saorclannaib,
Caithr. Thoirdh. 17.19
. ? To this:
criss mobíí | niptar símne
imm loa,
Three Hom. 106.z
.
ben ler mhaith í fá fholuigh |
oruibh do chaith sí a sibhin,
L. Cl. A. B. 90.88
.
Compds.
¤buide
yellow with rushes
:
imín Siuír sibeanbuidhi slain,
IT iii 80 § 55
(simenbuidi, v.l.).
¤ḟliuch
wet and
rush-grown
:
srath d'faigsin isin Imleach | gan an sraitsin
sibheinnfliuch,
IGT Decl. ex. 1012
.