n
o, m.
sindach,
IGT Decl. § 17.21
. a fox
:
ut dicitur pit
a puteo .i. brēnaim . . . Inde dicitur putidus .i. sindach,
Corm. Y 1060
.
sinnach .i. sennech .i. nech is sine do chonuib é ar
fot a ree,
1191
. asrir in s.¤ n-allaid | do ráith a aithig `she gave
the wild fox for her vassal',
Thes. ii 342.61
(
Hy. v
).
romarb
petta sindaig,
Lat. Lives 85.12
.
dosennat . . . secht sinnchu
┐ secht míla maige,
TBFr. 59
.
ní slicht sinnaig i feóraind no
i fásaig ná fidbaid ocaind,
MU² 335
(of a clearly visible track).
Cf.
gerbho sodhaing a lorg do breith (ar nir bho sliocht siondaigh for oighreog eng ┐ foillecht an c[h]reachs[h]loigh),
Hugh Roe 80.15
(apparently a proverbial phrase).
s.¤ dá lí ar tí a
hén,
Acall. 846
v.l.
is annsna crannaib . . . donít sindaig a n-ádba,
PH 7744
.
cludtur co maith re croicind sinduigh . . . é,
Rosa Angl. 266.y
. atáid uamha ag na sionnchaibh (vulpes
foveas habent),
TSh. 8119
. As a symbol of treachery:
a ochlai
dorchai na sinnach sírchelgach .i. a indshamail t-shinnaig for
imad do chelg,
PH 8246
-
7
.
cumann an tsionnaigh,
DDána
4.6
.
Occurs as a pseudonym, particularly among the lords of
Tethbha, whose followers were also called na Sionnaig (for
alleged explanation see
AU i 552.z
-
554.3
):
in Sindach hua
Leochan, rí Gaileng,
RC xvii 347.18
(Tig.).
Cluain mic Nois
d'arcain . . . fa dó o Calraighib cosna Sinnchaibh,
AU i 590.4
.
Catharnach, mac an tSionnaigh Uidhir, tigherna Tethbha,
AFM ii 958.x
.
in Sindach Find .i. Cinaeth Hua Catharnaigh, rí
Teftha,
RC xvii 418.20
(Tig.).
creach la hAedh Húa Concobuir ┐ lasna Sinncho,
398.23
(Tig.).
sluaiged la mac Briain
┐ la Húa MaelSechlainn . . . co tucsat na Sinnaigh bruit moír,
393.26
=
fir Tethbha .i. na Sionnaigh,
AFM ii 864.5
.
s.¤ brothlaige (lit. fox of the cooking-pit) the lowest in a list
of twenty-seven `togarmand techtaide miadlechta' `legitimate
titles of dignity',
Laws iv 344.7 Comm
. `s. b. . . . einen armen
Kerl bezeichnet, der seine zusammengebettelten und -gestohlenen Brocken in einer solchen Grube (brothlach) sammelt',
Thurn.
ZCP xv 318
.
sindach brothlaighe .i. bruar cach bidh
do, itir dilis ┐ indlis; no cuma lais cidh bedh bruidhes no do-meala,
Laws iv 354.11
. ba s.¤ brothlaig dod-fuaid, glossed: . . .
no is ē in s.¤ brothlaig in gataige,
ZCP xv 317 § 11
.