n o, m. slúagh, slógh m., IGT Decl. § 96 . a host, army : a nimbed són ind sloig gl. hostium agmina, Ml. 62b20 . luide dia thosun (? leg. thofun) som co sluag . . . luid hi telaig ba nessam dind slog , 55c1 . senchrib cona slúag, 95a12 . sluag gl. agmen, Sg. 20b1 . inna ilslogu the many hosts, Tur. 110a . maidith in sluag forna doirsi[u], Sc.M² 18 . mebais riam forsna slógu, LU 3791 ( SCC 36 ). dothíagat int shlúaig a dún Chrúachan, TBFr. 54 . fer forgaib éclann ar bélaib slúaig, Críth G. 558 . tubadh sloig fo mendad `the attack of a host upon a house', Laws i 266.20 . sernsat ┐ immsit na slóig impu, TBC-LL¹ 542 . slúag do thérnam a cath, CRR 5 . is amlaid tanic Iudas ┐ slog mor imalle fris co cloidmib ┐ sabaib, PH 3080 . sdiuir, a Dhomhnaill, na sluaigh soir | buail do ghormloinn ar Ghallaibh, DDána 74.33 . gur thionól . . . sluagh líonmhar . . . ┐ do rinne ceann sluaigh da dhalta ┐ tug féin go n-a sluaighthibh ucht ar Mhuimhneachaibh, Keat. ii 4800 . Used, like lín, in apposition to the subject of the sentence: Muiris Mac Gearailt . . . do dhul, sluagh, a Tir-Chonaill, AU ii 312.10 . do chóidhset sluagh for Uibh Méth ┐ ruccsat bú, AFM ii 1154.8 . tiocfa, mar tháinig Séasáir | . . . | slóigh nach urusa d'áireamh `he will come . . . with a following difficult to number', TD 24.34 .

Hence throng, crowd, company, assembly : clu coitchenn na tíre ┐ foirgell an tsloigh dá derbadh the public, O'D. 1697 ( H 2.12, 1 ). ó rachus tar trí nonburaibh do ní in slogh fair, ib., `if it goes beyond 27 persons it constitutes a slóg ' (Plummer MS. notes). a Íssu not-guidiu | ar écnairc na slógsa (of the company of saints), Fél. Prol. 266 . is tú banḟlaith buidnib slūaig `with banded hosts' (sc. the monks and nuns of Kildare), Hail Brigit 1 . roingantaigset na slúaigh anísin (of the gods at Peleus' feast), TTr.² 356 . gor creitset in sluagh gan acht | grigair triasan cantairecht the people, ZCP viii 14 § 14 . uli slogu na nIúdaide eter óc ┐ t-shen, PH 186 . ar shliabh Síóin, lá na sluagh `the Judgement-day', Measgra D. 65.25 . gur bó maol guala gan brathair ┐ nách sluacch neach ina aonar, AFM v 1804.3 . suidhmidne ar slios na faithche | na sluaigh theagair thiomsaighthe (of a company of poets), TD 8.11 . congair a sluaig din chaill chéir (of birds), Mart. Tall. 94.13 . in sluag ucud on dernad in erchoid (of a swarm of bees), Ériu v 234.41 . Folld. by defining gen.: slogu inna maccradh isnaibh meallmuigib, Ériu ii 124 § 69 . slúag már martir súabais, Fél. Feb. 2 . Muirenn . . . ┐ sluagh mór cléirech uimpe, TFrag. 214.23 . ro-artraig in slog demun ina smút chéo immpe, PH 7237 . an sluagh sidhe so i nEamhuin, L. Cl. A. B. 94.1 . do shlógh iarnuidhe Ioffoirn, Aithd. D. 53.9 .

Compds.

(a) With nouns: ¤acallam vocative case of collective nouns : slúagh-agalluimh ann so, Ériu ix 93.1 . ¤art (see 3 art): secht cet tri bliadna bladaig | . . . | gan gabail re slogart sleag, MacCarthy 316 § 5 . ¤barr: a chend slúag-barr `leader of the host', Metr. Dinds. iii 114.63 . ¤bann: a llechta fri slúagbann slatt | i crích Gúaland atcondarc `with deeds of war and rapine', Metr. Dinds. iii 112.39 . ¤blad martial renown : nert nónbair samlaid | fri slog-blaid i Sen-Garmain, Metr. Dinds. iii 244.40 . ¤bolad: tuargabad in crand-sin | co slúag-balad sinnsir `diffusing patriarchal perfume', Metr. Dinds. iv 214.66 . ¤buiden a company : slogbuidne mor-longphuirt Poimp, CCath. 4434 . ¤chrech: gidh bé mheasas mionca a sluaigh-creach | tar slios tíre, DDána 111.15 . ¤dorus: leim re crannaib na sleg tar sluagdorus in baile, Acall. 5821 . ¤duine warrior : a Eochaid, a shlógduine, FDG² 20.611 . ¤dún: fri sreith iar slecht na s., SR 4550 . ¤fhairche: i measg sluagh-fhairche bhfear bhFáil, DDána 117.19 . ¤fhedan: a mhaca samhla . . . | ní feas do shluaighfheadhuin B., L. Cl. A. B. 147.52 . ¤fher a warrior : Suuithun sruith sluagfer, Gorm. July 15 . ¤lín: slóighlíon d'óighshíol Ghoill is Ghaedheal, Hackett xi 29 . ¤muirer a weighty host : fuil Róisteach na s. sraoineach, xxxix 271 . ¤nem hostful heaven : Felic seim co slognem, Gorm. Nov. 15 . ¤rechtaire: is hé ba rondaire ┐ ba sluaghrechtaire fer nErenn, Dinds. 119 ( RC xvi 71 ). ¤rí king of a host : ar sluaighrí sídheine, Aithd. D. 4.13 . ¤shirid: sluaighṡirthe calma ó gConuill `valiant raiders of Conall's race', TD 2.13 . tiocfaidh . . . slóighshirthe go Banbha Bhreagh, L. Cl. A. B. 152.55 . ¤thend: and ata in slúag-thend `the host-attended warrior', Metr. Dinds. iv 204.23 . ¤thech house for a host, billet : slúagthigi sithfhata, MU² 202 .

(b) With adjj.: ¤apaid: dream shlúaghabaidh chaithmhe cruidh with ready hosts, L. Cl. A. B. 270.51 . ¤armach: in crobuaile cat[h]a sin, in sit[h]muine sluagharmach `the host-armed brake', CCath. 5378 . ¤búadach: Abisolón slóg-buadach, SR 6932 . ¤daith: crand as cach ḟid óg-maith | ball s. fri sílad `a limb prolific for propagation', Metr. Dinds. iv 214.48 . ¤dil: rí slógdil rosaer cen len beloved of hosts, SR 7405 . ¤dírmach: in Mórrígan mórda | ba s. sámda `the mighty M. whose pleasure was in mustered hosts', Metr. Dinds. iv 198.36 . ¤mer: Poimp ┐ Séasar sluaighmhear having swift hosts, DDána 121.14 .