n
o, m. (Lat. stuppa,
Ériu xxvi 178-81
)
sop
m.,
IGT Decl. § 67
.
a wisp, a tuft
:
s.¤ a sopinis [stopinis], ar is fuidell tuige ē,
Corm. Y 1174
. rolaad gairm escaire for naomaib hĒrenn, id est, . . .
slat ┐ s.¤ cacha boithe a summons was sent . . . (i.e.) . . . to supply
a rod and a wisp from each hut,
BColm. 54.22
.
lotar na suipp
ṡesca bátar na áltaib i cléthib aeóir,
TBC-LL¹ 6039
.
no druidedh
a bassa fri belaibh a n-alad noco roic[h]edh uadh a ndaethain
s.¤ ┐ inrech da n-étaighib inntu,
CCath. 5986
.
dunad figised a
corp . . . do shopaib escairt,
LB 156b58
.
supu lasamna do
escairt crín do chengul i llái cecha sinnaig dib,
127a32
.
da
óibell tened i m-medón suipp sílcátha corcca,
MacCongl. 15.2
.
co cuala in guth isin tsup illuachra (tum luachra, v.l.) `in the
wisp of rushes',
RC xxiv 58.18
. nir bo cloch in inad ugi sen ┐
nir bo s.¤ in inad largi `a wisp in the place of a club' (prov. of a
person),
Cog. 100.23
.
cuiridh s.¤ fón cuire,
BCC 182
. Of a
wisp used in divinatory process for identifying a guilty person:
gebid s.¤ arabarach ┐ doscan fair ┐ dosleice i n-agid Meic
Da Cherda,
Ériu v 34.10
. Hence in phrase fo sopaib, fo s.¤
, as
an expression of contempt:
it móra . . . na trí córaid seo do
bith fo sopaibh fer in duni seo,
LU 1603
.
bethi fo seilib ┐
soppaib ┐ cuitbiud hi cach airiucht i mbed,
Trip.² 1589
.
corap
fo ssop ┐ cuitbiudha i ndalaibh . . . t'airchinnech,
BNnÉ
304 § 18
. ? To this:
ro crochadh leis la sopaib in t(i) ras marb gan fuireach,
AI 346 (s.a 1228)
.