n
ā, f. (long) O.Ir. longas, g
s. loingse, a
d
s. long(a)is.
IGT Decl. § 54
. Later appar. m.
§ 53
, g
s. loingis but this
not clearly attested, though supported by a
d
s. ¤.
longais,
LU 6601
=
longes,
TBC-I¹ 2072
(see also
LU 5489
,
6629
,
6644
=
TBC-I¹ 1010
,
2090
,
2104
, and
RC xviii 179.10
); later
usually -eas, -ius.
(a)
fleet; ships, shipping:
longas tre ḟichet long di Norddmannaibh,
AU an. 837
.
long .i. Saxanbērla .i. lang .i. fada,
et inde dicitur loṅges,
Corm. Y 845
.
longus Locha Cuan do
ghabail oc Linn hUachaill,
AU an. 926
.
troid longsi etir
longes an tuaisceirt ┐ coblach Con[n]acht,
RC xviii 179.10
(Tig.). toisc loiṅgsi `a naval expedition',
AU ii 540.23
.
an
sál lomnán do loingis,
IGT Decl. ex. 1370
. is lia do loingius
dó innat srotha in betha `it has more shipping' (of a river),
Marco P. 134
. i mbeagán do luingeas fhada (= longis
navibus non multis),
Keat. ii 1717.
(b)
naval expedition, invasion by sea
:
tancutur luinges
macc Miled,
Laws i 20.31 Comm
.
toisig na lloṅgse dar ler,
LL 1920
.
tancatar dar muir morglass, / hi tri longsib . . . /
Galiuin, Firbolg, Fir Domnand,
MacCarthy 148.7
.
for l.¤
a hEaspain co Sceithia,
290.26
.
a marl.¤ Aeniass,
TTebe
4036
.
(c)
banishment, exile
(not necessarily over sea), (téit for
lo(i)ngis goes into exile):
l.¤ .i. indarba,
O'Dav. 1177
.
luid
epscop Fith leo for longis,
Thes. ii 240.20
(
Ardm. 18a
).
dia luid Duaid for longais re Saul,
Ml. 55c1
. īarna
longis `nach seiner Vertreibung',
Ält. Ir. Dicht. ii 10
§ 3
.
is 'na haimsir-side tollotar na Deisse for longais,
Cymmr. xix 108 n.1
.
luid Eochu for l.¤ co Fergus,
Ériu
xvi 37 § 1
. longus Coirpri mic Foghertaigh re nDonnchad
`banishment',
AU an. 769
. Cuanu abbas Lugmaidh . . . do
dula a tire Muman for longais, an.
818
.
cia bemni for l.¤
riam, nī fil ind Ére ōclaig bus amru,
TBC-I¹ 372
.
longas
Fergusa ó Ultaib,
IT i 70.15
(
LMU 5
) (luingius, v.l.).
mór do
maith fuarais i fus / ar do loṅgais a Ḟergus,
TBC-LL¹ 493
.
tria
longais ┐ carcair,
PH 4200.
In the titles of tales:
Loinges mac
n-Uisleand,
YBL 109b20
. From the tale-lists:
Longus nUlad,
Anecd. ii 43.16
.
Longes Labrada,
LL 189b33
.
Tocomlod
loṅgsi Fergusa a hUltaib,
190b1
.
In B. na f. as quasi-vn. to drive away
:
loithēan do loingeas
ō bhūal (.i. lacha d'indarba ó uisge),
ZCP v 488 § 3.
(d)
band of sea-rovers, company of banished men, invaders
:
cach longas tra rofitir Eithne Huathach la Herind dosreclam
cosna Deisse,
Cymmr. xiv 122 § 22
(
Rawl. f.73ra4
).
forbrisfet
comlund scéo Fergus dánae co loingis Ulad,
LU 6629
(rhet.).
tricha cét rop é lín na longsi,
IT i 77.3
(
LMU 16
).
clú . . . na
luingsi ut,
Laws i 20.34 Comm
. ar húaman a mmórlo[i]ngsi
(of the Israelites),
SR 4748
. do bhí ag Cathaoir don taoibh
theas / slógh Laighean i na loingeas among his forces,
DDána
105.30
.
In the sobriquet of Cormac son of Conchobar mac Nessa,
Cond Loṅgas
head of the exiled bands
:
Cormac Cond Loṅgas
mac Conchobair,
LU 4485. 5961
.
Condloṅges,
TBC-LL¹ 705.
Corbmac Con Loinges,
TBC St. 162
.
do Chormac Con-loinges,
Metr. Dinds. iv 276.x
. Cf.
Cormac, cond na loiṅgse-se,
236.14
.
Cormac ba con longas laind,
ZCP viii 333.8
.