n
o, m., seems used of a constantly reiterated refrain or
noise
. Possibly a fig. use of 1 mol, in allusion to the continuous rotation or splashing of a mill-shaft:
milgetan ... .i. cuit Muil dorsada Temro. Mol didiu [a] ainm
ade dāig in muil no ferad forsna doínib .i. `taít as, taeit ind !' Inde dicitur molac[h],
Corm. Y 860
; cf.
ut dicitur molach .i.
is cosmail fri Mol, ar ní anad side do labrad coidchi a n-asbered side: taeit ind, taeit as,
O'Mulc. 818.
a ben ucut, na fer m.¤ frisin marb,
LL 275a9
=
Mór M. § 6
(
PRIA xxix 265
).
ba mol Mídend midlaige | memais Linnmuine tar Līathmuine '"Linnmuine will burst forth across Líathmuine" was a phrase constantly repeated by Mídenn the fool',
Aided Echach 96 § 4(a)
.
mol .i. glorach (= glór?); molmar .i. glorach,
O'Curry
See also 1 molach and molmar.