comneibi

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Old Irish

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Adjective

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comneibi

  1. An adjective of uncertain meaning found only once, in Triads of Ireland 169, where it describes a lath.
    • Trecheng Breth Féne (A Triad of Judgments of the Irish), 169; Kuno Meyer's translation and notes:
      Trí ruip ara tíagat cinta: cú foilm[n]ech, sleg caille, slissén chomneibi.
      Three brutish things that atone for crimes: a leashed hound, a spike in a wood, a lath _1
      1 comneibi is a ἁπαξ λεγομενον to me.

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