n (cf. los-ḟinn, s.v. 1 los)
fox (lit. white-tipped one):
slóg na loisenán .i. sindaig na crich ┐ na cennadach,
LB
127a31
(of Samson's trick against the Philistines). `cid as
andsom leat tucais ?' . . . `Romgab do leith losinan' `it took
me . . . to come up with the fox',
ZCP i 459.11
. tar gach
ffothair is tar gach fán / rom gaph do leith Loissionnáin
(leg. loissionnán),
Duan. F. i 21.7
(see
iii 20
and glossary
s.v.). Cf. loisi above and:
mallacht uaim don loingseachán,
Acall. (Leabh ó Láimhsgr.) iii 91.8
(=
sionnach Sléibhe
Mis,
1
).