adj
io, iā. also múchna (form due to influence of múch?).
The sense in O.Ir. appears to be
austere, strict, stern
, passing
into that of
crossgrained, surly, hard to deal with
, later
gloomy,
moody
. mucnae, gl. austera [severitas],
Ml. 109a3
. pl. inna
mmúcnai .i. inna imneda (gl. austera neut. pl.),
95c5
. múcni
(gl. austera),
Thes. i 486.35
(
Tur. 38
). arndib múcnae . . . a
n-étach ┐ a mbiad (= austeram vitam praedicantium),
489.29
(
Tur. 71
). múchni (leg.
múcni), gl. protervi,
Wb. 30c10
(=
head-strong?).
muchna ainm do ghruaim gan ghean,
Metr. Gl. 25
§ 22
.
mucna .i. gruaim,
O'Cl.
Muiredach muchna .i. M.
gruamdai,
BB 253a20
.
mucna cach mog,
Tec. Corm. § 13.16
(`
morose, truculent
', Meyer Gloss.).
gnúsi na ndemna mucna,
PH 4324.
Of animals: muc .i. mucna a haigned, ar ni geib a
munad o neoch
stubborn, refractory (?),
Corm. Y 903.
borb . . .
mucna matnamail (of a hound),
TBC-LL¹ 1011.
Of places, etc.
gloomy, dismal:
i nglennaib dubaib . . . muchna muichnig . . .
ichtaraig ifirn,
FA 30
LB (
IT i 191.28
). hi tégdais . . . muchna
mallachtnach (of Hell),
PH 8299.
co clóthib nemi muchnai
marbthaig,
8304
.
i n-aidhchi . . . marbthaigh mucna iffirn,
BNnÉ 99 § 9
, cf.
Lism. L. 3642.
dirae mucnai,
O'Mulc. 207.
As subst. pl. ?
mortlaid . . . i mbiat múcna in tṡlúaig,
ZCP
xiii 381.27
.