n ā, f. (Lat. penna) in later lang. also masc. peann f., IGT Dec. § 39.7 . g s. -pheinde, ex. 1072 . d s. dá peinn , ex. 1101 . do fpeind , 1069 . A pen (for writing): in penn , gl. calamus, Ml. 64d4 . pend a penda [ penna , LB], Corm. Y 1054 . tabair do lebor ┐ t'adharc ┐ do pend cugat, Acall. 609. 2894 .

g s.

(a) Congus scribnid unde torad penne Congusa, LL 42c36 ( Trip. 542.27 ). sliocht peinne caoile cuirre, Ériu v 62.7 .

(b) promha[d] pind, LB 60 m. inf. (= probatio pennae, scribe's note ). leis an scín phinn penknife, Jerem. xxxvi 23 .

v s.

(b) mo mallacht ort a phinn, ACL i 317 x , see RC ix 99 (scribe's note, Franciscan Acall. 83 ).

g p. re tiachtain Padraig na penn, BB 48a35 . Parthalón na pend, KMMisc. 256.7 . gair penndo dromaib duillenn, ZCP ix 167.20 = gair pend, O'Mulc. 815 = gáir penn, H 3.18 ( MacCongl. 197 ).

Compds. ó ré Phádraig pheannfhadghlain 'from the time of Patrick of the long clear pen' Ériu xix 94.31 . penn-glēs and so `pen-trying', TTebe p. xvi (scribe's marg. note). co toidhecht Phátruic phennréidh of the flowing pen, Anecd. i 28 § 29 .