n o, m. acc. to Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 615 a deriv. of scar-, scuir- `part, depart', the orig. meaning being `not belonging to the household', oppd. to 2 tascar `company'; the older form may be oscur (-or), cf. la hoscor , Rawl. 113a8 ; d p. hoscuraib, Laws i 30.29 Comm.

(a) an outsider, a new-comer or stranger : don baíth nó dond oscar (gl. idiotae, 1 Corinth. xiv 16 ), Wb. 12d16 ; `the ignorant one' Thes., but prob. an alternative explanation the outsider, i.e. unbeliever, cf. idiotae aut infideles , 1 Corinth. xiv 23. ní bu bronach int oscur (.i. int óegi), Hy. v 28 ( Thes. ii 334 ) = aíghe [sic leg.] uasal, Lism. L. 1250. Prob. also in follg.: alis Patricc fair óclach alaind .i. na bad oscair, Goid. 87 n. 17 (i.e. one not a stranger, belonging to a different tribe? = áliss P. . . . im damnae n-epscuip dia desciplib di Laignib, Thes. ii 241.7 , cf. 10 . The form oscair may represent an adj., cf. sonirt < nert). oscar .i. aoidhidh no fear én-uaire, O'Cl. P. O'C.

(b) a `lay' or non-professional person; an unskilled or ignorant person. int oscur (.i. . . . in tuata), Hy. v 28 (alternative gl.). oscar .i. aneolach, ut est o.¤ cach i ceird araili, O'Dav. 1326. neach oscor (.i. aineolach), ZCP v 484 § 9 (i.e. one uninitiated in Bérla na f.). rucus airnisi ṅgobann la hoscor (.i. cen goib- necht), Rawl. 113a8 ( ZCP xv 310 § 5 ). amail cach n-oscar, Laws ii 118 y (oppd. to skilled or professional craftsmen). is torbe do oscraib, Fél. Ep. 77 (`the ignorant', i.e. the laity, oppd. to `súid' sages, i.e. churchmen, 81 ). osgar amhrois (one igno- rant of the rules of poetry), Sitzungsb. Pr. Akad. 1919 v 92 § 9 . Transf. of an animal: creabhar osccar antuiccseach `silly', BS 74.17 .

(c) a foe, enemy (esp. an unknown one or stranger): Dia . . . dom choimhed . . . ar athais, ar oscar, ZCP x 347 z . mad comaes nodcorad fris . . . ní bérad a oscur slán | coscur laích isa lechtain his opponent would not have carried off unscathed the spoils of the warrior whose grave is here, Metr. Dinds. iv 132. 19 (of Oenfer Aífe slain by his father). a glass ar oscaraib Erenn bolt against Erin's invaders, Bruchst. i § 31 = IT iii 73 § 30 . oscar .i. fear comhraic, O'Cl.

(d) in late poetry a warrior, hero (sense prob. influenced by npr. Oscar): do bhíodh dom oscar-sa . . . spor is lann is lannsa, Hackett xxxix 287. dorinn éacht nár fhéadsad osgair, Ó Bruad. ii 184.7 , cf. 94.14 .