v (*
to-ess-tlen-,
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 649
) Later as simple verb
tetlaid (from vn.)
IGT Verbs § 64
.
takes away by stealth, steals:
doretlasstar (dorétlaistir, LU)
a claideb ar Fhergus,
TBC-I¹
1164
. tig Cuchulaind ┐ atraig ammach ┐ tetlaithir a chranda
do his spears are smuggled out to him (?),
IT ii1 177
(
YBL
115b35
). With reflex. pron. (and subsequently as intrans. vb.)
gets away secretly, escapes, flees: mus-tetlai uaidib co hErinn
fled from them,
RC xv 434
(
Dinds. 43
).
noco tetlai fiadh tar
fraech,
BB 370a6
= ní rontétlai fiad `no quarry escaped him'
(or simply escaped, with pron. 3 s. reflex. ?),
Metr. Dinds. iii
158
. rothelta (leg. rothetla) ara lamacan dia shaigid crept,
Lec. 446a33
=
róétla ara lamha[can] do ṡaighi na con,
Cóir Anm. 71
.
tetlais uaidib in fénnid,
BB 373a48
=
étlais,
Metr. Dinds. iii 194
.
roteichset riam ┐ dorétlaiset aire,
Hugh Roe
134
. rotetlaidhsid (rotétlaiset, H)
a ngabhra uile uaidhibh,
TBC-LL¹ 5646
(St.). Cf. further
BB 7b20
:
coega macc og Adamh
ān | cōica ingen ard imslan . . . | tren ratetla in bith buidhi |
ra brechta tre bancuiri = trén ros étlá,
LL 141b34
.
rusetla,
Lec. 74a30
. Vn. tetlo.