n
o (cf. teim). o, m.,
IGT Decl. § 53.
(a)
darkness,
gloom:
anadchither tri themel,
Wb. 12c12
.
ba hi temul
dugníth saul ... intleda ... fri duaid,
Ml. 30a3
.
for tuaith
Herenn bai temel,
Lib. Hymn. 101.41
.
ata a n-inis Doimli
nó Temle .i. fo t.¤ ro buí in inis,
Fél. 166.11
. ?
marbh do
thamh tria thar t.¤
,
BB 28b29
=
temen,
LL 7a18
.
atchuingid
Ruadán in dubthemell isin tellaig co ná bia dé do chlethi
i Temraig co bráth,
SG 78.7
. Frequ. in chevilles:
temel
truag,
SR 909
.
tánic rempi cen temel,
Metr. Dinds. iii 244.25
.
ba tiamda t.¤
,
LL 6b45
.
cen tlás temil,
Metr. Dinds. iv 236.23
.
Of obscurity of title to land due to lapse of time (Plummer
MS. notes):
nisdim (?) temel tomailt ire iter finib imanetar
.i. nocha dimther a ferann ar in fine eturru budein cia ro
beth nech oca tomailt co tisadh teimel tairis,
H 3.18, 235a
(
O'Curry 434
).
(b)
darkness
considered as an enveloping or concealing
medium: teimheal .i. sgáth no folach, O'Cl.
conaroib
temel inna tol domunde tar rosc for nanme,
Wb. 21a8
.
ni
fil ... fíal no temel eter muntir nime ┐ inna nóemu,
LU 1986
.
tír í dá dtéarnó a teimheal `a land from which a veil hath
rolled away,'
TD 32.78
. mór ar a dtéid teimheal `is being
forgotten,'
PBocht 22.1
. With particular reference to
Mark
xv 33
:
in tan forcomnacuir in gnímso crochtha crist ┐
dodechuid temel tarsin gréin ... din temul,
Ml. 16c5
,
7
.
doluid temel tarsan mbith,
Ériu i 41 § 3
.
ar an domhan
... táinig teimheal dorcha dubh,
Dán Dé xx 33.
(c)
darkness, shadow on the human features:
ra chondaic
C. mí-delb ┐ mí-themel ... bar Fer diad,
TBC-LL¹ 3651
.
matat
co mēt teimil truim | mo dā rosc,
ZCP vi 263 § 8
.
dodechaid
temel tart'gnūis,
266 § 6.
teimil for gruadaibh (in hell),
RC xxviii 318 § 35
.
gnaoi do ghabh teimheal ar dtós,
DDána 59.14
.
créad ... an teimheal ... tainic ar do dheilbh,
Ériu v 80.10
.
(d) Hence gloom, dejection:
spirat Dē gan troimt.¤
,
Ériu
iii 144 § 18
.
do gab teimhel treb taidhen,
BCC 220.11
.
bennacht fora nirnaigthi | ro scar misi re t.¤
,
RC xlvi 251 § 5.
(e)
stain, blemish, fault:
temel imorbais Ádaim,
LU
10866
.
ar a clú ní lēig teimheal | faill 'na einech ní léigeann,
Sitzungsb. Pr. Akad. 1919 v 93 § 32
.
ní fuighthear ... | teimheal ar thaobhaibh th'aolchlach,
DDána 68.34
.
tré bheith gan tsal gan
teimheal, téid siad ar neamh,
TSh. 4851
. a chéillidh dochí an
timheal | ar rosc cháich don chéadshilleadh `who dost see
the spot in the eyes of others,'
Ó Bruad. ii 158.
(f)
death (cf. teime):
`ba' ┐ `temel' nar timcheall | ag
sloinned ega gan feall,
Metr. Gl. 3.3
.
nó go dtí i dteimheal | táirthir ní fa dheireadh de 'before he goes into oblivion, something good eventually comes from him',
Giolla Brighde 76 § 11
. ? cf.
gur chuireastar a ceann cen tuisel cen tuirbreadh dā teimhiol-mhuinél,
Acall. (Leabh. ó Laimhsgr.) i 226.18
.
In n.pr.
Fer Temel,
BDD² 73.2
.
Compd.
¤garb: folt trom teimhiol-gharbh air dark
bristling hair,
CRR² 74.18
.