n
o, m. (túath + sel). In Mod. Ir. also túathal.
(a) a turning lefthandwise, against the sun, withershins:
a laeua .i. ō tuaithbel,
O'Mulc. 774
.
is blicht la mnāi cur
ar is donaite cach tuat[h]bel,
754
.
inní ropu tuathbel
dosum (Longinus) issed ón robo dess do Críst,
LB 251a70
(see under túaisre). gabdais for imescargain a cheli ic
malairt mong ┐ ic cirtlam ┐ ic atlugadh tuaithbil
`rendant
coup pour coup,'
RC xliii 28.8
(perh. adverbial here, see (b)).
(b) As adv. (d
s. ?)
lefthandwise, from left to right, withershins:
desiul scēo tuathbi[u]l do-féce,
ZCP xi 93 § 22
.
mad tuat[h]bil dotes,
Ériu viii 122.14
. arna gentib impadhas
tuaithbil, na sidhaighi `the folks that turn withershins, the
fairies,'
O'Dav. 1600.
do inntódar na troich tuaicbel résan
teichedh,
Caithr. Thoirdh. 15.18
. an lec sin d'iompod fo
tri tuaithbhel fair (part of curse left by Maedóc on transgressors),
BNnÉ 248.24
.
impáidis a bachla ┐ a bhuainmionna fo tri túaith-[bél] ina ttimceall,
236.34
.
(c) With prec. prep. (usually ar, for):
impaid in fer
sin ar tuaithbel ma cuairt,
YBL 84a47
. sōais reime ar
tuáthbel `turned it lefthandwise' (a mill),
BColm. 58.25
.
imasai ar tuaithbel fo thri fair (Satan),
Ériu v 122.28
.
imshoi for tuaithbiul ar belaib an tsluaigh,
ii 120 § 60
.
geis do cuairt ... | for tuath Laighean for tuaith-bel,
Leb. Cert.
12.8
. In more general sense: a ruisc for tuaithbhil `
askew
,'
Marco P. 187
. a shuaircfhir sháimh, ní sámh do reacaireacht sceól ... | ar tuathal táid (of ill tidings),
Hackett xii 3
. With i n-:
ticub na thuathbel fó thrí | in topair bi buan can breis,
Ériu vii 229 § 74
(see under (d).
(d) As prep. with gen.: ro gabsat iarom deisiul Temra ┐
tuaithbiul Breg
lefthandwise
round B.,
LU 6747
(BDD).
lodar tuaithbel Erenn tar Febal ┐ dar Eas Ruaid ... ┐ dar
Mag n-Ai ┐ dar Mag Cruachan,
RC xvi 148.19
.
cingset
assin Chrúachain chrúaid | túathbel nÉrenn dar Áth Lúain,
Metr. Dinds. iv 46.2
.
imsói tuaithbel in tobuir fo thri,
RC
xv 315.13
.
tig ... in ainim tuaithbel an cuirp,
Ériu v 122.44
.
tuaithbel na Temhrach,
BNnÉ 289.18
.
(e) Attrib. g
s. (usually in fig. meanings): go ndiongnadh
féin cíor thuathuil don teagh that he would turn the house
topsy-turvy,
PCT 644
. tuc bleith mulind tuathbil forthu
the grinding of a mill turning the wrong way (of an attack
on an army),
CRR 34.15
.
atad go hanordaighthe imaccuairt, ┐ bleith muilinn tuaithfil orra,
Cog. 198.z
.
do thuit
tu san bpoll tuaithchill as nach ttigir,
Luc. Fid. 292.15
(=túaichel(l) ?).
slog ... tuath-bil,
PH 8105
. arin tsluagad
tuaithbil-sin `
ill-sped
',
Ann. Conn. 1315.8
.
ina tarmánaib
... tuaithbil,
MR 230.20
.
an gérait aingceoil ┐ in tlam
tuathail ro bai ac milled a maithiusa ┐ a arba,
Acall. 4458
v.l. (leg. tuachail ?, Stokes). a tuisleadaig tuaithbil ur-thosaig na h-ingabala `from the awkward stumbling in the
front of the flight,'
MR 318.4
.
Compd.: ¤
cúairt:
is sed luidi a tosaig cetamus Tuaithbiulchuart (túathbel, v.l.) erenn co rrola cuairt connacht,
Tall. Étair 65, 4-5
. ?
a mbáidh ar dtuathal cuairt (? leg. dtuathalchuairt) re cneastacht chaoin `love which now revolves awry opposed to kind civility' (of the growing unfriendliness of the nobility),
Ó Bruad. ii 22.12
.