n
i, m., later also f. (see
LU 9031
,
Tur. 131
cited below);
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 311
,
ii 54
,
GOI § 106
,
§ 302
(fem.). n
s.
biáil,
Sg. 46b6
,
biail,
67a6
,
Tur. 131
,
bíail,
LU 9015.
bieil,
LL 13608
(
Irish Texts i 34 § 6
).
biel,
Ériu i 44.3
. g
s.
in bela
,
Ml. 112b12
.
béla,
LL 13582
(
Irish Texts i 33 § 2
). a
pl.
bela,
O'Mulc. 809.
d
pl.
bealaib,
Aisl. Tond. 101 § 2.
Axe, hatchet; battle-axe: gl. securis,
Sg. 46b6
,
67a6
,
biáil .i.
bithail .i. bí fæbar,
Thr. Ir. Gl. 7.
im biaill .i. bis ina ail ina
aititin; no aill ni isin bith, no bith hail le ni na hail .i. in
tuath conadh,
Laws i 124.14
,
138. z Comm.
docer in biail
dia samthig,
Tur. 131.
Of working implements:
fidba[e],
biáil, gaí gona cethra[e],
Críth G. 180.
ogam tirda . . . .i.
biail, loman, fidba, strathar,
Auraic. 5725.
nech immaber
biail i n-domnach . . . dílsi a bela (belu, beeola, v.ll.),
Ériu ii
206 § 27.
doḟoíd . . . a gilla . . . co Ecet Salach (i.e. a smith)
do chor béla i tenid,
LL 13582
(
Irish Texts i 33 § 2
).
co laignib ┐
bacaib ┐ belaib,
Dinds. 20.4
.
cia buailter do bielaib ┐ ordaib,
Ériu ii 114 § 44.
cárna samaisci do indarggain fo thál
┐ béuil (biail, v.l.),
Fraech 227
. i fomailt do bela, do fidbai
`for wearing down thy hatchet',
Laws i 166.25
.
sair ┐ thuithait
┐ cach aes tail ┐ beili, gad ima beli,
ii 118.25 Comm.
biail
imfaebur, for lar rig treibi,
iii 272.23
.i. slan don mogaid ma
beir ime faebur ac a beil,
25 Comm.
=
bíail .i. tuagh . . . .i. is
[s]lán don mogha faobur a biaile d'imirt ar lar tighi in righ,
O'Dav. 313.
tairnid . . . in mbial fora munél ┐ a cul rempi,
LU 9031
(
FB 78
).
iar cor dó brechta hi fáebur in bélae,
9027
note (
FB 77
).
ider díul an biala,
RC xiii 30.9
.
beim do
biail, 10. fuaim biaili ic brudh bidbadh,
CCath. 6077.
ro
ghabhadar do beimennaib borbnertmara . . . fair do biailibh
bellethna `broad-bladed axes',
Stair Erc. 2188.
rongabh biail
mbithgéir ina laimh,
AFM iii 178.18
.
eatham frichnama,
Laws
iv 276.5
.i. tir in bela som `axe-land',
15 Comm.
In n.loc.:
ó Thulaig Béla buide (: ména),
Metr. Dinds. iv 226.15
.