n also ága(e) io, m. Perh. same word as 1 á.
post, prop,
pillar:
braga .i. bir-āga. āige ainm bir,
Corm. Y 161
.
aighe
.i. sail no gabhal,
O'Cl.
dún . . . dorus umaide fair ┐ ágai
umaidi and,
LU 1793
.
bertais . . . inna hágu umaidi,
1799
.
cach aga cach airenach (of the Tech Midchuarda),
LL 3704
.
Extended uses. Of a person: cach óen nad beir genelach
cosna cethrib agaib arddaib seo .i. co Niall la Hu Nēill, co
hEochaid Mugmedoin etc.,
Rawl. 140b28
. imme, maith in
taighe, / suides flaith cech tiri (of the king of Tara),
Ériu v
232.16
. ba háge immairic cach fer dib seo pillar of battle,
LU 1602
(
IT ii2 214.52
).
?dal armairc gan all n-āighi / as
tairgsin āirmhe ar nionaibh,
Sitzungsb. Pr. Akad. 1919 v 93 § 33
. inmain
áighe sútt `beloved chief',
BColm. 36.16
. Frequ. in Fél. of
saints:
Pól apstol, ard áge,
Fél.
Prol. 119
(.i. calma, Fél.2, where
Stokes suggests reading colma. Hence
aighe .i. calma,
O'Dav.
69
,
O'Cl.
citing Fél.).
Benedict balc áge (: Árne),
March 21
(.i. tuir, ib.).
Pátraic prímdae áge,
Nov. 2.
comdíre do rig
┐ epscop ┐ agu rechta litre ┐ suid filed an authority in literary
matters,
ZCP xvi 175 § 4
.
age rechta dilgetha .i. int og-ae
aca mbi dirgidetu dilgeda, in fer leiginn .i. sai chanoine,
Ériu
xii 12.2
. a.¤ fine head of the family:
cor focerdcar (leg. -tar)
seach aga fine ada cora do beith oga,
Laws iv 60.12
.
co
tuca cach a cond .i. a aige fine,
i 80.29 Comm.
leth coibche
cach ingine dia haighe fine,
iii 314.9 Comm.
a.¤ réire
judge:
aighe rere .i. brethem,
O'Dav. 19
. aighe réire ag breith
fírbhreath (glossed
aighe .i. sail no gabhal; réire .i. aosda .i.
sail sheanoirde re breitheamhnas),
Hard. ii 294.8
. Of a high
place:
fil dam aichne áige . . . benn B.,
Metr. Dinds. iv 70.1
.
rodharcbla . . . isi cric domídigear rosc ┐ adsuighaidter criche
frisin, ma rofeisear in da aighe derba bidé iman raind sin
`this is the district estimated by the eye, boundaries are defined
by these if the two certain heads which are to this division be
known' (i.e. the eye fixes the boundary if two points of it
remain i.e. by running a straight line between these points),
Laws iv 144.5 Comm.
is ed tainic a n-aige ┐ a n-ardde ant
srotha co rochuired uadha na cairci commora,
TTebe 3623
(Ed. takes as 1 aige). aighe .i. cnoc, O'Cl.