n nt, n. a s. d.¤ , ZCP i 64 . g s. déid, A. Ó Dálaigh xliii 6 (late MSS.). d s. d.¤ , Ml. 117d5 (see GOI § 325 ), Cóir Anm. 41 . déit, Sg. 67b10 . n p. dēt, IT i 132 . ZCP viii 196 . dēta, BDD 2 . MacCongl. 97 . O'Dav. 1057 . deoit, TBC-LL¹ 5309 . Otia ii 88 . a p. dētu, ZCP iii 20 . déta, LL 23b48 . IT i 69 . dēda, ZCP xii 387 (Laud 615). d p. dētuib, SR 8360 . RC xxiv 382 . TBC-LL¹ 4524 . PH . g p. inna ndeut , Ériu ii 136 . d.¤ , LL 193a5 . Trip.² 1319 . im cholg ṅd.¤ , TBC-LL¹ 2572 . acc. du. idir adám d.¤ , Lism. L. 4547 . déd m., IGT Decl. § 95 .

I Tooth: do déit gl. ad dentem, Sg. 67b10 . huan dét ascatu gl. emulo dente, Ml. 117d5 . gela det and, dubai brai, IT i 132 . biait a beóil partardeirg imma deta nemanda, 69 . batar inand ┐ frais do nemannaib a deta ina cind, BDD § 2 . nad accamar gen gári for du déta riam, LL 279a10 . beóil deirg thanaide leiss, deoit niamda némanda, TBC-LL¹ 5309 . robean a deda he gnashed his teeth, Dinds. 80 . crith for detuib chattering of teeth, SR 8360 . PH . crith ar détaib, RC xxiv 382 . a déta for crith, PH 7760 . duiscthi drenn .i. crithnaiges detu, ZCP iii 20 . nocha foghnann a dhéta don torc sin d'ithi neich, O'Dav. 1057 . uair nach tarba in cend cen a deta ho minigther na biada dona ballaib, PH 6817 . d.¤ fiss Fionn's wisdom-tooth under which he placed his thumb when seeking inspiration: atrubairt friss a d.¤ fiss | re mac Cumaill cen eslis, LL 207b21 . Festschr. Stokes 8 . tuc a ordain fo a d.¤ fis, 7 do faillsiged fírinne dhó, Acall. 203 . mó dhed fis, RC xiii 7 . CF p. 74 .

II Set of teeth, the teeth. Cf. idir adám d.¤ (of the upper and lower teeth), Lism. L. 4547 . nocha ttainic tar a dhéd | ní badh breg nó bhadh brefal, ZCP i 164 = Mart. Don. July 25 . póga dlúithe dā dhéd thirim, 3 C 13, 579 . an déad ar dath néamhuinne, TD 15.182 . tarla i mbéal na mbriathar mall | déad roigheal mar ḟras néamhann, 39.18 . bean an déid daithghil, A. Ó Dálaigh xliii 6 . an déad arna dhubhadh, TSh. 32 . nā mealludh so thú . . . an mhala chaol nā an déad ceart even teeth (?), 23 D 4, 131 . Fig. déad suim re sonnadh suain `an efficacious palisade round my sleep', Ó Bruad. ii 128 .

III As attrib. gen., of ivory . See Reeves Ad. 159 .

(a) In colg (claideb etc.) d.¤ ivory-hilted sword: rogabastar a ocht claidbini ima arm d.¤ ndrechsolus, TBC-I¹ 1913 ( im cholg ṅd.¤ ṅd.¤ , TBC-LL¹ 2572 ). calg d.¤ .i. ara mbiat na helta d.¤ .i. d.¤ míl moir a imduirn `on which are the hilts of tooth, i.e. its hilts are of a whale's tooth', O'Dav. 567 . claidib . . . co n-eltaib d.¤ co n-imduirnib airgdidib, LL 53a5 . claideb d.¤ (c. co n-eltaib d.¤ , c. co nd.¤ , c. co n-imdorn d.¤ , v.l.), BDD 103 . calc d.¤ co nimdurn diad, TBC-I¹ 3159 . a ocht ngothnatha má goth néit, 1915 . a n-ocht cuilg ṅd.¤ ┐ a n-ocht ṅgothnatta neíd (néd, neid, v.l.), TBC-LL¹ 3557 . re lainn d.¤ ` ivoried blade ', O'Gr. Cat. 376 . iarla . . . colg ndéad, 3 C 1 3, 773 . i ráith . . . na gcolg ndéad, TD 25.18 .

(b) With other nouns: cloch medóin do dhornchla dh.¤ , IGT Decl. ex. 80 . ar ndornchur ndéd noilfint, Rel. Celt. ii 262 . go n-a brannuibh déad, Ériu i 95 (`with its ivory chessmen', J. Fleming). branán déd Clár na cCuradh (epithet of a chief), 23 L 17, 47 b . Cf. further: cen dailb ṅdet | ainm Essa Ruaid co romet, LL 213a50 = gan deil ndet . . . romeid, BB 392a26 . furtain cēt a cuid prainne | i ndubtair dhet degcaille, BB 393b35 = LL 214a8 .

Compds. ¤bán white-toothed: macaom . . . dedbán, LL 396.5 . ¤chengtach (?): badb detcengtach, Cog. 174 . ¤chain n.pr. m. gen. m. D. m. Niad, LL 349g (= Dedchain, LB 17a ). ¤gel white-toothed , LL 130b8 . Metr. Dinds. iii 182 . O'Gr. Cat. 405 . ¤glés gnashing of teeth (?): d. ┐ imchomailt fiacla na míledh, TTr.² 866 . ¤idu toothache: mecon sobargine do cur fon cacuilt ┐ icaid detiga, 24 B 3, 56.37 . icaid siban . . . in detiguin, 60.30 . Cf. déideadh, Dinneen . ¤lí tooth-brilliance: in cétrí (sic leg.) rogab in bith | glan a dētlī ┐ a dath, BB 487a13 . ¤ṡolus bright-toothed , LL 266b43 . TD 20.112 . Dāire d., CF 11 . Déadṡolus, a fanciful Hibernicization of Daedalus , TD 20.58 .