n n., later f. See Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 113 and Études Celt. xxv 123-24 . n s. b.¤ nAnand, Corm. Y 104. a mb.¤ , SR 5974. in b.¤ thondgel, LL 18500. g s. Bée, LL 27711. d s. do b.¤ , TFerbe 64 . Mod. g s. na b.¤ , Hackett xi 27 . d s. don bhéith ghlain, O'Rah. 154.5. n pl. béithe, ZCP v 229.26 (Midn. Court). g pl. beith, Ó Bruad. i 62.7 . mbéithe, ZCP v 226.10 (Midn. Court).

Woman: Brigit b.¤ bithmaith `ever excellent woman', Thes. ii 325.15 , glossed: ben ut dicitur b.¤ bind .i. ben find, 29 . bē nē[i]t (.i. badb) .i. bē ben ┐ nēt cath . . . Inde dicitur: `b. nét fort,', Corm. Y 168. Brigit bē n-ēxe . . . B.¤ bē legis, ┐ B. bē goibne (sic leg.) ingena in Dagda goddess, 150 . b.¤ find fors ṅdestatar deirgindlid áir (rhetoric), BDD² 306. be ḟind ḟota ḟoltlebor, IT i 69 § 4. a bē, ZCP viii 102.15 (B. na f., 557.17 ). a mb.¤ n-aill, LL 21147. b.¤ adbul Heriu, 1651 . do b.¤ thastil female messenger, TFerbe 64 . cain-be fial forssaid ḟindnar, SR 3700. co tucas-sa in mb.¤ sáir sláin / Aife, Ériu iv 154.26 . seimigud b immorro .i. a bhen, a bhan, a bhe binn, Auraic. 1275. b.¤ ebraice (bath `daughter'? ed.), mulier latine , O'Mulc. 130. `b.¤' ben, Metr. Gl. 18 § 52. b.¤ .i. bean, O'Cl.

In Laws and glossaries in designations of classes of women. b.¤ carna wanton, harlot : cia ben is mesa do mnáib? Ni hansa. B. chārna, ZCP viii 113.12 . be carna .i. meirdreach, O'Curry 2037 (H. 4.22, 58a). b.¤ charna .i. merdrech, ar dia ndech in ben co cuicir is b.¤ charna. fothad cairn .iiii. clocha, cloch fair is carnn iarum, O'Dav. 213 (see Stud. in E. Ir. Law 108 ). b.¤ cétmuinterasa woman with standing of head of a household, chief wife (see Stud. in E. Ir. Law 46.28 ): mad be cetmunterasa techta, comaith ┐ comceniuil, Laws ii 380.31 (= Stud. in E. Ir. Law 46 § 22 ). mad be cetmunterasa glossed: mad bean bus cetmuindter uais co dligthech, 382.4 Comm. b.¤ cuitgernsa `woman of condominium' ( Stud. in E. Ir. Law 218.18 ): ma co tir ┐ cetra ┐ intreb, ┐ mad comsair comtechta a cuma lanamnusa, ┐ is don ben sin asberar be cuitcernsa, ii 356.31 (= Stud. in E. Ir. Law 18.36 ). b.¤ n-imrama lit. wandering woman (a class of concubine) ( Stud. in E. Ir. Law, 64.25 , 96 f. ): nocon uil ni do do lamda . . . a be nimruma, uair ar a urail fein bis a chartach . . . ┐ nocon eadh bis . . . a be nimruma, Laws ii 400.15 Comm. be nimrama .i. meirdreach, O'Curry 2037 (H. 4.22, 58a). sechtmud do i n-a dormain ┐ i n-a be n-imruma, Laws v 72.4 Comm. b.¤ n-indlis `non-owned woman', see Ériu xii 74.18 . a atitin a primmna ┐ a fine ata cach ben dib sain aicce cenmotha in be nindlis; ┐ a aititin a fir ata saide, Laws ii 400.26 Comm. b.¤ loirge: direnar b.¤ luirge lándire `a distaff woman', O'Gr. Cat. 145.19 (Nero A vii, 153b9). Cf. dorenar be loirge landire .i. ben conaire in filed, glossing lorg `road', O'Dav. 1155. b.¤ loiste loinetha woman of the kneading-trough and churn-dash: direnar . . . lándire b.¤ loisde luineatha alaile, O'Gr. Cat. 145.19. b.¤ roethine woman cast up by the sea?: be roethine .i. roethine mara dode-cuirethar .i. mairchor- (leg. muirchorthae, ed.), Ir. Recht 8 § 8. b.¤ tacuir foundling woman: b.¤ tacair do-renur cuic setaibh, a tri dibh a mamaib eca (leg. ecalsa, ed.) no (leg. ┐, ed.) ina dó eile ó feinib (finib, v. l.), Ir. Recht 6 , 7 § 7 , see ZCP xix 347. b.¤ táide lit. woman of a secret relation, i.e. in an irregular association with a man (see Stud. in E. Ir. Law 99 , 100 ): baidsech cach be taide, no cach ben deirge lann (cf. . . . deiraig a lanamnus, v 456.22), Laws iv 58.26 Comm. merdrech [ut est] baitsech cach b.¤ táidhe (thaidhe, v.l.) `every secret woman', O'Dav. 306. b.¤ togu woman (with power) of choice (variously interpreted in Laws Comm.): be togai .i. togu an (leg. and ? ed.) imm a inchaib a ceile fa isint (leg. asint, ed.) seilb techtus di-rether .i. bancomarba lasmbi fer for bantindchur. be thoga .i. tic di co aos togai, na (leg. .i. or [atá] 'na, ed.) tagai, .i. im co fer theis fa in ngaba chaille . . . who has the choice as to whether she will be paid according to the status of her husband or according to her possessions . . . who is of an age to choose whether she will marry or take the veil, Ir. Recht 8 § 9.

Common in later poetry woman, maiden : rádha róchaoin bheóilín bhinn na b.¤ , Hackett xi 27 . is baoth don fhear do scar le béith bhig óig, xxxiv 1 . míle beith ghléigeal `a thousand fair ladies bright', Ó Bruad. i 62.7 . G., leannán béithe `beloved of women', O'Rah. 148.21. do screadadar béithe, 150.27 .

In nn. pr.: Fróech . . . mac side do B.¤ Find a sídib, TBFr. 2 (as b.¤ was orig. neut. the name Bé Finn > Bé Bind, later also Bé Ḟind). Bebinn ingen (sic leg.) Turgeis, Caithr. CC 27. is ed ainm dobered Midir dí B.¤ Ḟind (i.e. Étaín), TE² 180 § 10. B. Néit wife of Néit (a goddess of war): bē nē[i]t (.i. badb), Corm. Y 168. B.¤ nēid .i. Nēid nomen uiri. B.¤ eius Nemon, a ben, 181 . in b.¤ néit . . . .i. Enio, siur Mairt .i. dei in chatha, TTebe 3247 . co festais ca drem . . . din ro samaigfed in B.¤ níth-gubach Néit a neirt-bhríga, MR 242.1 . Aingene ainm ind fir ┐ Bee n-Aingeni ainm na mna, RC x 224 § 17. Be Chuille ┐ Dianand . . . na dí bantuathig, LL 1352. Bé Tuinde, Dinds. 139 ( RC xvi 147 ). In n. loc. oidhre Leice Bébhionn Lickpevune (Co. Kerry), AFM v 1628.21 .

v (* dī-bidc-, Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 476 ). Prot. stem -díbairg. See Thurn., KZ xxxii 569 , GOI p. 134 ; RC xviii 6 . Old-Irish forms. Indic. pres. 3 s. dombidgi, Anecd. i 54 § 30 . 3 pl. dubidcet, Ml. 93d11 . Impv. 2 s. dibairg, Anecd. i 5.z . Impf. 3 s. dobidced, RC xii 68.1 . a ndumbidced, , Ml. 53d7 . dobidgad, Corm. Y 975 (83.15) . Subj. impf. 3 pl. dombidctis, Ml. 26d7 . co dubidctis , 30b1 . Pret. and perf. 3 s. d-a-mbidc, Ml. 58c4 . dosmbidc, TBC-I¹ 1743 (YBL); 2135 . dobidc, 2962 . nīsndībeirc, 1231 (YBL) = nisdibeirg, LU. dorrubidc, Ml. 40d9 . darobidc, 58c3 . 3 pl. dobidgsat, Alex. 243 .

Vn. díbirciud.

Later as simple vb. with stem díbairg-, díbairc-, or with metathesis díbraic-, díubraic-, etc. IGT Verbs § 88 .

(a) With obj. of thing cast shoots, casts, hurls (in Ml. gl. iaculari, sagittare): dobidgad Goibne asin tenchair na gai, Corm. Y 975 (83.15) . cruth dombidgi tond íasc, Anecd. i 54 § 30 . nosdíbairg na tri cóecta snáthat cach i ndiaid araili díb, FB § 65 . cinnas dibairgim etir how I make a cast, TBC-LL¹ 1186 . mac diubraices in mbunnsaig, Laws iv 140 Comm. co rodibraicer feb dibraicti-si, CCath. 2184 . cona dibhraictis urcor n-imroill, 5673 . rodíbraicedh aturra frasa d'fogáithib, Fianaig. 88.30 . urchar do dibraic Seiscend, Acall. 3999 . rodibraic saigid a fidbaic ibraide, TTebe 2588 . diubraicfet ind aball sa ar amus chinn ind rig, SG 413.10 . rodiubraicsium rot n-urchair don chloich, 325.30 . sāsa dia ndiubraicfidhi aili dímhora, Marco P. 132 . rodibraigsed uaithib in curach, Snedg. u. Mac R 40.21 . gur sir-dibraiged siartuaig o Erinn iad, KMMisc. 314.1 .

With indirect obj. introd. by DO, FRI, FOR: rodíbairg inn gai dó, RC iii 178 (LL). rodiubraic Conan a tṡleg dó, Acall. 6713 . rodiubraic F. urchur d'én aile, 7066 . dodiubraig urchur don tres hén, 7067 . is iarum dobidc Cūrāi dīb dībrucud ar ceann araile fri hAmargine, TBC-I¹ 2962 . rodibraicedar tri clocha . . . riu, Acall. 7134 . nos-dibraic cloich fair, Moling § 70 . rodíbairg si certli forsin luing, LL 221b46 ( TTr. 344 ). rodiubhraic . . . saiget fair launched an arrow at him, CCath. 3658 . Cf. do diubhraic urchor de dochum muintire Coluim (of a gospel), Cog. 90.24 .

(b) With obj. of person or thing cast at pelts, shoots at, strikes: d-a-mbidc Semei di chlochaib pelted him with stones, Ml. 58c4 . nech doseinn araile . . . nech dobeidg araile, O'Curry 2116 ( H 4.22 79b ). dosmbidc co llecaib, TBC-I¹ 2135 . nīsndibeirc Cūchulaind dadaig asa thabaill, 1231 . dosmbidc C. a Delga, 1743 . intan bātir hēssom huile dobicdis (recte dobidctis) in poll, 498 . dibairg na heounu, Anecd. i 5.z . ar na rasdibairged C., TBC-LL¹ 2742 . nachas diburged C. that C. might not strike her, 1546 . dosbidc in fer co morchlochaib, ZCP ix 192.26 . rogabsat cloch cecha fir cor dibraicset hé, LB 151b36 . intan diubraicther isin cath í do ilar arm when it is hit in battle by many missiles (of an elephant), CCath. 3650 . dibraigid iad do armaib ┐ do clochaib, Aen. 2208 . cia rodiubraic Goll mac Morna? — missi rodiubraic he, Acall. 7928 - 9 . rodiubraic Mane misi, 6795 . co ndibruigidís i nóinfecht é, SG 92.30 . is do guin rig. . . . cibe dibraicius Conn a Temraig, MS. Mat. 618 .

(c) With DE strikes from, cuts off, removes: bainid dorad beim do Nuadhad nair | nocor dibraic de a deaslaim, Lec. 554b3 . no gur dibraigestar a dóid ndeis gá lúithib don laech-milid (of a sword), MR 300 . a rí shíl mínaird Meadba | díbhairg dín ar ndoimheanma, IGT Verbs ex. 854 .

(d) moves quickly, starts up (?): dosbiudc asa aislingi, TBC-I¹ 2956 (perh. reflex.). dobidg amach, RC xiii 222.40 . dobidgsat a l-lamu luathescaide dia saigetbolcaib, Alex. 243 (perh. trans.). Cf. bidgaid.

adj i (neg. of indraic) unworthy, unrighteous: aire eisindraic `an unworthy chieftain' Laws i 54.9 (expl. by: cipe dib do-ni gait ┐ brait, 54.22 ) = a. eisindric, v 458. 22 . mad anfoltach in flaith, esinric, guach, gubreathach, ii 332 = ZCP xiv 391.4 . ni gétar [in flaith nemda] ar nach n-indraicc, ni tídnustar do nach esindraicc, PH 6908 . ní roscaithset in biad, uair roptar esindraicce, IT i 41.16 = esinnraic = indigni Todd Lect. v 69.5 . cennaige esinraice, FA 29 LU = esindricca LB. cerda ┐ goibne esinnraca, RC xiv 52.27 . do siur eisinraic [sic leg.], Fier. 236 . lán do ghráin ar ainmhianaibh eisionnraca na hóige, TSh. 8555 . Adv. in fhoirend tomlit co hesindraic glanrúin chuirp Crist unworthily PH 5301 . 5343 .

v 1 s. pres. subj. conigléu, Ml. 86b8 . 3 pl. fut. giulait, 65b7 . Condit. 3 s.> no gíulad , LU 6822 . Perf. 3 s. ro-gíul, Ml. 98b8 . Thes. ii 290.14 . ro-giguil, Rawl. 84b55 . Hib. Min. 65.21 . Vn. glenamon, q.v.

I Intrans. adheres, cleaves: gl. haerere, Tur. 125. Ml. 65b7 ; 86b8 . With de gl. inhaerere, 127b19 . glenaid luch inna línsam, Thes. ii 293.20 ; 24 . bas Cormaic dia roglen cnaim iaich ina braghait, Dinds. 114 ( RC xvi ). Cf. Ml. 98b8 . glenaid na heich isin mōna, TBC-I¹ 687 . do lēc-seum din t[s]ēt, acht giuil a ladair aire, ZCP iii 254 § 77 . cicilium in finna glenas fair, Lib. Hymn. 10 gl. 54 . dobidgad Goibne ... na gāi go nglentais isin ursain, Corm. Y 975 . nogiuglad cach ubull for a finna, BDD § 85 ( ro giúlad, BDD² 789 ). Cf. § 38 . LL 252b18 . is luath nonglenand luigi aenfir isin cinaid sin `quickly the oath of one man prevails' (lit. adheres) in that liability, Laws i 196.20 Comm. Foll. by de: clings to, adheres to (esp. of a name or possession), Ml. 127b19 . a moṅg buidi ... | rogiul do géscu darach (of Absolom), SR 6916 . co roglena (co rogle v.l.) dia laim, RC x 68.14 . is de sin rogiguil Gulide Cánti de, Hib. Min. 65.20 . Cóir Anm. § 38 . conidh de roglen Coirpre Crom de, RC xxvi 370.25 . co ronglean do suidhe sos dána ┐ aircheatail followed him, Leb. Gab.(i) i 282.18 . roghleansad a lamha don choire, O'Cl. s.v. glean.

II Trans. sticks to: rot giuil ind ṡrathar dodcaid the pack-saddle of ill-luck has stuck to thee, Thes. ii 290.14 . coron-giuil Iob ilar cath pressed on him with all his forces, SR 6957 . cia in richt rongiul (glossed: cia in fer dolenfa a lorg ?), ZCP v 489 § 11 (B. na F.). ? rohecrad do gemmaib glainib | gním ronglen-ón `a work that held fast in it,' Metr. Dinds. iv 106.65 .

n n, m. Later also n s. gobann (gabhann) a smith: gobha, gabha, IGT Decl. § 131 . n s. Goibne Goba, Corm. Y 975 . gaba (goba LB) .i. ... fabricans, 713 . Tubulcáin ... rob eiside cet goba, MacCarthy 286.21 . sengobi cona indeuin fora muin, Mon. Tall. § 19 . Ulchan ... gaba ... ifrin, TTebe 758 . lámdæ dognī an goba cēin mbis iarnd i tinid, O'Mulc. 475 . gobae ┐ goibenn .i. o Goibhninn, 665 . gabann gl. faber, Ir. Gl. 369 . nocha denand goba finn lestair amail doní in cerd, acht is dublestair doní, O'Curry 2083 ( H 4.22, p. 70a ). g s. sithiger urbuinde gabond, Thr. Ir. Gl., p. 36 (s.v. prull). do thig Uilc Acha in goband, LU 9831 . mar bulgu goband, TBC-LL¹ 6149 . airnisi ṅgobann, ZCP xv 310 § 5 ( Laws v 16.6 Comm. ). gniomh an gabhann, BNnÉ 65 § 96 . ness gobann `a smith's moulding block,' Triads 148 . ben gobend, Corm. Y 975 . d s. and a s. cosin ngabaind, RC xxiv 194.3 . trēde neimthigedar gobainn, Triads 120 . dobeir goba (gobuind v.l.) ina thig, Laws v 164.6 Comm. co prim-gabaind, 336.3 Comm. for gobaind, iii 190.3 . mac side do Jósep gaba ..., PH 2585 . n p. inna gobaind, RC x 52.11 ( LU 1870 ). daer-nemed ... saeir ocus gobaind, Laws v 90.19 . drúith ┐ gobaind ┐ cáinti (itinerant craftsmen forbidden to travel on Sunday), Ériu ii 208 § 31 . na gaivhniu, Aisl. Tond. 106.3 . goibhne ... ag coimhdhe ghūail Ghallbhaile, IGT Decl. ex. 1915 . g p. fri brichta ban ┐ gobann, Hy. 135.54 (= Thes. ii 357.8 ). fogur na ngoband, RC x 52.5 ( LU 866 ). MR 102.19 . buidhean ghaibhneadh, TD 11 § 19 . a p. nem-aodh la cerda ┐ goibniu, O'Mulc. 830g . na gaibhne, 2 Kings xxiv 14 . d p. do gaibnib, TTebe 4442 . fuaradh ghiolla an ghabhann (who never cools), TSh. 6206 . npr m. Gobha, Oss. iv 18.15 . In n. l. Línd in Gabund, RC xvii 6.7 (Tig.). ó Bríg gobann, Fél. Nov. 25.

n (gobae) iā, f. smith's craft : Brigit bē n-ēxe ... B. bē legis, ┐ B. bē goibne (sic leg.) ingena in Dagda, Corm. Y 150 = goibnechta LB. As pn epithet Eochu Goibne , Rawl. 155a55 .

pn n, m. n s. also Goibnenn, Gaibnenn.

(a) npr m. the smith of the Tuatha Dé Danann , on whom see V. SS. Hib. i clxiv n. 7 . n s. Goibniu goba, Thr. Ir. Gl. 32.19 (s.v. nescoit) = Goibne , Corm. Y 975 . Goibniu, RC xii 80 § 75 . Gaibniu, 96 § 126 . Goibnenn, 92 § 122 . Goibnend, MacCarthy 294.2 . O'Mulc. 665 . Gaibhneann, Goibhnend, IGT Decl. § 198 . Gaibhneann, Ó Bruad. ii 232 § xxvii , § xxix . Acht dealg do-ghēanadh Gaibhneann, Dánta Gr. 14.16 . g s. fiss goibnen ... re naird goibnenn, Thes. ii 248.6 (Sg. Incant.). Goibnend, Laws v 98.22 Comm. bo Goibhnend, Anecd. ii 59.12 . Gaibhneand, Gaibhnind, IGT Decl. § 198 . oighre Ghaibhneann , Ó Bruad. ii 230 § xxii . a s. and d s. Goibninn, RC xii 94 § 125 . Gaibne, 88 § 96 . o Goibhninn , O'Mulc. 665 . For Glas (bó) Goibnenn (also called an Glas Gaibhneach), Goibniu's cow, see AFM i 18 - 21 and supra. Rare as an ordinary npr m. but cf. mac Goibnenn (Gobnen BB; Goibnind, Lec.) meic Aeda, Rawl. B 502, 155a40 .

(b) a smith : g p. glenn na ngoibnenn (= vallis fabrorum), Aisl. Tond. 105 § 2 = glenn gaibthecht (i.e. vallis periculosa) v.l.

Used as vn. of indsmaid. In Mod. Ir. a form ionnsmad arose.

(a) act of setting, riveting, thrusting in, inserting: dobidgad Goibne asin tenchair na gāi go nglentais isin ursain. Dolēiged Luchtaine saor na crunda ina ndīaid ┐ ba lōr n-i.¤ dōib. Dobidgad īarom Creidne cerd na semanda a bēlaib na tenchuire ┐ ba lōr n-i.¤ dōibh, Corm. Y 975. dena a hi.¤ na sleighe anois, ... sáidis cenn na sleighe issin colba ┐ ro gab fein crann na sleige ina laim ┐ tucastar ró n-urchair dochum in chind ┐ aimsig hé co comnert co tarrla ina halt ┐ ina hinadh féin, Acall. 4901 - 6 . bui Conall ac i.¤ gai forsin raith, ZCP i 104.33 . as é budh ferr do ghlés each ┐ do i.¤ slegh ┐ d'fighe folt, RC xxiv 46 § 3. gói in míled diar gonad cride in Choimded iarna i.¤ isin croich thrust into the cross, ZCP xvii 229.5 . ro bladhastair cró ionnsma na craoisighe `broke the socket of the javelin,' AFM vi 2216.5 . gaoi dá n-ionnsma, eich dá ngníomh `fitting of javelins, exercising of steeds,' TD 11 § 20. is gnáth gúiste ag a ionnsmadh re adhmadaibh a gouge is usually driven in with mallets, Ó Bruad. i 72.y . ní thuigim-se buinge dod mhaothionnsmadh `I know of their braves none so mad as with Thee to engage in fight,' ii 4.y . insma `a push, thrust, cast ,' O'R.

Fig.,

(i) of the insertion of a syllable : comindsma .i. í.¤ in iarcomairc isin tsillaib tuisig nama, ut est .i. do .i. donnchad the fitting of the conclusion as regards the first syllable only ?, IT iii 30.4 .

(ii) applied to the marriage union : bā tinnsccra īar n-i.¤ (of a foolish thing), MacCongl. 73.6 .

(b) Of weapons, in a concrete sense, the socket: o erlond gó i.¤ , TBC-LL¹ 5193. romebh[d]adar a laigni ┐ a craisecha ina n-innsmaib `in their fittings,' CCath. 2125. co cethrachait semmend hi suidigud a hi.¤ , TTr. 1551. tuagh ... ina laim ┐ ionnsma na samtaigte ina medhon (of a double axe), Cog. 202.20 . do shaitheadar da shleagh ... i Cellach gur bo leir indsmadha na n-arm tre erranaib na n-áladh, MR 272.5 . ro claíit a cloidme in indsmadhaibh a n-urdorn ro sníit a slegha da semannaib, Manners and Customs ii 241 n. an seasga ... do bhí a n-ionnsma na craoisighe `in the setting of the spear,' CRR² § 26.