n (Lat. ēdictum, Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 209 . See LEIA Perh. rather adoptare, Marstrander, Lochlann ii 206 . Not a loan-word, O'Rahilly, Ériu xiii 161 n. 4 and see also ZCP xxxix 53 , Ériu xxiv 183-85 , xxix 154 ). Also audacht, idacht, udacht, edocht, aidachta. Decl. varies: as m. g s. in aidechta , AU i 54.2 . udhacht m. (g s. and n p. udhaicht, udhachta), IGT Decl. § 25 . udhachda m., § 2 . Also ā, f. a s. udaichd, Parrth. Anma 5688 . g s. na hudhachda , 5875 . Note also a s. udhachtain, RC xiv 62 § 77 .

Will, testament, bequest: issí inso coibse Fétho Fio ┐ aedocht di bliadin re mbas dáu du manchuib Drommo Lías `this is his bequest two years before his death to the monks of Druim Lías', Trip. ii 338.21 ( Thes. ii 238.18 (Ardm.)). ba hésin a hedacht adbul / dia chlaind, LL 16091 ( Todd Nenn. 248.203 ). Audacht Morainn, name of a tract, precepts to a young king given by Morann at his death, ZCP xi 73 . udhucht Aithirne ann so do thairchedal gheine Criosd, Ériu xiii 18.24 . fáidis Morand in n-audacht sa chuice, ZCP xi 80 § 1 . a n-aimsir ar mbáis; ar n-udhachd do dhéunamh gan mho[i]ll, Parrth. Anma 5864 . do réir udhachta Oiliolla Óluim, Keat. iii 3118 . lá an udhochta day of my death(?), PBocht 17.22 . ge ratuillsium mallachtain / nir' millsim ar n-udhachtain we have not perverted our confession(?), RC xiv 62 § 77 . In strict law a name for a will made in articulo mortis (3 imna name for one made in bodily health), Plummer, Ériu ix 31 . The distinction, however, is not always observed: cach n-ord iarna cirt . . . ┐ a nudacht a nimna co rabat don eclais iar netla uird, Laws iii 32.z . a nudacht .i. fri bas, 34.14 Comm. is amluidh sin ranntar a imna ┐ a udacht, 68.4 Comm. cuit neclaise fris a mbi audacht, iv 194.26. mád espug cin uducht, i 202.y Comm. ro fag mac Seain a nudacht nar gabudur . . . cóir na cert uaid timcell Anaidh moir `Mac S. provided in his will that they should derive no title to Annaghmore from him' (Plummer MS. notes), O'D. 1961 ( Eg. 90 fo. 7(8)c ). muna tarraid ughacht itir é a denam donti ro marb he co nach roibe caomthachta a fhastaithi aici, O'Curry 1651 (26 Q 6 p. 21a) i.e. if he (the slain thief) died without confessing, the slayer must prove that he had no other means of stopping the thief than by killing him, Plummer MS. notes. Attrib. g s. doḟagaib in scrin ac a comarba udachta testamentary successor, ZCP xiv 152.13 . cloc in aidechta, AU i 54.2 (a famous bell at Armagh said to have been bequeathed by St. Patrick, see Reeves Ad. pp. 205 , 323 ). i ndigail sharaighthi cluicc ind edechta, 582.12 . cleirig an Chluig n Udachta do marbad ann, RC xviii 268.18 (Tig.). Solamh . . . maor cluig an edhachta, AFM iii 608.13 . delg aidechta, a brooch bequeathed to Iona by Colum Cille, Reeves Ad. 205 .

The thing bequeathed, bequest, legacy: Epscop Aed bói i Sléibti luid du Ardd Machae. birt edoct cu Segéne du Ard Machae. dobert Segene oitherroch a.¤ du Áid ┐ adopart Áed a.¤ ┐ a chenél ┐ a eclis du Pátricc cu bbráth. fáccab Aed a.¤ la Conchad Aed was bishop in Slebte . . . he brought a bequest to Segéne in Armagh. Segéne gave the bequest again to Aed and Aed offered his bequest and his kin and his church to Patrick forever. Aed left his bequest with Conchad, Thes. ii 242.17 (Ardm.) ( Trip. ii 346.22 ). audacht ceneoil a tribal heirloom, IT iii 199.29 .

In phrase fri a.¤ (báis) at the point of death: robái fri feba cach thucht / a ben Eua fria iducht i.e. at his deathbed to receive his last words, SR 2028 . dollotar fir . . . / . . . fria hedacht `to receive her last behest', Metr. Dinds. iv 148.40 . cach bean fri hudacht mbais, Laws v 454.28 Comm. nā bad marb hé co mbeith-som fria hudacht a báis that he should not die till C. should be at his deathbed, BColm. 46.16 . erbaidh do A. co mbeth F. ria udhacht, Lism. L. 2885 . in tan robui Alax. fria hidhacht a bais i mBáibiloin when A. was dying, Alex. 1108 . fā[g]bhuim-si an peacthach bochd reum udhachda báis, Parrth. Anma 5877 . Note also: audacht .i. uath fri feacht .i. antan tēte in duine fri fecht n-ūatha .i. bāis, Corm. Y 38 .

In more general sense: do ním d'udhachta ar a fhuil / a cumhachta gur cubhuidh `I solemnly attest his race', Arch. Hib. i 91 § xv . fa hí ughachta mhóráin / nár dhíol róghráidh ar ndáinne `many protested', Studies 1918. 617 § 3 . ?budh árus ócch d'udhachtuibh, Acall. (Leabh. ó Laimhsgr.) i 218.3 .

ind hear Ériu xl 39 : a.¤ .i. cluinti, ut est a.¤ mo Coirpri clú .i. farsan .i. faillsigh nó cluinti, O'Dav. 14 = O'D. 2203 (Nero A vii, 141a). a.¤ .i. cluin, O'Cl. a.¤ mo Morann mo coscc duit it cluais, cluinti clothuib lana, O'D. 2210 (Nero A vii, 145a); 'hear … my admonishing of you in your ear, hear with full tidings [i.e. retain all you hear]' Ériu xl 39 (Bretha Nemed Toísech) . ? Ulaid acot gairmsiu / ra ṅgabastar aillsiu, TBC-LL¹ 3446 = rotgabsad ar tfaillso, TBC-I¹ 2645 . ? canam alam aisneidim / . . . / cia ága . . . / dobeir do cac oen, LL 3710 . Cf. áilid, aille, aillóir?

n o (ad + rosc. See GOI § 104 ). Treated as n. in arosc mbreithre, Lism. L. 4083 . Also -asc, -usc, -uusc, air(r)iusc.

Saying, maxim: ba á.¤ insin la aithrea gl. de institutione patria possuit, Ml. 136a5 . amal as narasc gl. ut dicitur, 55a13 . airesg .i. radh, O'Curry 971 (H 3.18, 416). indrosc .i. ind-āroscc .i. ārosc dā ind brēithre, Corm. Y 747 . conid desin is árasc `Cosmail Mael do Kaplait', Trip.² 1162 . conid di hén is árasc la G. `cotlu[d] Faillén i nDún Náiss', 2176 . ároisc roscada . . . / 's tecusca fíra Fithail, Metr. Dinds. iii 20.241 . nārbat soithiuch senáruscc (of a poet), ZCP iv 238 § 5 . ba cend náruisc for bith ché (of a holy man), LL 359 marg. inf. tria cháoinbhríathraibh ┐ milisárusccaibh, Hugh Roe 296.7 (fo. 77b) . Proverb: ro dearbhadh an dearbharuscc . . . .i. beodha gach brathair fri aroile, AFM v 1768.4 . In phrase á.¤ ré(i)re see 1 ríar (a). In chevilles: ārusc ndēte, ACL iii 295 § 26 `moral saying', RC li 301 § 1 . arusc fenech, Snedg. u. Mac R 10 § 15 .

? aruusc n-arrligh .i. muin duine. Uad-side for a fidh comainmnig[th]ech, Auraic. 5639 .

In Laws stipulation; condition, reservation: toing do Dia . . . cen acht, cen arusc . . . cen dichell, O'Curry 64 (H 3.18, 23a) (`without any reservation', Plummer MS notes); [cin] airesc . . . cin dichell, 60 (ib. 21b). ni foglean fonaidm fri hinndliged n-aruisc, O'Curry 2585 ( Eg. 88, 49(50)c ) `one is not bound by an illegal stipulation(?)', Plummer MS notes. tre caindliged araise ┐ achtaighthi, O'Curry 2465 ( Eg. 88, 37(38)d ). ni do ratar fri acht ┐ airesc, Laws ii 342.22 Comm. cen acht cen airiusc do biud ┐ ētuch without any condition or stipulation regarding, ZCP xv 321 § 14 .

In phrase ardu (airde) á.¤ : asbert Morann fri Neri: ardu arusc asbér frit. Treba Bresail ní mo bera arraith, Ériu xi 43.29 `a high (universal) saying', 52 n.1 . gach taurbaid tecmaic dligid [a] tasc munub airdi airesc .i. munab ard hé re hindisin, O'Curry 738 (H 3.18, 353b) .i. madh doig a fhis ac cách, O'D. 944 (H 3.17, c. 661). ni fil folta . . . le na turbaid, acht airdi arusc, O'Curry 1269 (H 3.18, 515) .i. acht iní is ard re innisin, b[ás] in ri, no slog hi tir no ass . . ., ib. is for teist bus airde arusc .i. for an teist is ard re harusc .i. in mach teist, 2582 ( Eg. 88, 49(50)b ). Cf. ní cria di secht mbáethaib file la Féne . . . di ardd (aird v.l.), di arusc (airriusc v.l.), Tec. Corm. § 19.9 .

v ( air-(to)-tét, Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 642 , 646 ) goes in the place of, compensates for: artáott troscud sin `this serves in place of a fast', Mon. Tall. 161.11 (§ 80) . ni aurtet ní laisim cetamus a tabirt iterum dondhí hua taberr riam it does not compensate in his opinion to restore it to the giver, 143.13 (§ 41) . ma ro marbthar . . . artet a cinaid amal cach, Laws iv 176.26 `if it (the stinging bee) is killed, that compensates its liability as in any other case', Plummer MS notes. cip lestra dia thoth [in cocrann] dib artet a fiach, 178.11 `whatever hive the lot falls on compensates for its fine i.e. it is forfeited as a fine', ib. artet sochaide cinaid noenfir, 16 `the multitude (i.e. the hive) compensate for the liability of the individual', ib. ? arthet fothecht ri fala / da mnai hui Diulchara (ref. is to one of Morann's collars ( IT iii 190 § 15 ) but source of this incident has not been traced), LL 17947 .

Perh. also in: Cu-chuimne / ro-lég suthe co drumne / al-leth aile arata / ro leic ar a chaillecha . . . al-leth n-aile araid cúi / legfaid huile, corop súi, Lib. Hymn. 32.18 (cf. AU i 208 , AFM i 344.3 , ZCP vi 3.13 `die ihm voranschreitet', Thurn.). Cf. aracae.

n (cf. cen(n)barr?) headpiece, helmet : caelbarr cumdachta for a cenn `curch', RC xxi 158 § 19 . assai imma cossaib na celbair[r] imma cennaib, TFerbe 8 . is c.¤ ro bui im a chenn iar na geineamain (of Morann), O'Curry 868 ( H 3.18, 391a ) `caul', Plummer MS. notes (see O'Don. Suppl. and cathbarr).

n [i], m., later f. Arch. cōirt-, see compds. c.¤ , -rd, f., IGT Decl. § 42 .

I

(a) circle, ring; circuit, circumference: ánus cuáirt `a circle', Sg. 59b13 . in chuartai frithsuidighthi gl. oppossitique orbes, Ml. 39c12 . dun chuairt gl. giro, 84a9 . a chuaird corcorgemmach its circlet of crimson gems (a brooch), LU 7400 ( BDD 100 ). cuaird (cuairde v.l.) bec . . . amal circáill ḟeta (necklet worn by Morann), IT iii 190 § 15 . cuaird uilche aos na fer midba, O'D. 1952 (Cod. Clarend. vol. 15, f. 7, p. 2 col. b) (see compds.). fochress cach cúaird immalaile etc. arranged themselves in concentric circles, LU 7060 ( BDD 72 ). Cf. cuaird .i. buidhin ┐ is buidhen ar chath sunn . . . .uii. chuarda . . . ┐ .7. nimdha, etc. (= FB 55 ) ┐ isíat na .7. cuárda .i. .7. catha Ulad taken to mean troop, battalion , H 3.18, 608b5 , 7 , 8 ( O'Curry 1324 ). do ḟiannaib Erenn, cach cuaird im araili im Temraig `each (band) encircling the other around T.,' Ériu xii 182 § 13 (TE2). tanic Fiac ┐ a chuairt leis `circuit' (sc. the poets or druids on F.'s c.), Thes. ii 307.15 .

(b) circuit, globe (of heaven, earth); area, territory, district; inner space, enclosure: no línfed . . . in n-ule cuaird in talman gl. omnem terram, Ml. 25a8 , 11 . rígi inna huili cuarta, Trip.² 2106 `of the whole globe', Trip. 180.8 . cuairt ind richidh co noi ngradaib aingel `the circuit of the celestial vault', Ériu ii 106 § 17 . dá arrig dec . . . / cach for a chuaird . . . / for dá thuaith dec Israhél district (?), SR 7011 . caille comhfhada / cladh na cúarta-sa `circuit' (enclosure or district (?), cf. crioch, 4), BS 98.10 . cru tire do telluch .i. cuairt in tíre .i. guirtt .i. cro .i. ime, O'D. 415 ( H 3.17, 317 ), cf. Laws iv 20.5 . uii. cúarda . . . ┐ uii. n-imdada o thein co fraig circular compartments (?), LU 8730 ( FB 55 ). for cuairt an rígh .i. istigh i mbi an Rí (under heading dámh cháe na ngradh ffileadh), Ériu xiii 52.10 . See midchuairt. cuairt .i. crich . . . ma rofiastar a ratha a mignima in-óen chuairt urraduis .i. i n-aon crich urraduis sin `in one circle of urradas (the customary law of freemen)', O'Dav. 503 . iter da cuairt ingelta ro marbad é (a dead beast), O'Curry 2102 (H. 4.22, 76a). See comaithches, comingaire, comingelt, ingelt .

(c) circuit; a turn around, revolution : cuaird cech laithe a daily circuit (of horse-races), LL 25101 . en cuairt o oirrcir co hiartar an domain revolution, course (of moon), Ir. Astr. Tr. 108.22 . ? do chuir sé c.¤ air ághaidh a naigéin = he set a compass upon the face of the deep, Proverbs viii 27 (1827). Hence of a recurring event, turn : in cuairt muilinn, Ériu xvii 64 § 1 n. 4 `the circuit (`rotation') of the mill', see 62 , 63 . tossach cuarta in so doridisi, 76.5 . timchelsat teora cúarda cech ḟir díb ir-ríge .i. lxiii. (of 3 kings who held sovereignty in turn for a septennium), Dinds. 161 . conom thí de chind chúarda till it is my turn, LU 6699 (TBC). in tan rosiacht do Chua . . . c.¤ a cometa `his turn of guarding', Dinds. 157 . táinic naí cuarta fó[n] cath attacked the host nine times, CF² 1111 .

(d) circuit, tour, visitation, journey and related meanings: a cuardaib ane .i. a caí uird inna fíraí .i. inna fíréicsi poetic visitations, LL 24320 (see RC xxvi 18 § 25 ). for chuartaib cloth, Ériu xiii 38.15 . ni far cuairt parche do-coid `diocesan visitation', Wb. 21a12 . ɔral c.¤ fuirib-si gl. praeter[i]ens uideam uos, 7a4 . do dechaidh . . . / du cuaird is naibh hifernoibh `went . . . on a visit to Hell' (of Christ). Blathm. 696 . Felix fuair cuairt (cuaird, v.l.) céoldai `sojourn', Fél. Jan. 22 . rolá P. cuairt Lagen = migravit . . . ad fines L., Lat. Lives 61 § 53 . D. comarba Patraic for cuairt Muman, AU i 486.11 . mac in chléirig ar in cuairt `let the cleric's son go on the circuit', Ériu ix 49 § 29 . congbail tsenad na hEclaisi oc cuingid cuarda `visitation', Laws i 158.18 Comm. dia ndeochaid . . . ar cuaird ardrīg i nInis Bretan, Corp. Gen. 132.19 . tinoilis H. . . . slog mor . . . amal tísad for cuairt rig, PH 844 . cuaird Erend do chur co n-acamar a ndingnu, etc., Anecd. i 9.26 ( SCano 293 ). dochoid side (sc. a poet or druid) for cuairt i Connachtaib, Thes. ii 307.14 . cuirit . . . inn ēgis mórchúairt Hērenn ┐ Alban dia fochmurc the poets make the great tour of Scotland and Ireland to seek it (sc. the Táin), ACL iii 3.25 . dā mbeirt[h]ea dán lat bothúaid / . . . / nī budh lúgha let ale / nās ō chūairt Érenn uile, ZCP viii 109 § 9 . luidh-siumh (the young Molling) . . . do c.¤ na Lúachra wandered about L., RC xxvii 268 § 15 . ropo chūaird `a visit' (of a battle), Arch. Hib. ii 63 § 65 . mithigh cuairt a gceann Fhiacha it is time to visit F. (a patron), LBranach 2181 . logh an chuairt-se do-chuamar the visit I paid (to a patron) was payment, DDána 67.49 . taispenad a cuarta (.i. a n-imdeachta) `their journeys', Auraic. 193 . Of reconnoitring, etc.: luid Conall ┐ Bricriu du chur cúarta to search (for shelter for the night), LU 10579 ( Comp. CC 3 ). dolá F. cūairt co tarrla docum tighi, ZCP v 501.12 . gin a cuairt do cur without making a tour (of inspection) of it (a green), Laws iv 196.6 Comm.

(e) With following descriptive gen.: cuairt buadha `a triumphant visit', Ériu iv 112 § 1 . dia cuairt cairte .i. cuairt flathamnais, O'Curry 480 ( H 3.18, 250 ). a c[h]uairt certaigthe = his Visit iuridicall, RSClára 130b . ar cuairt chrábaid, SG 39.25 . dolluid . . . do chūairt ectra la Ulto `went upon a round of adventures in U.', Death-tales of the Ulster heroes 4 § 3 . cuaird erlama `the visitation of a patron saint', Laws v 450.8 Comm. gl. sen-dliged, 4 . for cuairt gemridh a farrud rígh Osraigi (of a fili), Ériu xi 47.4 . O'D. 952 ( H 3.17, 666 ). níor mhian leis an lá do mhair / gan chuaird ollaimh 'n-a ḟochair (in elegy for prince and his ollamh), DDána 73.21 . cuaird retha canait / cínticha clíí (a division of poetry), IT iii 31.18 . is amlaid ro chiṅged ri Temrach for a chuairt rigi, RC xxiv 176.25 . lodsamar ar cuaird selgga `went on a hunting round', vii 304.1 . luidh-sen . . . do chuairt teglaig co a tiagherna, Anecd. ii 42 § 2 . See s.v. amsaine , cáe, cenél, rígdomnacht , 1 selg, scís.

(f) What is levied, or requested on a c.¤ , tribute, dues, claim (otherwise Contribb. 544 ): cuairt fer Midhe etir chill ┐ tuáith `visitation of, etc.' (i.e. collection of tribute from them), RC xvii 345.3 (Tig.). Moling . . . / dligidh cuarta ┐ cealla, Anecd. ii 23 § 14 . rocind . . . cūairt do-som uáid fēin a tribute was fixed for him from, etc., BColm. 88.10 . tabrat a cuart dom catraig `tribute' (claimed by ecclesiastic), Fen. 80.16 . co ttucc a lán chuairt etir screpall, ┐ edbarta `a full visitation tribute', AFM ii 894.17 .

(g) As attrib. and descr. gen.: i n-a cēidi c[h]uarta, ML² 1133 . mur ollamh cuarta . . . / na mes misi a mic Siobháin do not look upon me as a poet on a round of visitation, ZCP ii 348.18 . Note also: Fergus file . . . esgra márchuarta, Ériu xiii 30.14 . ar ḟior gcuarta visitor or guest, DDána 110. 21 .

(h) In legal contexts: ordaib neimid nuither cuardaib, Laws iii 26.6 .i. ordaithter . . . iar cae uird . . . cidbe cuaird i mbe `circle', 12 Comm. ni cuirithur cuaird for gablu fine `the succession shall not devolve upon, etc.' (of property), 78.20 . cuairt .i. tiumarguin . . . airbert i cuairt cach slan `restraint', O'Dav. 405 . ? cuairt saigeas a comnaidm la fear foirgeall fiadnaise, Laws iv 8.24 .

II In adv. and prep. phrases. Preceded by imm (fa) + an ( GOI 517 , 1 imm ) imma(c)cúairt round about, around ; im na insi immacuairdd (ma over line, note), Ml. 89d18 . forda-rubai . . . F. imma cúaird strikes them all around (?), MU² 1017 . secht n-imdai ó thein co fraig . . . imme cúaird, Fraech 66 . im chomm, Laws i 124.4 .i. ima cuairt, 134.3 Comm. is mar so gerrtur an crann sin fácuairt co gar do talam `round about near the earth', Maund. 160 . atá folach i sléib Fuait / do chuirfedh Eirinn má cuairt `set . . . on the move', SG 180.y (Acall.). a himpod ima cuairt `to whirl it (the discus) round', TTebe 2471 . ben fuil astu . . . fo guairt (maguairt, v.l.) le tingin `extract the blood all round' (from warts), Rosa Angl. 206.5 . imthighios fá gcuáirt = that goeth about, Proverbs xx 19 . Note: áonrotha . . . ┐ sé ima ccuairt = so compassed, RSClára 92b (appar. the Engl. (= contrived etc.) was misunderstood, Gloss.). With follg. IMM, etc.: fuslegar de immandelg immecuáirt `it (butter) is smeared all round the thorn' (in charm), Thes. ii 248.7 (Sg. Incant.). atacordat . . . imacúairt imon torad sin `roll about in the fruit', Ériu ii 192 § 3 . isiarsin dodechatar na fir immacuairt immi `then came the men all around him', RC iii 181.30 . tangas ma ccuairt orrtha `they were . . . surrounded, etc.', Rel. Celt. ii 202.37 . go mbeinn mágcuarda / idir na daoinibh duarca `should live with sullen men around', Ó Bruad. i 130.y . In phr.: don ch.¤ sea (aniugh, v.l.) on this occasion (lit. visit), at this time, Mer. Uil.² 149 . In prep. phr. i cuaird bethad brigadbuil `around the . . . world', Hib. Min. 39.5 . birt būaidh [n]-eaccna hi c.¤ Ēirenn all round (?) Ireland, ZCP viii 197.11 .

Compds. With nouns. cuart-anáir (: uachtaráin) Bhanbha `honour-circuit', Content. x 13 . inna cuairt roth `in its circle-wheel' (of particles of the host in the form of a cross), Thes. ii 255.4 (Stowe M.). See Plummer, KZ xxvii 445 . With ¤sel rotation, gyration, whirl (see Wortk. 47 , Celtica i 378-80 ): is cicul dūn ol in duine quasi dixisset is cuairdfell dun son, Corm. 10 cicul = cūairtfell, Corm. Y 264 . a gyrando on cuairtfell bis fuirre `circular flight' (of a goose), Corm. Tr. 88 gigrand. a coirib cuairdill `from whirlpools', Laws iii 422.11 Comm. a ro-domain, v 298.10 .i. caire cuairt-bill ┐ a murlochaib, 17 Comm. coirt-tobe gl. circumcissio, Wb. 23d24 (a prima manu). ¤ulchaige beard encirclement (the stage at which a boy becomes an adult) Críth G. 90 , ZCP xliv 167 . co cúairtulchaigi (-ulcaid MSS) lit. `encircling beardedness . . . or read c.¤ n-ulchaige ?' (Notes), Críth G. 67 , see p. 90 . With adj. delb chuairtchruind `shape of a round circle', Ériu ii 106 § 17 . ropo chúairddulchach , Críth G. 68 .

n also dúithche n iā, f. (dúthaig)

(a) natural right, due, privilege: ducha do `due to him', Laws ii 338 Comm. don ghríbh dár dhúcha dile `whose due is love', Ó Bruad. ii 140 . duit as dúthc[h]a beth co fial | d' ēixibh Erenn . . ., ó Ghuaire it is natural (fitting) for thee to be generous to the poets of Ireland, descendant of G., ZCP viii 109 = dúchtha, 3 C 12, 191.7 . do breth . . . fenechus Érend do Morann . . . ba maith dano ind Ériu iar sin, ar ro-tóg a dúdhche forrae d'éis na n-aithech hereditary rights (?), ZCP xi 64 .

(b) native country, country, land: 'na dúithche féin, Oss. iv 48 . cúis m'osna[dh] mo dhúithche fá mhoghsain, O'Gr. Cat. 30 . ní bhí dúithche san mbioth gan daosgarshluagh, Keat. i 56 . Country as opp. to town: do chuir fá na dhúitche amach é do bhuachuilleachd mhuc into the fields, Luke xv 15 (1813). Territory, landed estate: Cromuil . . . tug a dhóchuin (= dhóthain) d'fhear an tshúiste, is d'fhág fear na dúithche ar `nothing', PCT 1255 . tighearna mhainéir Barmon ┐ dúithchidheadh oile, Donlevy xxiii .

n o, m. also fenchas (hence by glossators somet. confounded with senchas which was supposed to be derived from it by `cendfochrus,' the substitution of one initial for another, Laws i 32.34 . Auraic. 5384 . fenchas ... is he in gnathach indiu `senchas', ACC § 1 Comm. ( LU 485 ). feanchus .i. seanchus, O'Cl.). The traditional customs and regulations of the Féni taken as a whole, including the body of the ancient law and somet. the ` bérla Féne' ; `native customary law ', Binchy, Críth G. vocab., p. 88 . (Thurneysen, Bürgschaft § 59 n ., renders it `Uberlieferung der Fēni, Irenrecht', and adds that the phr. `ara-chan fēnechus' is used to introduce a legal statement couched in poetic-rhetorical style, a `roscad') : na cuic curu ata taithmechta la Feine .i. ... do reir in feinechais, Laws i 52.23 Comm. is a fenechus (.i. i ssenchus .i. ni i lleabraib ni hi cain) rosuidiged dire lethard do gradaib tuaithe, BCrólige § 5 . dianadbe feinechas (.i. madia roib riar dligidh in fenechais do damthain do), Laws iv 18.21 (20z) . Dist. from Senchus [Már] and Críth Gablach : na se ba fuilit a fut Ḟeinichais, ┐ it inann ┐ na cuig seoit fuilit isin tSenchus, ┐ na se samaisce fuilit isin Crich Gablach, O'Curry 2545 (< Eg. 88, 45 ). amhail isbeir i fut Fenechais : ni nascat cuma comorba, etc., Laws i 186.13 . co n-abuir tall i fut Ḟeineachuis, nach dilius daghrath, etc., ii 270.16 . a cumlechtaib Feine .i. a comslechtib in feinechais, i 182.21 . is fás fenechas i condeilgg ferbb ṅDe the common law is void in comparison with the words of God ACC 52 (= fénechas ic ferbaib Dé, LU 789 ). Corm. Y 584 . tucaid a denma ainceas brethemnais do cuir [leg. chur ?] for Cumain ... iar leghud leighind ┐ nir legh Fenechas roimhe riam, co ndechaid isin tuaisceart dia foglaim, O'Curry 1046 (< H 3.18, 436b ). isat airimda bretha rechta isin feneochus, YBL 183b20 = IT iii 193.11 . ni dēmad fir hĒrenn fīr fear ... na feineachus flatha dūine tar ēis Fhir D. do thuitim linn, ZCP x 297.29 . a lucht imdénma in ḟenchuis `ye that adorn the code of law' Metr. Dinds. iii 54.10 . Féinechas Hérenn : Clúain Húama `the Jurisprudence of Ireland—Cloyne' Triads 12 . Cluain Lethan ardchathair ḟenechais Erenn, LB 206 marg. dobreth ardchennus ┐ comhairle ┐ fenechus Érend do Morann , ZCP xi 64.15 . Seanchus ┐ Feneachus na hEreann do ghlanadh ┐ do scriobhadh ar tteclamadh ... seinleabhar nEreann co haonmaighin, AFM 438 . oide foircetail hi ffeineachus (`i.e., in the Brehon law,' O'Don.) AFM v 1682.15 . M. Mac Aedhagain, sai Erend a mbreithemhnacht fenachais ALC ii 592.3 . breitheamhain ḟéineachais Uladh, Keat. iii 172 . conaimes gart fri féne fáth (.i. féle dhó ar a foáith do rér an ḟéneachais ona feraibh nāraibh), Ériu xiii 51.22 . la Feine ... (... .i. do reir in Feinechais), Laws i 84.23 . Transf. of foreign law and custom : Ailfrid ... ró ordnead recht ┐ féneachus na Saxan, AFM 900 . In wider sense : fenechus (.i. oglachus) ┐ maith do denum friumb duit traditional justice, fair dealing (?) IT iii 242.1 . Cf. cen cop fial fri fenechus `though he be not liberal to warriors' [generous in observing custom (?). Of a niggardly satirist from whom a king is seeking hospitality], Hib. Min. 65.11 . Equated with `bérla Féne' : Berla Feine .i. in Feinechus no araile berla robui ag Feinius ar leith, Auraic. 4622 . goar .i. solus isin Fenic[h]us (no isin Breatnais), 633 . is de asbert in file do Scotaib isin ḟenechus : Conétaigti, etc. LB 146a29 . Cf. Bérla Féine Hérenn : Corcach (with gl. : .i. an iomat breithemhuin ... nó sgol féinechuis ann), Triads 16 .

adj io-iā (< féth-da, KM, ZCP xiii 191 . Cf. 3 and 4 féth) An adj. of uncertain meaning, applied in complimentary sense both to persons (of either sexs), and things. Of persons, seems in older lit. to indicate some moral quality; the orig. sense may be calm, quiet, sedate or of women gentle (cf. 3 féth) passing gradually into steady, resolute, capable; the definition of P. O'C. : féata ` valiant, brave ' is prob. a late development. tairismig, nibat lúamnaig at hé feta forhúamnaig, SR 4396 (of the Tabernacle choir). fer f.¤ farsaid findliath, LL 267b30 ( MU² 745 , of Sencha m. Ailella `pacificator of the host of Ulster'). ra athair f.¤ firḟíal, LL 34a4 = fossad, Ériu iv 98.1 (Rawl.). in comunn f.¤ fírmaith (of saints) ZCP x 410.15 = BNnÉ 96 . a eolcha Alban ... a ṡluagh feuta foltbhuidhe, Todd, Todd Nenn. 272.2 . mná f.¤ LU 3765 ( SCC 34 ). i[n]gen ḟeta ḟial, ZCP viii 268.7 . a c[h]ethrar f.¤ finnglan!, IT ii2 132.254 . fear fírḟéata Cairbre Crom, Keat. iii 1165 (poem). fir Breg f.¤ fir-bunad `the men of B., a goodly native stock' Metr. Dinds. iv 164.26 . flaith féig feta foistinech, MR 182.7 . As subst.: guidhis an bhféata bhfoltnaoi | mar bhainchéile, TD 1.24 . Of external appearance: Fercarthain, ba f.¤ a drech, Metr. Dinds. iii 76.125 . ins na séimh throighthibh féata (of a woman's feet), Keat. Poems 314 . Cf. ma ranistais daghōic, nī gēbad in sirite fri feta, TBC-I¹ 1264 (hence, perhaps, ni géba fri feta, TBC-LL¹ 861 ). Of things, orig. perhaps to denote fine workmanship (cf. 4 féth), thence of appearance; rarely of natural objects (in some of the follg. exx. we may have a different word): carpat forḟairsing feta, TBC-I¹ 2348 . gorm-anart ... go stuagaib ... f.¤ findruini, TBC-LL¹ 5336 . cuach fetta finnaircit, Acall. 1225 . cuach féta, 1552n . 4958n . for teisc fíralaind fhetta findairgit, MacCongl. 61.30 . cathbarr feta fororda, Aen. 1957 . cuaird ... amal circáill ḟeta (of Morann's collar) IT iii 190 § 15 . d'fogadaib feta ` heroic javelins ' CCath. 5443 . uball f.¤ fírchumra, MacCongl. 109.4 . Rarely of an abstr. subst.: is feta in t-airiughadh, is adopra (= adamra) in rād, Anecd. ii 32 . Oc mac Find f.¤ a rath LL 205a17 . Adv. adubairt [Ísu] co f.¤ ` calmly ' PH 2654 . do innseadar a sgéala ... go féata foisdeanach, ML 104.26 .

v Indic. pres. 2 s. -lenai, LU 3914 ( SCC 43 ). 3 s. lenid, Wb. 5c16 . lenaid, Sg. 9b17 . -len, Mon. Tall. 129.2 . pass. dia lentar , Laws i 266.4 . Subj. pres. 2 s. lia, Cóic Con. 16 § 3. 3 s. -lia, O'Curry 1886 ( 23 P 3, 22a ). With perfective particle: -ruilli, O'Dav. 1364. impf. 3 s. -liad, RC xi 446.55 = ZCP iii 249.19 . Fut. 1 s. -lilibh, Ériu ii 227.x . 2 s. lile, Fél. Prol. 309 , 311 (sic MSS.). 3 s. -lile, Laws i 192.2 Comm . RC x 68.15 (lil, v.l.) (used for subj.). Dinds. 127. lilith, Ériu v 242.178 . -lilfi, O'D. 976 ( H 3.17, col. 679 ). rel. -lliles, Wb. 10a5 . lilfes, Hib. Min. 82.17 (= linfes, LL 19089 ). 3 pl. lilit, Trip.² 2122. Lism. L. 3477 (citation). Pret. and perf. 3 s. lil, Imr. Brain 62 (lilis, v.l.). LU 5625 ( TBC-I¹ 1145 ). lilis, LL 11244 ( TBC-LL¹ 4453 ). LL 8907 ( TBC-LL¹ 1574 ). lili, RC x 68.8 (liligh, lil, v.ll.). -lil, Thes. ii 291.16 ( Ml. Poems 2 ). ro lil , Ml. 54d7 . Fél.² cxxi 32. Trip.² 887. TBC-LL¹ 1058 . rod lil , LU 6182 ( TBC-I¹ 1698 ). diar lil , PH 6538. 3 pl. leltar , Irish Texts i 12 § 36 (Vita Brigitae). ro leldar , Ml. 96c13 . ro lellatar , Corm. Bodl. s.v. Morann (ro leltar , Y). ro(m) leltar , LU 9401 . 9435 . -ruildetar, 3265 ( SCC 6 ).

Later as secondary vb. with stem len-. IGT Verbs § 73 , § 80 . The stem lil- tends also to become generalised, hence lilf-, lilis, see above.

Vn. lenad, lenamain. Cf. líth. Part. lenta.

I Intrans. remains, continues, survives: no feidligfed .i. leanfad (sic leg.) a mbescna, ACL iii 12 § 19 . ni fada dho lean in scél, BB 31b9 . ro llen berla n-ebra / ic lucht in domuin, Rawl. 69a26 . o roclai-sium cath for deman ni len claoine evil no longer survives, Lism. L. 2146. Esp. of names: ro lenastar int ainm as Cothraige the name C. survived, Thes. ii 309.49 ( Hy. ii 6 gl .). les-ainm lènus (one of seven kinds of satire), Laws v 228.26 . ni fes in lile itir in t-ainm, i 192.2 Comm . it lethdire fir dia mbí aír no lesainm . . . dia foclat comaithigh co lilfi fri ré a í ┐ a iarmui, O'D. 976 ( H 3.17, col. 679 ). ó bheith da corp sa ghlaisi / do lean ó Dhubh Dubhghlaisi, Duan. F. ii 22 § 13.

With various prepp. With A pursues (a matter), persists in: ni lenab ass ní bús mó / . . . / maithfettsa duit mo liubhru, Anecd. ii 37 § 5 . lenaid as in ecclais, BNnÉ 309.y (`[they will] follow the church thence', but perh. rather cleave to or uphold (ipv. pl. 2) the church; perh. read ar, cf. Arch. Hib. i 90 xi below). In phr. l.¤ as sin it follows from that: ma theid [an eglais ar sechran] . . . lena as sin nach ttegasg an Spiorad naomh í, Luc. Fid. 366.14 . nir lean as sin gurab . . . olc leis onor . . . do thabhairt do neithibh oile, 217.13 .

With CO cleaves to: mani dernat co cenn mís dotíagat for cairdde ná[d] lenat a lepthai cucai anall, Críth G. 362 `do not adhere to him', p. 71 . fir Eirenn tar ler lilit / co Brighit is co Brenuinn, Lism. L. 3477.

With DI (somet. perh. DO) clings to, adheres to, cleaves to, stays with, follows : ro leldar díb són gl. rotae axibus adhiserunt, Ml. 96c13 . lil in chertle dia dernainn, Imr. Brain 62 (lilis, v.l.). Cf. Anecd. i 69 § 165 (ICM). leltar da clam do Brigit, Irish Texts i 12 § 36 . bes ar Emer nocon err in ben día lenai, LU 3914 ( SCC 43 ). luid Fergus . . . forsin n-imarchor n-ísin. Lil di sudiu . . . Etarcomol, LU 5625 ( TBC-I¹ 1145 ). lilis Cu Chulaind . . . dena sluagaib, LL 8907 ( TBC-LL¹ 1574 ). coraigis . . . in cend risin colaind ┐ leanaid de fochétoir, RC xxiv 62 § 23. marcach in mara mongaig / ní lenand do sithlongaib, LU 3990 ( SCC 45 ). nogo len uisci do bir / ni lean cin neich diaraile, Ériu v 24.27 . do lensat de `they clung to him' (of one taking cattle in distress), Laws ii 50.10 Comm . na len diom-sa, TFrag. 208.16 . dobert dono uball do ara liad di lar amail no liad ind uball sin, RC xi 446.55 (`follow the ground'). Fig. a lliles dind ancretmiuch bid ancretmech, Wb. 10a5 . lenit a pecthe dindí dobeir a ngrád, 29a23 . ro lil dím m'ernigde ┐ ni dechuid huaim gl. nunquam a me promouit oratio mea, Ml. 54d7 . lenaid din gutai thóisig gl. ex superiore pendens uocali, Sg. 9b17 . is menand is dind insci riam lenid, Wb. 5c16 (`it is clear that he adheres to the previous utterance'; ? continues with, carries on with). acht co ro lentar don cedna provided that one persevere with the same, RC xxvi 366.21 . lia do fír .i. len din conair fugill is fir, Cóic Con. 16 § 3 . lilisiu . . . / donaib félib, Fél. Prol. 309 , 311 . ro lil menma mnā Cāier do Nēde, Corm. Y 698 (58.18) . ro lil ainm de .i. Mogh emi, Thr. Ir. Gl. 30.19 . conid de rod lil Goll de that's why the name G. stuck to him, LU 3178 . adbert M. gan a losgudh do denamh nach lenadh a cin don tir, Ériu iii 152.4 . cīa fot lenfa desin? . . . Nad lenab ō shunn how long wilt thou carry this on? MacCongl. 65.17 , 18 . ná lean díom i n-a ndearnas, Aithd. D. 34.15 . níor lean dá nós, Keat. Poems 1453 . grádh Dé ┐ gach ní leanas de, TSh. 9091 . an dream dá leanann sal na seinchion, 5247 . leanann dá slighthibh saobha, 5011 . coir ord ura dlige dia lentar leir which is assiduously adhered to, Laws i 266.4 (glossed: .i. mada lentar de co leir, 292.28 ). Appar. with DO in: fada leanus an léan dáibh (: ḟagháil), Ériu viii 193.35 .

With FOR (AR)

(a) stays attached to, clings to: co rralsat sis anchoram; ro lend ar bendchopor in derthaige, Thes. ii 328.41 ( Hy. v Comm .) = for bendchopar, IT i 39.8 . Fig. ro lil in doíri sin forsna cellaib, Trip.² 887 . conid de ṡodain ro lil in t-ainm aurdairc fair .i. Cuchulaind, TBC-LL¹ 1058 . cur re teachta i dteagh nimhe / ná lean ar eachtra eile, DDána 10.33 . leanaidh Eoin ar an eaglais (i.e. became a priest), Arch. Hib. i 90 xi .

(b) proceeds against : bí leam, ná lean ar mo dhíomas `punish not my pride', Aithd. D. 97. 36 .

(c) Of reciting a tale, urging a request or explanation, continues, persists in: lean . . . ar aithris éachtmhar sheilg Fhinn, Oss. vi 16.9 . ní leanabh air I need say no more, Dánta Gr. 81.11 . ni lenfa me ort tair eis sin I shall not importune thee further, BCC 368.7 (§ 345) . ní leanamh (= -abh) tairis sin ort `I shall not press it further', Keat. iii 1502 . da leana ar cialla mar soin, Content. v 42.

With FRI remains with: do chuaidh D. ┐ ar lean ris ar tír `those who were along with him', Rel. Celt. ii 204.30 .

With I

(a) remains in, continues in, sticks in, clings to: dris na droigean . . . .i. lus lenas a n-edach, Laws iv 276.10 Comm . is ainceas do an fod lili a ndeguidh a athgabala, ii 52.x Comm . go ros lil desidhe teidbinniuss ciuil . . . isin leath tes, Leb. Gab.(i) 282.16 . len .i. tarisim, ut est len a ndiamair, O'Mulc. 784 . dochótar a ceithri cosa isin cloich [┐] feidligit (.i. leanait) innti a fuillechta semper, ACL iii 20 § 49 . míla géra . . . / ro leltar im srúb, LU 9401 . do len mo chos is tuir taeis, SG 243.36 . muilcheand moradbal cnam . . . co leandais na longbraigid, YBL 177a21 = BB 257b15 . cor[o] lensat a nglacca i mburd na luingi, CCath. 2121 . an eass ina laim ro lean, Duan. F. ii 74 § 29.

(b) persists in, perseveres with: ní ro lil in cléirech isna coibsenaib, SG 415.7 . leanamaóis is an charthannacht, Párl. na mB.. 4034 .

With LA cleaves to, follows : cia ba nóidenán ar áes / ni lil la [macc]u ingaes `clave not with', Thes. ii 291.16 ( Ml. I § 7 ).

With TAR pursues (a matter), persists in: ni lenabh tairiss 'I will not pursue the matter', BCC² 246 § 8 .

II Trans.

(a) follows (a leader): rata-linestar mac dó a son of his followed him, MU² 164 . Lugaid Loigde lentais slūaig, ZCP xii 379.20 . not-lenfutsa in slóg-sa `this army will follow thee', CCath. 638 . A. gusin lucht rolen, Aen. 53. lenfat amal cech ṅdescipul he, PH 2189 . a méad do lean Lúiceifear, Dán Dé v 12 . do len an senoir Ioseph hi i ngach conair, Smaointe B. Chr. 1097. Fig. imitates : leanam naomhadh gacha naoimh `may I imitate', Dán Dé xxvii 26 . do lean mé sna peacthuibh Pól, IGT Decl. ex. 765 . do lean Tadhg . . . aigneadh an ois éigcríona `followed the instinct of the foolish deer', Content. xxv 7 . as beg lenus Iosa Críosd in nglaine chroidhe `follow', RSClára f. 142b . lenuid na sethracha . . . gnás na mbráthar mionúr, f. 78a .

(b) follows (a track): ros-len Nel . . . / a lorg, LL 211b21 . in béist . . . ro-sl-len folliuchta in tshlóig, PH 7226 . lorg na lánamhna leanais, TD 20.39 . Fig. co lenand fer na lethfiadnaise lorg Iúdais, PH 7623 . sliocht na gcéidfhear dá bhfuil féin / ní leanann, Aithd. D. 30.23 . an drong leanas an seachrán so, TSh. 4321 . mar go leantar an cion comhgais leó, Keat. i 68.21 . do lean sē slighe S. Froinsias ō aibíd, Beatha S. F. 1716.

(c) pursues, chases (with hostile intent): cor' len ┐ cor' geogain co mor, Dinds. 132 . cethruime uathu isin nesbac [do lenadar amach] . . . sechtar crich `for (injury to) the idler whom they follow outside the border', Laws iii 268.8 Comm . ro-lenastar Iriel . . . iat. Et ro-gab ac slaide . . . in tṡlúaig, LL 177b18 ( CRR 52.x .) lenais Fer Diad C. tar áth siar, TBC St. 3225 . ra lensad co longphort . . . iad, TTebe 4296 . ro meabhaidh for Airgiallaibh . . . ┐ ro lenta co Craibh Caille, AFM i 438.18 . do lean Ioab . . . é . . . ┐ do chuir sé A. i raon madhma, TSh. 997. Fig. persecutes, harasses : cidh imarlensatt na demna hē, ZCP xii 291.19 .

(d) claims, exacts : ná lean cóir meidhe an mheasa `exact not the justice of the Judgment scale', Dán Dé vii 16 . do leanfadh tú oruinn í (sc. an deachmhadh), DDána 25 a. 7 . lenfat mo chert ar Cloinn Dalaig, Irish Texts ii 40 § 1 . leanuimsi i gcéadóir an geall `I go promptly in pursuit of the gage', TD 22.13 . a ndligheann tú mar tá i litribh / leanfa `thou shalt insist on thy rights as defined in documents', Aithd. D. 31.20 . ? adeirid Muimhnigh . . . / ní nach leanaid a laochraidh, Content. ii 11 (`do not approve'). déntar mo dichennad-sa lat-sa, co ro-lenair trocaire Dé iar m'écaib-sea, PH 803 (`and thou wilt get').

Particularly in phrase l.¤ x (ar y) prosecutes a claim arising out of x (against y), calls y to account for x: dá leanta a Dhé a ndearnas `if Thou punish my sins', Dán Dé viii 11 . saoilim nach leanfaidhe leis / an cló do chuaidh 'na bhaithis `will not avenge', iv 10 . ná lean oirn-ne fhuil th'eidhre, DDána 40.23 . Nechtain gum dhín ar cech ndeoraid / lentair ag Síl Eogain orm S.E. are calling me to account because N. protects me, Irish Texts ii 42 § 14 . ól a lachda leanaidh sí / . . . / ar Íosa, Aithd. D. 100.34 . lean ar th'fhaghlaidh a hanuaill claim retribution for its (i.e. my soul's) arrogance from Thy enemy(?), PBocht 3.43 .

(e) adheres to, cleaves to: ni lenat foidhlenna fatha, O'Dav. 855 ( .i. nocha lenadh a snaithedh donahib lennaib, Laws iv 384.29 Comm .) (garments do not adhere to hooks (or racks) ?). ruilli .i. lenmuin, ut est mac claime ni comail mathair ar nach ruilli aillsi uaithi .i. ar na ro lena loissi oll na claime uaithi, O'Dav. 1364 (? leg. nach[a]). nis lenat cinaidh, Ériu xvi 181 § 17 . teagdais nār lean dath na dīadh, ACL iii 236 § 3 . ro lensad a dhi laim an tuadh, BNnÉ 185.1 . Very common in fig. use: (a) ni leanat peactha nech a mic, O'D. 977 ( H 3.17, col. 679 ). muna lia leasugadh Luigdeach Luige Lugaid lathgaile .i. mana leanad cinta leasuighthi do Lughaidh laechdha, O'Curry 1886 - 7 ( 23 P 3, 22a ). in tsrotha . . . niges anmand na náem din chutrumma chinad nos lenand, LU 2094 ( FA 16 ). ingean laich as lucra a laighnibh / nach lean locht, IT iii 88 § 107 . duine . . . / co nglanc[h]ēill . . . / nīnlen robāes, ZCP vi 267 § 10 . nis-len ecnach ond oes chetlach, Auraic. 5252 = ACL iii 296 § 44 . lenad hires, PH 2412 . congain liom go leanar th' fhoras that I may adhere to your law, DDána 2.7 .

Particularly of a name, nickname or satire: conid de ro lil Colman mac Dairine he, Fél.² cxxi 32 . ro lellatar iarum a dá n-ainm in fer, Corm. Bodl. 14 s.v. Morann (ro leltar, Y; ro lenustar, LB). conid de ro len in t-ainm a mmag do ingor Meic Cecht .i. Mag mBrénguir, LU 7980 . in bríathar dorat andsin / ros len, . . . / cosin nómad nó n-arsaid, Metr. Dinds. iv 130.87 . coro len ainm int salchair he, LB 145b52 . Cf. ondíu . . . lilit gabair far clainn, Trip.² 2122 (`according to Colgan the descendants of these thieves had always beards "caprinis subsimiles"', Stokes note).

Of the preservation of a term or proverbial saying: is ed armit fairend aile . . . conid din tendáil út lentar tendál samna o sin, LU 7045 . ósin ille lentar in senbrīathar has been preserved, MacCongl. 65.9 . ` gach éan mar a adhbha' / oirrdhearc so is ['s] sé leantar, DDána 98.1 .

(f) pursues, proceeds with (a narration, investigation): conid aidid L.¤ . . . andsin . . . nī hē lenfam sund beos, TBC-I¹ 882 . leor lend lenmait a sanaisnís, LL 16157 . dá leanta libh if you investigated the matter, TD 32.13 . do leantaoi le labhra tais / snáithe síodamhail seanchais `the silken threads of history used to be traced', Content. xii 4.

(g) continues: an Ragnall-sa . . . ó na lenmhuid Clann Raghnaill do rágh rena shliochd, Rel. Celt. ii 160.18 . do lenadh an ruáig orrtha, 192.10 .

(h) follows, comes after: ind crosfigeild fri biad cond neoch no-dus-len `with the part which follows', Mon. Tall. 129.2 . maille ris na hurnaighthibh lenus íad, RSClára f. 100a . fūigefem deghṡompla ag an lucht lenfas sinn, f. 37a .

adj o, ā (1 les)

I

(a) successful in obtaining legal remedy : ni bi l.¤ nach suanach, Laws i 102.23 ( .i. nocha bi les og don tí bis ina suan can fasc na hathgabala do breith, 104.3 Comm .)

(b) beneficent, profitable, advantageous : apair fris, ba trōcar . . . ba lessach . . . ba innraic, ZCP xi 96 § 55 (Morann). tuae ┐ fethamlae, / do chrábud co rop lessach `advantageous to piety', Ériu iii 100 § 21. Adv. co forcetul ōgdaine / co l.¤, co lēir, ACL iii 320 § 102.

(c) hospitable(?): he do rigne failte lessaig / . . . / frisin dis do munntir Coluim, Snedg. u. Mac R 12 § 56.

II As subst. legal representative : ba lessach dīten in mug di alaile `der Knecht sorgte fur den Schutz des andern', ZCP xv 360 § 45 (but possibly adjectival here folld. by gen.). Usually in the compd. ferlesach (sic leg. in all exx. below): fon tuige bis i tig na mbantrebtach, ┐ fer lesach ro gabustar aithgabail uime, Laws i 140.8 Comm . anadh naíne ar an athgabail geabait a fer lesaig na mban so . . . uili `the guardians of all these women', 142.4 Comm . o bus iad na mna fein gabas in athgabail. Mas iat a ferlesaigh gabas . . . , O'Curry 685 ( H 3.18, 333 ). slan dona mnaib a cath banda . . . a fiadnaise a fer l.¤ , Laws iii 290.3 Comm . a fear-gnia ┐ a fear-leasach, v 366.8 Comm . im tinde óir a feirlesaigh, O'D. 504 ( H 3.17, 410 ).

n orig. perh. g, but freq. indecl. in s. and du.; l.¤ f., IGT Decl. § 98 , 99 ; cf. li n-aimbi, Auraic. 5540 , li ambi, 1170 . n s. líi, Wb. 12b 5 . Thes. ii 250.11 . lii, RC xvii 148.18 (Tig). li, Auraic. 1170. a s. líi, Corm. Y 37. li, Ériu ii 15 § 2. g s. l.¤ , SR 6883. liga, Laws i 150.10 . líthe (lighthe MS.), O'R. Poems 3358. d s. l.¤ , Wb. 15a21 . LU 9501. g du. dhali, CF 1002. n p. liga, Corm. Y 799. a p. liga, Imr. Brain 40 . Airne F. 209 . g p. lig, Hail Brigit 2 . d p. ligaib, SR 439. n s. líg of glossaries is probably not an old n. but has been abstracted from compds. or oblique cases; n s. líd of Trip. ii 552.6 is perh. for l.¤

Beauty, lustre, glory

(a) in general meaning: ar l.¤ gl. propter gloriam, Wb. 15a21 . ho l.¤ gl. decore, Ml. 37b9 . líi grene `the sun's brightness', Thes. ii 250.11 . líí .i. taithnem, O'Dav. 1197 . lig .i. maisi, Lec. Gl. 66 . co na l.¤ .i. cona taithnemh, H 2.15A, 72 (O'Don. Suppl.). a brat lig, Hail Brigit 20 . bid cach sluag . . . / lánaib do ligaib fofeib / do sidaib, do sonmigeib, SR 439 . niro fhuilngsetar na suili pecdhachu sella frisna liga noiba 'his sinful eyes could not endure gazing upon the holy colours', TBith.² 171 § 60 . in delb rola a mathair .i. Uenir, o li serce ina ghnuis `with love's splendour', Aen. 350 . indiu is forderg a lii (of a place), RC xvii 148.18 (Tig.). atá sunna sét co l.¤ / fotán tiri tairngirí `a shining treasure', Metr. Dinds. iv 166.53 . nó co mbad Fea an ainm ┐ li oni ba laind le ina faca, Dinds. 12 (Mag Lifi). l.¤ crotha `beauty of form', Auraic. 5662 . a comlond lig lumnech lenn, ZCP xi 109 § 13 . do chongain líga a lann lib (: sída) (`whetting'), Caithr. Thoirdh. 38.33 . l.¤ an toighe `splendour', TD 11.24 . do-bhéaruise . . . / l.¤ an smóil ar geiltighibh Gall `the hue of embers', 27.147 . lúirech lonn ar l.¤ n-airgid, L. Cl. A. B. 98.142 . l.¤ an óir ar a húrmháille, 144 .

For phrase l.¤ súla attractive sight (lit. `brightness of the sun', O'Rahilly EIHM 58 n.4 ) see súil. Note also: dobudh fo li liomsa sin that would please me (?), ZCP x 281. 15 (= ? fó l.¤ good splendour (?), but see fó líth s.v. 1 fó). l.¤ .i. lainn no toil, O'Dav. 1157. For ligaib, SR 7874 see lígda.

(b) Of persons beauty, (beautiful) complexion, splendour, appearance: ré taoibh amban, caomh a l.¤ , TBC-LL¹ 6118 . nocha maith ata do li, Anecd. i 21.4 . garb a ll.¤ , MU² 431 . rograd fir alathire / romsiacht . . . / rucc mo li, ni lor do dath, Ériu ii 15 § 2 . Fionn . . . go l.¤ ccroth `of ruddy complexion', Duan. F. ii 16 § 5 . meic Néill Fhrasaigh, . . . / do leasoigh l.¤ na ndaoineadh, L. Cl. A. B. 276.108 . gidh dubh anocht mo l.¤ , Duan. F. ii 64.20 . l.¤ gruaidheadh ndonn, L. Cl. A. B. 216.48 . braoi . . . ar l.¤ na subh, TD 40.15 . Of flushing of face of person satirized: ní fhuil l.¤ mh'imdheargtha ort, Aithd. D. 34.16 .

(c) With co and FO in adj. phr. brilliant, beautiful (often mere cheville): fúaim co ll.¤ , LU 3755 . atchonnarc láechu co ll.¤ , 3761 ( SCC 34 ). ar tri do rannsat an sluagh / . . . trian im Laignib con a li `a third of brilliant Leinstermen', Celt. Rev. iv 214.30 . gan mo spéis a cceól go l.¤ `I am heedless of rich melody', Duan. F. ii 18 § 10 . triar fer ar caeccait fo l.¤ (.i. ar a mbaoi degghne) `well-complexioned', Leb. Gab.(i) 16.8 ( BB 22a51 ). is cian scarsu fri eochu / fri carpat foa l.¤ , LU 9501. boi fó a l.¤ ┐ fó bláth cach datha (leg. fo áilli?), 10792 ( fó a ile, Ériu xii 174 § 1 ). detgein némanda fo l.¤ , IT i 80.15 .

(d) In contexts denoting change of colour or complexion in death colour, pallor : is cosmail fri líi bais ar baini, or na bi ni do dergge and quasi exsangis mortus , Corm. Y 37 . millfet l.¤ th'aigthe . . . `I will mar the colour of thy face' (i.e. `I will kill thee', note), Metr. Dinds. iii 62.99 . ní thardda l.¤ tassi form `may it not put the colour of a corpse on me', Thes. ii 352.18 . l.¤ n-aimbí .i. li mairb `hue of the lifeless' name of willow-tree (sail) or letter s in the Briatharogham of Morann m. Máin, Auraic. 5540 . claochloidhfidh do laochuibh l.¤ , ITS v 122. y . adbath gan locht a l.¤ dhe, L. Cl. A. B. 20.33 .

In n. pr. L.¤ Ban `Beauty of Women', wife of Labraid Lúathlám ar Claideb, LU 3354 ( SCC 14 ) etc.

In chevilles: leri líí, SR 7019 . cen lunni l.¤ , SR 6883 . l.¤ gan locht, O'R. Poems 3131.

In n. loc. see Hog. Onom.

Compds. Earlier composition-form líg-, later lí-.

(a) With nouns: ? ¤both: ordugud inna ligboth `ordering of the radiant mansions', TBith.² 121 § 16. di cheolaib ┐ ligbothaib ind nim 'of music and bright dwellings in heaven', TBith.² 201 § 84 cf. 125 § 19, 223 § 102 . ¤búaid resplendent triumph: cona uilib fochraiccib ┐ ligbuadaib, LB 74c23 . na raibhi ordugudh na libuaidh 'there was no order nor radiant virtue', TBith.² 120 § 16 . go ceolaibh ┐ libuadhaibh 'with songs and radiant virtues', TBith.² 124 § 19 . ¤dath beauteous colour : glaisiu cach ligdath, Ériu ii 110.3 . atá . . . adhbur eile ann do bláthaibh ┐ do lídhathaib, RC xxiv 370.25 . ¤derc bright eye : córrmhogail lóghmhara (leg. loghmhar a?) lídhearc, Hackett xxxix 250 . ¤drong: ba lúam cech líg-druing, Metr. Dinds. ii 26.7 . ¤ḟlaith: il-lígḟlatha lestur `in the vessel of the beautiful realm', Fél. Ep. 22 . ¤gile: taise a learg sa líghile, Ir. Syll. Poetry 71 § 4 . ¤luib fair herb; fig. of person: braon don ríoghfhuil . . ./ . . . ar líoluibh lubhghorta, L. Cl. A. B. 147.32 . ¤mag: documnet inna ligmuigi `that traverse the bright plains', Ériu ii 128.8 . ¤néll bright cloud, bright sheen : lí-néll, L. Cl. A. B. 185.148 . ¤scrisad destruction of splendour : mo lá léin leadartha leagaithe is líscriosta (líghsgriosta v.l.), Hackett xx 6 . ¤ṡruth fair stream : dha ghéis líoghshrotha leac bhfionn, O'R. Poems 2803 . ¤thorad bright produce : in mbile cona ligthoirthib, Ériu ii 120.30 . ¤thorba bright fruit : ni frith fri ligthorba /acht in ficomna, SR 1361.

(b) With adjj.: ¤bratánach bright-mantled: for ligbratanach Line (applied to Cú Chulainn), RC xiv 398 § 1. Cf. a lígbrataig Life, LU 8145 ( FB 11 ). ¤doilbthe of magical brilliance: fionnráith . . . líodhoilfe (lioghfhoirfe, v.l.), LBranach 471 . ¤daithte: le héudaighibh sáimhe ┐ líodhaithe mollibus vestimentis et coloratis, Rial. S.F. 1391 . ¤gel of bright colour : o Ghaillimh na líog lí-gheal, O'Rah. 22.6 . a eachtra fan fhiort lígeal `his sojourn neath the white tomb', PBocht 21.8 . ¤glan of unspotted beauty: a dhreach líoghlan, L. Cl. A. B. 191.38 . ¤mas brightly beautiful : uisce lerga ligmaise (`many-coloured'), Ériu ii 56 § 8 . ¤oll of great beauty : aonach lebar ligoll, ZCP xiii 8.12 .

vn. of luïd (see also lúth). m., IGT Decl. § 96 . Verbs § 75 . ?g s. -luaid, Laws v 366.14 . d s. luaidh, Content. xviii 47 , 147 (unsupported by rhyme).

(a) act of moving, setting in motion, performing, promoting etc.: corba lánurlam ri . . . l.¤ for cach leth isin domun ready to be navigated into every part of the world (of the boat Argo), LL 219a11 ( TTr. 145 ). tanic luachra luad, RC v 202.3 `rustling', Ériu xvii 90 . l.¤ in chiúil the movement (sound?) of the music, Imr. Brain 20 (load, log, v.l.). for luad in motion, SR 7944 . in tan nad bi occaib fadesin comobair trebtha do luad doing, Stud. in E. Ir. Law 19 . inbleith .i. in ni do berar don lucht um luadh umpi for minding it (looking after an animal), i 272.2 Comm . is alaind feras in luadh `onset' (of a horse), RC xvii 143.24 (Tig.). ge do luaidhetar luadh fer played the part of men(?), Celt. Rev. iv 214.y . do luaidset luag n-agha, 218.9 . ? mairg laech arna luagh do luig / for cūl A. `after doing it', Ériu xviii 58 § 6.

With obj. gen. (of vn. etc.): tucad l.¤ forluamna fom I was swept off my feet(?), LL 273b43 . ó' dchonnarc Murchadh Sitric . . . gan luadh teithe aige with no notion of fleeing, Ériu i 87.18 . can luad aithni ar araili / 'con t-sluag `that host would not recognise each other', Hy Fiach. 292.3 . fri luad síd ┐ córa to promote, Alex. 761 . re luadh ár leasa-ne, MR 308.1 . ag luadh léighinn studying (reciting?), SG 24.26 . ic luadh leiginn is Laidne, Flower Cat. 493.28 . Cf. (b) below.

In follg. taken by glossators as lóg: tincur a treibi do luag o'n meid adaimter i trebud, Laws v 284.29 .i. do cennach, 288.7 Comm . ? astud a lanluaid, Laws v 366.14 .i. . . . fola lan-loigi, 25 Comm .

(b) act of mentioning, telling of, discussing : ar l.¤ cacha láech-dreimme `after telling of each heroic folk', Metr. Dinds. iv 24.z . Brigid do luadh do c[h]ind c[h]ruidh, Ériu xviii 58 § 6 . fri tuirim lūad Lagen-glonn to give a full account of (?), ZCP viii 118 § 32 . binn liom re luadh, Ériu xvi 134 § 46 . irdairc a lūad re labra a famous matter when mentioned, ZCP viii 113.24 . frit fath a [ṡ]lechta re luagh, BB 50b16 ( MacCarthy 420.y ). fácbait sin cen luad they ignore that, PH 7678 . luad saethaig `expression of a weary one' (name given in Briatharogham of Morann m. Máin to emancholl, letter ae), Auraic. 5612 . más leanb re luadh n-oidhreachta `being a young prince (chiefly) set on asserting his right to his inheritance', Aithd. D. 65.26 . gach neach ag a luagh ar ló all extol it, DDána 119.37 . gan síodh Íosa linn do luadh that we did not discuss (i.e. try to obtain) the peace of Jesus, Dán Dé xxvii 30 . an Colum Cille atámaoid do luadh annso, Keat. iii 1574 . ac lūadh astrolaice, Irish Texts i 44.16 .

With prep. AR: adamra indrig naruam rath, / nimtha luad aran-ilar I cannot hope to mention, SR 7290 . gan luadh ar chaoi an dá chorrbhas `not to mention the two soft hands' sad plight', PBocht 3.26 . 's gan luagh ar éigse d'admháil, L. Cl. A. B. 121.28 . gurab annamh bhíos luadh ná iomrádh ag mnaoi . . . ar an duine, TSh. 4254 . do rinne sé luadh ar m'ainm, Isaiah xlix 1 .

In phr. l.¤ ráid pronouncement, report, judgement : do gealladh leo—fa luadh ráidh `it came to nothing but words', Aithd. D. 23. 19 . lúadh ráidh `report', Ridgeway Essays 338.8 . an luadh ráidh `judgment', PBocht 27.22 . Cf. luadh glóir talking, DDána 60.26 .

(c) Freq. in chevilles: l.¤ nad cél, Thes. ii 290.6 . lūadh nād célam, ACL iii 294 § 13 . luad nad indo, LL 4929 . l.¤ ṁbetha `a world's talk', Fél. Aug. 23 . luadh co nglaine, Snedg. u. Mac R 9 § 4 . lūad cūar, Ält. Ir. Dicht. ii 12 § 2. luad ṅdil, SR 369 . luad gan ges, BB 44b32 . ? lethan luad, SR 7974 . R. . . . mōr a l.¤ (fame?), Celtica iv 152 § 176 .

n g s. lútha, lúith. l.¤, lúdh m., IGT Decl. § 38 . Verbs § 83 . Also luud, lúd. ?a p. lúthu, LU 8675 ( FB 51 ). See láth. Orig. vn. of luïd, Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 571.

I As vn. act of moving : femidset lúd as nach leth, Metr. Dinds. ii 26.17 . lúd lúadrinna (sign of a good carpenter), Triads 118 . nír cuimciset luth a cos nó a lámh, CCath. 2100. ni bither fri lúd nadma na ratha uime, O'Curry 375 ( H 3.18, 208 ). dia coemsaitis a lama do luth if they were able to move their hands, CCath. 5692 . ro gab ac lúd reime (of lion) `began to sport', Grail 2086 . ic lúd fri araile, 2253 . ? Cf. ni codhnach araile luth anapta eipiltain an con, O'Curry 2525 ( Eg.88 f. 43 (44)b ). Of sentiment longing: do bhí a chroidhe ag l.¤ re na dhearbhrathair, Gen. xliii 30 . for (ar) l.¤ on the move : amal bis rothmol for luth, SR 199 . sailghe fada . . . ar luth fúithe, ALC ii 264.4 . a theanga . . . ar luth, MR 180.17 . a scor . . . ar l.¤ (leg. lúdh: úr) `at their speed', O'Gr. Cat. 474.19. eich ar l.¤, sról re sleghaibh, L. Cl. A. B. 100.191 . ar l.¤ ┐ ar luadhaill, TSh. 1677.

II

(a) power of movement, motion : is lúud leu teistiu fuile gl. veloces pedes eorum ad effundendum sanguinem, Wb. 2b1 . léim . . . .i. lūud sēim hē, Corm. Y 835 . bir co lúdh an automatic spit, Petrie's Tara 213.9 . lāth quasi luth [.i. iarsinní lúthas] `motion', Corm. Bodl. 10 . lūth ēoit futhachta glossed luthad do tre eút īar ndēnum fuiche de (one of four carnal sins), Anecd. v 25.3 . See fuiche. ilar n-én foleímdis tre lud eter na platantaib ordaib, BB 493b21 ( IT, ii2 99.1 `lustig', Alex. 597 ). re l.¤ éin, Duan. F. ii 368 § 22 . Of use of limbs: ma ro facad ní da luth isin cois `power', Laws iii 350.21 Comm . nim thá lúd hi cois no i llaim, LU 1256 ( Imr. Brain ii 288.3 ). lám argait co lánl.¤ cacha láma in cach meór (of silver hand of Nuadu), LL 1075 = BB 32b39 . laim airgid foair co luth cecai láma, RC xii 58 § 11 . mo chorp gan l.¤ , Keat. Poems 954 . l.¤ luaimneach a mhéar, 250 . tré iomad luith do bheith 'n-a chorp, Keat. ii 5216 . do thréig tu do l.¤ ┐ do neart, Oss. iv 2.3 . an mhuinghin . . . iona lúith (of King Cormac), Párl. na mB. 53 . Cf. perh. is mōr cosgar ruc le lūgh (: dūn), ZCP viii 229.11 .

Note also: ni duine iar fír he, acht diabul fo lúd duine in the guise of(?), LB 131b3 .

In various related senses: luth luas, Metr. Gl. Ff. 21 (v.l.). co rothóed in bó-sin / dá lóeg ar in l.¤ sin `because of her haste', Metr. Dinds. iv 70.18 . velocitatem .i. luth ōir bud lūaithi co mór . . . nā gaoth (of bodies of the glorious), RC xxviii 320 § 47 . ar imarcaid lúidh `excess of fleetness', MR 318.7 . Cf. fuluth .i. lūth foi, .i. utmall, Corm. Y 663. Feat: luth buadha glorious feat, Misc. Hag. Hib. 118.21 . in tsliasat tseng nó in glún geal / nachar mell lúgh d'a lingfeadh `never failed him in any athletic feat he might attempt', Ériu iv 218.12 . gasda a lúdh a dtrealam trom / leabar mong a súl rom ṡill, IGT Verbs ex. 739.

(b) In wider sense of vigour, power, energy : l.¤ Labrada, LU 3532 ( SCC 28 ) `the vehemence of L.', SGS vii 59 . l.¤ co ṅáni `power', Fél. Oct. 8 . la l.¤ aingel ngel / dobérthar nem dó power, LU 9861 . luth la fáebra, 8616 ( FB 46 ). l.¤ fiansa, TBC-LL¹ 5740 = luud fianna, TBC-I¹ 3423 (in rhetoric). in carpat . . . go ll.¤ go llúais, TBC-LL¹ 3374 . lassaid ar l.¤ lanésci, LU 7399 = BDD² 1027 . lingged ar failti . . . / David fria l.¤ (of D. dancing before the Ark of the Covenant), SR 6683. da cumuil dí dhóit ar luth ┐ nirt, Laws iv 362.1 Comm . fri l.¤ láech-Níall, Metr. Dinds. iv 222.8 . luth seirce sóerligi, LU 8328 ( FB 24 ). in Liath . . . co l.¤ ceithre crú, Comp. CC 102.2 . lúdh Fódla do-chíam na choinne, IGT Decl. ex. 1211. nirbo luth re letredh doib-suim ┐ nirbo turrac gan tubha, CCath. 5796 (prov. expressions describing weak opposition in battle). lúdh foda nach fuil n-a urd, Magauran 1278 `energy sustained but not methodical', Notes. o doficed a l.¤ lathair battle-fury, LU 6415 ( TBC-I¹ 1900 ). l.¤ lathair, TBC-LL¹ 1709 , 2559 . luth legha `a physician's strength' (name of letter ng in Briatharogham of Morann m. Máin), Auraic. 5561 . ní heasbaidh lúith ná láthair, Keat. Poems 1085. E. . . . co l.¤ leómain `with a lion's spirit', Metr. Dinds. iv 118.135 . l.¤ ┐ lámach dexterity and marksmanship: in mac rígh ba ferr l.¤ ┐ lámach, Acall. 223 . gan mac ríogh ná taoisigh ag fogluim lúith ná lámhaigh, Keat. iii 2771 . ní tacha lúid ná lámhaigh, O'Gr. Cat. 504.21 . ag dénaim lúidh ┐ lámuigh, 508.6 . See 2 lámach. Sustenance: lúth cethrae 'sustenance of cattle' Ériu xxxix 136 . lúth bech 'sustenance of bees' ibid . lúth lega 'sustenance of a leech' ibid .

g s. as attrib.: a gclesa lúith (leg. lúidh: búidh) athletics, O'Gr. Cat. 472.20 . almai énlaithe lúith speedy, LU 8662 ( FB 49 ). ra daṅgnigit drochti lúith di lúthechaib mobile, LL 239b1 ( TTr. 1675 ). raforbad ám in saethar sin co railaied for al-lind luith, LL 219a10 ( TTr. 144 ) (dock?). s dá dhá gealghlaic leabhra lúith nimble, Dánta Gr. 30.19 . baccain lūith, Celt. Rev. x 346.4 . cor luith, ZCP x 295.28 . a mhaighre lúidh learg Line active salmon (of prince), L. Cl. A. B. 121.43 . féitheach lúth (MS. lúith) a chuirp nimble muscles, Ériu v 180.300 . léim lúid (lúda) vigorous bound : ní a leith a chémend do-chúaidh / an Múaid ag breith lémend lúidh, IGT Decl. ex. 1256 . táinic soin dá léim lúdha / béim súla ┐ goin ghrádha, ex. 989 . rugais ocht léimeanna lúidh (addr. to Christ, of Incarnation etc.), Dán Dé xxix 18 . tucc mo chroidhe gan léim lúith, ACL iii 305 § 6 . eite lúith: eite lúidh na lachan the plumage by which it can fly, IGT Verbs ex. 102 . Transferred: eite lúidh fheirge t'oidhir `thy Son's swift-speeding anger', Aithd. D. 67.27 . linn lúith life-blood: a linn lúidh gur fhear t'oidhir (of Christ on the cross), 19 (`lake of life'). mo dhínchrios taobha-sa, mo lionn lúdha-sa (of prince), DDána 70.11 . lionn lúith na locht, TSh. 2318.

In chevilles: l.¤ ro fes, LL 259a22 . luth n-alta, SR 3031. diluth glan with clear vigour, 5913 .

(c) joy, rejoicing : rongab l.¤ 'ma lan-aicsin, Metr. Dinds. iv 24.14 . subuchus ┐ l.¤ , TTr.² 527 . fáth lúidh is fáth faitcheasa / dhúinn an tráth fa ttiocfasa, IGT Decl. ex. 1058 . rogab luth lanmór iarla Aimbri ar faiccsin a maic `great joy', ZCP vi 76.22 . a lúdh innte dá huaisleacht `the bright joy in her is part of her noble nature', O'Hara 3514 . ro gabh l.¤ ┐ forbfailtechus iad, BNnÉ 110 § 44 . In phrase is l.¤ la x x is eager (to), pleased (with): ni solum (.i. luth) leis dul i cert he is not eager to resort to law, O'Curry 431 ( H 3.18, p. 234 ). rob l.¤ leo-san sin, ZCP xiii 197.5 . tochd ar cuan mar nar l.¤ linn `a thing we liked not', Magauran 2850 . Cf. ba luthmenma (? leg. l.¤ menma) lasin imperi na scēla-sin, ZCP vi 274.10 . O'Conbuidi as lúd lind `who is dear to us', Hy Fiach. 260.16 . lút[h] la cridhi (cheville), Snedg. u. Mac R 10 § 23.

Appar. in sense of 1 lúithech in: cengailter luth da laime deise `fasten your right hand', Ériu viii 56.32 .

Compds. Usually alliterating. ¤chles. In pl.: lúth-clesa leinim `dexterous feats of a child', MR 294.9 . ¤ettech: a lán lúitheitigh, L. Cl. A. B. 98.136 . ¤ḟoimtiu: tri trenbeimenna . . . do luthḟoimittin a lama defensive vigour(?) `sinews'(?), MR 300.25 . ¤gáir, -e, see separate entry. ¤géc: a labhartha sa lúithghéaga, Ó Bruad. iii 2.10 . ¤glacc: ar lagad . . . a lam ┐ a luthghlac umpu, LL 409b4 . ¤graig: lán do lúithghreadhaibh, L. Cl. A. B. 94.2 . ¤léim: clesamnaig fri clesaib ┐ lúth-léimendaib, Alex. 469 . ¤lige: ? conlee M. . . . / l. la C. `will be a rigorous bed-fellow', Imr. Brain i 24 § 51 = l.¤ lige `effective intercourse', Murphy Lyrics 39.19 cf. luth seirce, LU 8328 above. ¤rochtain: lúthrochtain dúine Dé, Aithd. D. 76. 20 . Note also: ech luath lutlugmar, LL 189a18 . See lú, 1 luud.

npr. m. Name of Morand's fosterer: Main cerd, YBL 139a47 . Mǽn a ainm-síde, cerd ind ríg, ZCP xii 273.24 . Morand is called mac Maein, Corm. Y 37 , m.¤ Main, 863 (where the name is otherwise expld.). Morann mac Maoin, Keat. ii 3658 ; see also IT iii 188 fg., ZCP xi 72. The orig. name of Labraid Loingsech, King of Ireland, also called L. Maín, who is said in legend to have been dumb (maen) in his boyhood. Móen Ollam: amlabar side dano co mho fer mór, ZCP iii 3.22 = Maín, 6.3 . Maín ollom-som i tossaig, Labraid Móen iar sin, 8.22 . Labraidh Maén, Cóir Anm. 175. Loingsech móen (the same individual), Metr. Dinds. ii 50. Cf. Keat. ii p. 162 fg. Máon mac Etna (name of a poet), Corm. Y 883 = Mæn m. Edaine, Corm. p. 30.

n [f.] a spear (cf. 1 muirnech). muirend .i. dēde fordangair: ainm cétimus do mnae .i. mōr-find; ainm dano do gae .i. mi-rind .i. drochrinn fodera bas, Corm. Y 882 = mairenn, Bodl. (For the npr. Muirend or Muirenn see AU 747 , 830 , 917 , 978 . g s. aue Muirne , Ält. Ir. Dicht. ii 25 (a); cf. Muireann .i. bean, O'Cl. ). muirenn .i. slegh ut est tuile mar muirne (mára muirnni v.l.), O'Dav. 1235. muireann .i. ga no sleagh, O'Cl. The quotation in O'Dav. 1235 is from the `Dúil Roscadach' and is given in Corm. Y 1224 : ni tulach fri tuirigin tuigethar tuile mār muirne (`not a hill for a king who perceives great floods of spears', Stokes, Corm. Tr. p. 158 ) = ni tulaid fri tuirigen tuigedar tuli mára muride which great sea-floods cover, Corm. p. 42 ; possibly `muirne' in Corm. Y is g s. of a fem. word *muirenn (-inn) = sea, flood , cf. torannfadach na muirinn ┐ na n-uiscedha, RC xxviii 312 § 8 ; the same word may be represented in the etymol. gl. given of the name Sinann: sí in moirenn, Metr. Dinds. iii 296.7 (an mhoireann; sinn moir̄ so morann v.l.). ? muirne .i. mi-rinni no mi-ruine, BB 326a39 (given as ex. of `iarmbélra') = Auraic. 1306 , is given by Calder as g s. of muirenn spear.

n i, m. (ogum) oghmóir (g s. -óir, -óra, -órach: n p. -óire, -óraigh), IGT Dec. § 50.9 . One skilled in Ogham-writing, an oghamist : Morann mac Main in t-ogmoir, ZCP iii 15 z ; cf. Auraic. 5528 fg. , where Morann is said to have invented kennings for the Ogham letters. Later scholar (of language): fo lim cen cop ógmoir, IT iii 73 § 31 ; 'learned man' EIS 135 § 5 . oghmoire ileardha scholars of divers kinds, 92 § 136 = Bruchst. i § 42 . mór n-oghmóir, IGT Introd. § 2 . comhardadh cionnas is cóir | ceisd is fhiarfaighthe d'oghmóir '"how is rhyme correctly made?" is a question which should be asked of a scholar', Celtica xxvii 58 § 1 .

n the name of the ring or collar worn by Morann mac Máin. According to another tradition it was an epistle used as a charm. Thurneysen ( ZCP xii 278 ) believes the name to have arisen out of a misinterpretation of a passage in Audacht Morainn: dīrge dlegar cach flathemon in sin, ad-mestar dar midrīana ad-mórchlotha miditer, xi 80 § 3 .

sin .i. muince, O'Curry 119 ( H 3.18, p. 73 ). sīn .i. cruind. Unde sīn Maic Māin .i. sīn bōi imo brāgoid fri foichill fīrinde. Intan atbereth fīrinde ba fairsing, ba cumang intan atbered gō. Nō eipistil bōi immo brāgoit fri foirgell fīrinde, Corm. Y 1160 . `sín' muince, `sin ainm slabraidh, Metr. Gl. 20 § 63 . Cf. sindon (? leg. sin dono) .i. slabrad, O'Mulc. 842 . bai sin aile la Morand .i. cuaird bec bai lais amal circáill ḟeta, IT iii 190 § 15 . dorigneadh cumdach oir ┐ airgid lesin imon sreabann sin, co rob é sin `Sín Meic main' iarum, § 14 . in dā fīr dhēc flatha . . . .i. Tre-sin Moraind, Tal Mochta, Crannchur Seancha . . ., 188 § 11 . otchonairc . . . in epistil ima bhraigit imcomarcaid de cid sin (= cid sin sein, IT iii 190 § 16 ) a Moraind. adde ol C. . . . bídh sin Moraind ondíu co brath he, BB 261b23 . in s.¤ .i. idh Moraind, ZCP xi 65.3 . Sīn Morainn . . . | 'mo bacat a lō dālo, Sitzungsb. Pr. Akad. 1919 v 93 § 25 . ? To this, by transf.: dar sin a mhant the circle of his gums, TFrag. 146.11 .

adj o, ā (1 tendaid, see Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 198 ).

(a) strong, firm, hard, severe, vigorous: aitteand .i. aiththeand acht (no sech) is áith is teand, Corm. 4 . Of persons: ticfa in tailcend t.¤ , LU 9895 . rī tenn, ZCP viii 119 § 3 . gan bheith teann i dtigh nimhe | ... | ni bhiú I shall not be un-strong in the house of heaven, Dán Dé xiv 20 . cara teann tairise, DDána 7.24 . h-I Shégda fa tenn torad, Hy Fiach. 226.3 . mé dho bheith teann a nadhuigh dhruinge dháirighthe, 2 Cor. x 2 . Of parts of the body: co súilib dessaib tennaib, SR 5555 . tenna a cnis `with stout bodies,' Éigse ii 108 § 2 . modh o fercc bit na suile tenn ` protruding ,' Rosa Angl. 56.15 . Of the earth, places, etc.: o thalmain tinn, SR 143 . Temair t.¤ , ZCP viii 116 § 9 . Of fire: a rruisc ... immar chaera tenda tentide, TBC-LL¹ 6148 . teine t.¤ trēn `strong, mighty fire,' Ériu iii 144 § 9 . Cf. clóidme teanda tenntige, PH 8111 . da nathraigh ... ┐ ruisc gera lasarda leo ┐ siat teanna tenntide, Aen. 489 . Of abstract ideas: is tenn a menma-som firm , Bruchst. i 24 § 54 . toirrsi theann, Metr. Dinds. iii 364.119 . Of the religious life austere: mo chrábud tenn `my severe piety,' BColm. 52.8 . ná bad roth.¤, ná bad lax (of monastic government), Ériu iii 104 § 33 . epscoip tenna ` austere ,' Gorm. July 21 . Various: is t.¤ mo chris, RC ii 113 § 14 . in doman robo t.¤ fort anallana, PH 8125 . día ris mo thuaith tind, LU 10868 . feinnigh cró fa tenn ar toir, LL 394.43 . tūairgnech na tromchloidhimh | bid t.¤ don tslūagh, ZCP viii 212.8 . cluiche tenn `a mischievous game,' Triads 90 . cīsa tenna is tuarustla severely imposed, ZCP iv 237.13 . cidh t.¤ do bērla bladhach boastful , vi 265 § 25 . tabhair mo lann ... | go ccuirinn treasfhaobhar teann | ar a glantaobhaibh `a firm battle-edge,' Studies 1923, 599 § 12 . rug dar n-annsa eachdra thinn, IGT Decl. ex. 857 . maor í Chuinn is teann tobhaigh `is secure of tribute,' TD 10.43 . Mag-uidir ... | ar cach uile as teand dtabaigh, ZCP ii 354.27 . gan tacha tinn `without stiff bargaining,' AFM ii 822.12 . ruathar tenn, Cog. 76.19 . itche thenn, SG 389.21 . gér bha teann an teidhm, ML 8.2 .

Adv. tagra go teann `to make stout stand,' Content. xxviii 58 . ó táthaoi-se astigh go teann `since ye are fast inside,' Ériu i 22.90 . Féis Temrach ... dogníthí in tan sin go tenn ` strictly ,' O'Gr. Cat. 578.22. ór is nár a rád co tenn | muna fédtar a chomall `to speak too stiffly,' SG 107.14 . Cf. cor bris gach oirbi t.¤ co talmuin `clean to the ground,' RC xviii 151.3 .

Compar. ni bai dóere bad teinné, SR 3675 . tenniu a chuindsc[l]iu chaintocud, BDD² 1020 . ua tendi tomhaitheam Tid ... na bacur P., TTebe 1439 . teinde ris in ugdar seoit do beith a laim nech `the author thought it more sure' (Plummer MS notes), H 5.15, 24a ( O'D. 1664 ). ní as tinne ná mo lucht leasa | do-rinne an t-ucht deas-sa ar Dia, DDána 30.9 . With de: tinnide ár spéis id bhuime `my love ... for thy nurse is increased,' Ó Bruad. i 22 . Superl. ? tinnem ruccae ruis sin (name of letter r in Briatharogham of Morann m. Máin), Auraic. 5570 . Cf. tindi rucae, 5572 . an trat bis an re a nenceime ris an ngrein is annsin as mo ┐ as tinne a solus, Ir. Astr. Tr. 46.8 . tú an tóir is tinne 'n-a leanmhain, Aithd. D. 97.31 . an tan ba tinne a taobh gheal ` stoutest ,' A. Ó Dálaigh lv 4.

(b) With prepositions. t.¤ ar severe on; powerful over: a ógbhadh ... ar ar thinne caomhfhile, DDána 70.17 . teann ar aicme an dá Eoghain `powerful over,' Aithd. D. 15.30 . 's bheith go teann ar thruduiribh `to smite heavily brawlers,' Content. xxiv 18 . 's gan tú teann ar chlannaibh Táil `for you do not impress C. T. (?),' xix 1 . teann ise ar a haradhain `pulls at her rein' (of a horse), Studies 1933, 407 § 15 . comadh teann ar Mhuire me | go mbé a guidhe leam gach laoi importunate (?), Dán Dé ii 25 . gomadh teann ar Mícheál mé, A. Ó Dálaigh ii 8. Cf. xx 13 . t.¤ as confident in, on account of: an chíoch asa teann ar dtagra, DDána 30.1 . an barr asa teann tusa (`the victory of which you are proud'), Content. xxiv 27 . as t'fhocal ní fhuilim teann, Dánta Gr. 88.7 .

(c) Gramm. of letters of the alphabet, including -ll-, -nn-, -rr-, -ng- and unlenited consonants: na cúig connsuine theanna, IGT Introd. 6.3 . an tan teaguimh .n. ┐ .d. no dá .n. dá chéile a ccomhfhocal do-ní .n. teann díobh, 13.14 . beithe teann, duir theann 'unlenited b, unlenited d', Celtica xxvii 59 § 4 . tinne theann, Celtica xxvii 59 § 6 . See also leth compds.

Compds.

(a) With nouns. ¤adbar: Sefraid ... t. taisig na hAngaili, Ann. Conn. 1375.16 . ¤blad: ar tend-blaid `secure fame,' Metr. Dinds. iv 340.21 . ¤boga: um theann-bhogha ` taut ,' Content. viii 22 . ¤bríg: Cassian tuir co tennbrig, Gorm. Aug. 5 . ¤buille: tennbhuille casúir, IGT Decl. ex. 913 . ¤choir: do cer Tait, tenn-coir nar tim, | do laim R., Leb. Gab.(i) 212.19 . ¤chol: ciarbo thenn-col `a heavy reproach,' Metr. Dinds. iv 224.20 . ¤eire: leó ag tabhairt a dteannoireadh, TD 16.26 . ¤fheidm: 's bhar dteinn-fheidhm d'ualach oruibh, Content. xiv 21 . ¤fhocal: labhair trá do theann-fhocal `your arrogant words,' xxiii 4 . ¤grád: a aicme ar ar dhoirt mo thoil-se a tionnghrádh dil, Hackett vii 5 . ¤guth, Studies 1920, 417.15 . ¤maithe: bá do theannmaithibh Gall Mumhan eisidhe, AFM v 1706.5 . ¤medón: lénti ... co t. traiged dóib, TBC-LL¹ 183 . rostatlaig ar thenn-medón he clasped her by the sturdy waist, Ériu iv 104 § 50. ? ¤nél: fuair a brath ba tennél tair | sa chath re ceinēl Eogain it was a dense cloud in the east, BB 58a44 . Aristarcus tenn-Poil, Gorm. Aug. 4 . ¤ponc: do réir na n-ughdar dtromdha | admhas uile an teann-phonc-sa `this important point,' Content. xvi 159 . ¤rath: amnirt indiu mac Senbath | ar ro scarad re th., LU 1251 . ¤rí: Fland ... | tendrig Fotla feraind, Fél. 6.9 . ? ¤ruidiud: na dinruide .i. na derna tennruidhiudh indligthech `unlawful information,' Laws iii 56.12 Comm. indrud .i. orguin, ut est buirech indrud, ┐ ata tennruidhe[dh] mar sin ` damage ,' O'Dav. 1129. See tinnriud, tinnruide. ¤sáith: im ur dia tumadh ┐ a tennsaith dóib di, Laws ii 150.3 Comm. a teannsaith do na bochtaib `full sufficiency,' iii 20.3 Comm. ¤tech : do thogbháil a teinnteach mbúidh, DDána 93.38 . ¤treise : meic Erca tenn-treise, Gorm. Apr. 19 . ¤uide severe, difficult journey (?) (in Laws in etymological gloss on tuinide) : im tuinide raitig .i. im in tennuide (sic leg.) beiris as in ti dana tech in rot `difficult journey,' Laws i 128.25 Comm. tuinide raitaig .i. ... tenduidi berus in ti dara teg in rot, iv 28.6 Comm. is hí a theandoide ... teacht ōn topur ... conuice a leabaidh féin (sic leg.), Feis Tighe Chonáin 249 . Cf. Fen. 184.27 .

(b) With adjj. ¤aeb: Tirsus t. `austere and beautiful,' Gorm. Jan. 28 . ¤bágach: tigerna tennbhághach, Rel. Celt. ii 168.3 . ¤cháid: Celestinus t., Gorm. Apr. 7 . ¤garg: mo ghort ni treorach tenngharg, BS 86.x . ¤gluair : na h-eist-siu ris na stoccaib tendgluaire Tirrannda, TTebe 1331 . ¤mer: na dtres dtinnmher, O'Gr. Cat. 510.12. ¤mín: Conna tennmín, Gorm. Apr. 12 . ¤mór: Tola tendmor, Mar. 30 . ¤óc: t'Aedoc tarbech t., July 13 . ¤óg: Pancratius tuir thendog, Apr. 3 . ¤roscach: for dírmaib dronaib tendroscachaib, LL 273b12 . ¤sháithech: muinnter ... | d'ócaib dercaib tennsadchib ` firm-fed ,' MacCongl. 39.8 . do gleicc na tarb tennsaiteach, Bodl. Dinds. 28.

(c) With verbs and verbal nouns. ¤doirtid: noco tenndoirtit as na cuir `do not abrogate,' Laws iv 56.17 Comm. ¤fhastaid (ad-suidi): iat rothennfhastsat cach cath `who strictly checked every fight,' Metr. Dinds. iii 12.131 . ¤gabaid : ón tSionainn ... | teinnghéabhaidh go seantuinn `he will seize all land up to,' Studies 1929, 593 § 3 . iar ttechtadh ┐ iar ttendghabhail an tíre, AFM v 1664.18 . ¤goirid: do theannghoir teallach an chígh `the furnace of His breast was heated,' Aithd. D. 63.30 . ¤lenmain: Síol Suibhne ... | ... | dá dteinnleanmhain ní treoir ghearr | i seinleabhraibh eoil Éireann, DDána 102.15 . ¤opad: tennopad in chathaigthe do Achíl, TTr.² 1396 . ¤rith: 'na teinnrioth atá an chruinne, Aithd. D. 98.11 . leig a teinn-reath léd theangaidh `full course,' Content. x 1.

indecl. adj.; orig. only used predicatively ? (According to Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 494 , ii 666 , a form of doich, q.v.; but Bergin, ZCP vii 513 , Meyer, Ériu vi 109 n. 3 , and Thurneysen, Idg. Anz. xxvii 17 , regard it as a separate word).

I

(a) natural, proper, inherently right : is t.¤ cia dorattid si ní dia muintir, Wb. 16c11 . do géntar [t.¤] di étoich and .i. bid tuad domsa mo nebthuad, 4d1 . mos ba t.¤ mo mir metail it were fitting my portion of food (were given to me) soon, Corm. Y 1018 . mainigter comarbai fora thechtu th.¤ , LU 3479 ( SCC 25 ).

(b) In phr. is t.¤ do X. it is X's natural, hereditary right: is t.¤ dom far ṅguide hóre adi mmaic mihi et am athirse uobís , Wb. 9a13 . is foirbthe do hiresso; ba t.¤ deit ... ar ba foirbthe hires do mathar, 29d13 . mad t.¤ duit, a Hére | dot chobair cing báge, Fél. July 24 . is ua dobeir cheird | is sain cerd cech uí | t.¤ duit cidat rí | t.¤ duit cidat drui, PRIA xix 546 § 3 . doluid ... do chosnam rige Hérenn ar ba t.¤ dō .i. ō senathair `he had a claim to it from his grand-father,' ZCP ii 135.5 . baoi filidh amra isin Tuadhmumain hin inbaidh sin. Ní ba toigh dóv. Do Connachtuibh side vii 305.9 . tarcatur fir Érenn rīghe do Morann dia mac. Ro ráidh Morann na gébadh hí, ar nírbo t.¤ do í, xi 64.1 . tíagar ara cenn da ríghadh ūainde, air is doibh as t.¤ , 5 . t.¤ díb impirdacht ┐ én-rige in talman, Alex. 192 . o rop adhma som isin ealadhain ropadh t.¤ do .i. h-i seanchus, Hy Fiach. 78.10 . úair ro ba t.¤ doibh ó a sinnseraibh rochtain innte, Leb. Gab.(i) 146.22 . is t.¤ daib in ferann cossantai, BB 490a24 . caidhet cethri teallaig Temra | dhan t.¤ Eri o thuind go tuinn, Prolegomena 50.13 . as t.¤ dóibh a nduthaigh do cosnamh rind, Expugn. Hib. 16 . cennas a mhuintire ... ┐ gach neithe ro badh t.¤ dhó, AFM vi 2326.8 . Hence is proper, fitting for: is t.¤ duinde ascnam diar tigh, Ériu xii 186.13 . ba folaith la firu Muman innisin uair ba t.¤ (doig v.l.) doib do tecmail chucu mac na mna domarb a tigernai, RC xxiv 186.4 . in fil ní bes t.¤ duit, Corm. Bodl. 22.28 . t.¤ dó ciamad Chúanna hé, 361.4 . almsa menic maith | don relic dian t.¤ , KMMisc. 264.7 . la h-esbhaid úirfheola ┐ gach tuara ba t.¤ doibh, AFM vi 2210.3 . Cf. is t.¤ leis ēt uman eclais, Laws v 128.8 Comm.

(c) fair, pleasing : in bé thondgel t.¤ , PRIA xix 545 § 5 . is ē rochōid co siair t.¤ , Ériu iii 196 § 18 . frithir frisin macc mín maith | i n-ebras riss na ṡíd t[h]oich, vii 225 § 45 . iarsin tictís, gním cen cleith | ind ríg dia leith ó thír th.¤ , Metr. Dinds. ii 24.74 . ón chéin rosgab Tlachtga th.¤ | ingen Moga reil rígRoith, iv 186.3 . ? oc a munad co toich, no co tai, Laws v 490.19 Comm. i comluth fris co toith no co tai, O'D. 866 ( H 3.17, col. 619 ).

Compar. tochu, tocha: ba tochu doibsom buid and ` more natural ,' Wb. 5c43 . an tír is tocha am ghren, BCC 290.21 . maothlamh fa tocha ad thimchioll, Ériu iv 62.6 .

is tochu dom it is better for me: ba tochu dait tuidecht cucum-sa, LU 10771.

is tochu limm I prefer (alternates with dochu, see doich) : is e robo tocho ┐ robo tairisi ┐ robo dilsi re Dia, BB 236a28 . ise ba tochu la hIsacc díb, LB 113b33 = robo docho, BB 236a41 . is e ba tochu lais dia scoil, Auraic. 24 . in tres duni is tochu ri Brian, Cog. 166.14 . is dile ocus is tocha lem, Fen. 206.4 . dainimh do'n tí lér tocha | sínedh re slios bfuarshrotha, O'Gr. Cat. 429.10. días lasar dhile ┐ lasar thocha aroile oldatt an dá Aódh sin, Hugh Roe 154.21 . is abhar tocha lasin Coimde innu-sa, BNnÉ 325.27 . tocha .i. cion, annsa, no gradh .i. as é ba tocha lais .i. ba hannsa leis, O'Cl.

II subst. inheritance, property: rige Lagen, laechda in t.¤ , Rawl. 84b53 . ar gach senōir sruith | forfāgaib a th.¤ (: croich), ACL iii 232.11 . Lecmagh do mortoich Muman, Leb. Gab.(i) 102.2 . toich .i. dúthaigh, O'Cl. In phr. fri t.¤ (meaning unclear): óin fri t.¤ `acceptable loans,' Tec. Corm. 3.36 . gach naomh-érlamh sruith | domroirseadh fri t.¤ , Ériu iv 236 § 12 . gabuis diabul cacht cin clith | for laoch roalt frie cech t.¤ , ZCP x 47.15 . clereach conni | dori na teach | dobeir re th.¤ | a boin no a each, BB 291a44 = IT li 84.x .