n
io n. ? (cluiche ara-fuīretar fo mórslúagu dūlecha 'games which have been prepared for eager hosts'
ZCP xlvii 55
) (see Bergin,
Ériu xii 205 n.1
)
game, play, sport
(used both of athletic contests and of board-games); aigid,
feraid, do-gní, imm-beir, -cuirethar c.¤
plays; very freq. of
the celebration of commemorative games at an `ōenach':
cluche n-óimin n-inmeldag / aigdit,
Imr. Brain 41
(cluithe,
v.l.). ferais cluichi la maca,
Blathm. 102 § 40
. ni curtar
ilach na gair cocluiche .i. golium cona c.¤ in tres bundsach
`prattle(?) and playing',
BCrólige 61
. ni fertar cluichi fair
hi tig `no games are played in the house', ibid. fuil mic a cain
cluithe `in lawful sport',
Laws v 142.10
.
monuar, a dhaoine
maithe, / ba fearr a laithe cluithe, / mór liach Cionaedh mac
Conaing, / hi lomaind do cum cuithe,
AFM i 480.12
.
c.¤ nō
aonach, is dō is ainm nāsad,
Corm. Y 796
.
aenach . . . cia
tiasa dia cluithi ind .i. do denam graithfne and,
Laws v
484.y Comm.
ferr c.¤ gairbe, / ferr grūad grīsadh a game is
better than rough play(?),
Anecd. iii 18.12
. cluchi ┐ céti ┐
ánius ┐ aibinnius (at an óenach),
LU 3225
(
SCC 1
).
niro
tairmesc a cluchi immi,
5008
(TBC).
nín tairmesc día
chluchiu,
1707
.
conid cles ┐ cluchi lim comrac fri óenfer,
8469
(
FB 32
).
nimda sátech dom cluchi béos,
4996
.
bīit trī
chōecaid macc and . . . oca cluithi,
TBC-I¹ 369
(oc cluchiu,
LU).
bāi C. . . . oc a cluichiu oc dul adochum in gillai,
Ériu
i 118 § 8
.
baei Conairi a ceithri cairpthig i lLifiu occa cluichiu,
BDD² 128
.
agtair cluicheda ┐ ferthair graifni ind oenaig,
LL 274a12
(
SG 416.3
).
radis in mac bec . . . ar co ndigsed
dá chluchi do chluchemaig na Emna,
TBC-LL¹ 878
.
maccáem
do thichtain in far cluchi can chur a faisma foraib,
908
.
cluche ban Lagen (at Óenach Carmain),
Metr. Dinds. iii
14.173
.
i Muig Ḟind, ┐ ba sead on tir cluichi Aengusa ┐
Midir,
Dinds. 79
. cluithe gl. iocus,
Ir. Gl. 518
. dena c.¤ re
do comais `play with',
TTebe 3781
.
ic imbirt cles ┐ cluithe
┐ iomána,
TBC St. 770
.
cluithchi fithli aga imirt acu,
ZCP
vi 44.17
.
cluiche .i. imteacht,
Lec. Gl. 288
(perh. a mistake
for imirt, Stokes). an tan is caeine an cluiti is and dlegur a
discur (prov.),
Grail 226
. éanlámh don ch.¤
`the only player
in the game',
Content. xvi 125
. breith an ch.¤
`winning card'
(Gloss.),
xiv 55
.
c.¤ .i. comhrac. cluithe .i. imirt no súgradh,
O'Cl.
óna huile chluichthibh díomháoine domhanda `playes',
RSClára f. 116b
. ag cur ch.¤
`whilst playing a game',
ALC
i 98.20
=
AFM ii 988.16
.
an cleasradh nó na cluicheadha nó
an caitheamh aimsire,
TSh. 4160
. bert chluichi a move in a
game:
tecascidsi beirt chluthi for a hathair and,
LB 275b21
.
beart cluiche ní dheachaidh dhe `never was any point in the
game lost by him',
O'Hara 1381
. Cf. batar ic imirt fichilli . . .
beirt diarbo cluchi for M. a move owing to which the game
went against M.,
Cog. 144.4
.
c.¤ caínte(ch)
funeral games
:
ara nderntais . . . / c.¤ caíntech
dia caíniod,
Metr. Dinds. iv 150.44
(
LL 27812
).
fo ch.¤ Charmain cháintech,
iii 24.304
.
dorónta c.¤ chointe dó,
TTr.²
1229
.
ro haghadh a cepoc ┐ a cluichi caintech,
RC xxiv
282 § 24
.
na Greic do commorad cluichi chaintig i n-onoir
. . . mic L.,
TTebe 2191
. Cf.
láiset gair chaíne . . . / . . . / ro
acht leo a cluchi cned,
LL 26277
.
mag (in) c(h)luichi
playing field
:
oc āine līathrōidi i maig
in cluithi,
TBC-I¹ 428
.
i maig cluithi,
477
.
With various defining genitives:
cluichi puill fognithi for
faichthi na Emna,
TBC-LL¹ 972
(
LL 8393
).
Téite . . . do dul
ann (i.e. to Tráig Théite) . . . do ch.¤ thuinde co ro báidhed
ann iat,
Acall. 3824
(`a wave-game i.e. surf-riding',
SG
ii 200
-
201
). cluichi disci . . . .i. cluichi méisi `the game of the
discus',
TTebe 2468
-
69
. c.¤ lúibe the name of some ball-game,
taken to be hurling
s.v. lúb q.v. and in
CF² Gloss
. but lúb
may refer to a hoop through which the ball was driven,
not to the club. Cf.
Celtica viii 150
.
beirid (-cuirethar) c.¤
(AR, DO = DI ?) wins the game against:
noco berad orm . . . / cluchi erail ar fidchill,
LU 3974
(
SCC 45
).
nobered C. cluithi na nona for Illand (of fidchell),
Anecd.
i 11.26
(
SCano 358
).
bean mé ar ar cuireadh c.¤
,
DDána
120.24
.
do beredh [Laog] gac[h] re ccloic[h]e do (for, v.l.) Coin
Culainn,
TBC St. 1622
.
Legal. col cluichi (colchluiche?)
foul play, breach of rules
of play
:
ataitt ceithre col cluithi la feinee (sic), uatha fri
hilar, ┐ cros diubrucad ┐ taithe tuilche, ┐ bundsach in airecht,
O'Curry 2376
(
Eg. 88, 29
). fiach fiancluiche . . . fiach cola cluichi
`fine for fair-play . . . fine for foul-play',
Laws iii 258.19
,
21
Comm.
fiach col cluithe,
O'Curry 2377
(
Eg. 88, 29
). Cf.
bad
c[h]ert do chluichiu frim,
TBC-I¹ 750
.
muindtir rig . . . ac
fromad a nirt is éric cola cluithi uaithib,
O'D. 1568
(
H 5.15,
p. 4
) (in the case of an injured animal). See fían-, medón-,
col-.
(b)
jest, sport
: a denam ar daigin c.¤
for sport,
Laws iii
250.14 Comm.
`tabraidh dantmír dó' or fer dubh docluiche
(leg. do ch.¤
in sport, by way of a jest),
ZCP i 464.z
(`evil-jesting',
Meyer). ?
c.¤ gu bás Bríain Banda / loisgthi as marbtha is
madmanda,
IGT Decl. ex. 1145
.
(c)
feats of strength, feats of arms
:
immacomarnaic dó ┐
don scál. Tresi cluchi ind athig,
LU 8538
(
FB 39
).
tiagam
far cluchi inn átha,
TBC-LL¹ 3763
.
ro thuairc cach a chéile
combó derg ind aband dib. Fortressiu iarum a chluchi in
Chonaill,
LL 13511
.
c.¤ ind ríg the name of some epidemic
:
cluichi an Rig a
nErinn uli . . . ┐ Risderd Sabais d'ec de,
Ann. Conn. 1361.6
.
c.¤ in righ do beith co tiugh isin bliadhain sin i n-Erinn,
AU ii 512.9
.
Cormac . . . do dhul d'eg do c.¤ in righ, Aedh . . .
don plaidh cetna,
540.5
. See
Ir. Hist. Stud. vi 178
.
As quasi-vn.
catt bec boí forsind lár oc cluchiu,
LU 1705
.
luid-seom . . . do chluchi frisna gillu isin léna,
Fing. R. 427
.
fecht . . . do P. ic cluithiu itir a comaistiu ludebat,
Lat. Lives 46.3
. ?
gabaidh C. for eiliugud Mic Coisi, ┐ a chluiche
(cluithe, MS.) ime,
ZCP viii 559.16
(? leg. ┐ ic c.¤
).
acc c.¤ ┐
acc fanamhatt impaibh,
AFM vi 2324.10
.
?
cluichi ar chaill,
LL 27427
(=
Clochar nGuill,
Metr. Dinds. iii 306.32
). sin an chéad lá do sgaoileadh / fuireann
d'ar saoithibh con a gcluithche `in the chase',
Oss. iv 22.6
.
Compd.
¤-mag
playing-field
:
adell C. laiss iarom a cluchemag,
LU 4981
.
laa dó . . . isin chluichimaig oc immáin,
Fing. R.
334
.
bui-sium ara clesaib cluithemuige co dered laei,
TMoméra 156.4
.