1 delb
Cite this: eDIL s.v. 1 delb or dil.ie/15324
Forms:
delb, dealbh, deilb, delb, delbe, delbae, delba, dealbha, deilbe, delbi, deilbh, deilb, delb, dealbh, delba, delbae, delba, ndelbu, ndelbu, ṅdelbæ
n
ā, f., later also o and u, m. n
s.
delb,
Wb. 1b19
,
24a8
.
BDD § 99
.
dealbh,
IGT Decl. §§ 38
,
39
,
192
(
deilbh,
§ 42
).
a
s.
deilb,
Ml. 52
,
PH 2499
.
delb,
57
,
180
.
FA 10(LU).
g
s.
delbe,
Wb. 1b19
.
delbae,
Ml. 65c16
.
delba,
LL 213a28
.
dealbha,
IGT Decl. ex. 1029
.
deilbe,
Acall. 7039
.
delbi,
PH 440
.
deilbh,
IGT Decl. ex. 1032
. d
s.
deilb,
Wb. 22b8
.
delb,
Aen. 293
.
dealbh,
IGT Decl. ex. 988
. n
p.
delba,
TBC-LL¹
1370
. delbae (delbæ, MS.),
Sg. 166a1
. a
p.
delba,
Ml. 65c16
.
Cf.
co ndelbu
,
FA 8
(LB).
fria ndelbu (: derbu),
SR 8084
.
Gramm. oct ṅdelbæ
(sic) gl. formae octo,
Sg. 166a1
.
(a)
form, figure, appearance, shape:
fúath et d.¤ a baissom
form,
Wb. 24a8
.
co mbiam i ndeilb ísu,
27b13
.
fo deilb
natrach,
FA 25
.
is adbar ríg ar deilb,
Sc.M² 14
.
isat cara iar
ndreich ┐ deilb, cen cop ed iar fhír,
PH 3099
. dobered criaid
ṁbuidi moa bullu do chlith a delba to disguise himself,
Rawl.
141a17
.
go ndearna . . . an dúnsa ar dheilbh cláoin-Teamhrach,
Ridgeway Essays 338
. cibé dianid sháil d.¤ do gabail de
sech amal ata quisquis se uideri uult quod non est,
PH 6052
.
neach no biadh ic a forcsi, ni gebad d.¤ eli dib acht would have
imagined . . .,
CCath. 782
. cuma no suidigud na hymhaighi
do réir na deilbhi bís a menmuin an tshaeir `according to the
form existing in the artificer's conception,'
O'Gr. Cat. 235
.
(b)
likeness, image, statue: in deilb gl. statuam,
Ml. 132c2
.
cuirid ass deilb Mairt ┐ brissid hi,
PH 2499
.
ro crochsam
th'imágin ┐ do d.¤
,
180
.
[sciath] go ndeilbh leomain ara
taoibh,
Caithr. 116
.
ni denta delbha na rinnighecht forra,
CCath. 1910
.
an t-anam do thabhairt don tí 'sa dhealbh atá
ann,
TSh. 1354
.
As vn.
shaping, fashioning, arranging, composing:
scél
brégi do dheilb,
PH 7610
.
ní neamhchóir duana do dheilbh,
IGT Decl. ex. 1312
. deilbh oige ní hobair dhuit the making of
poetry,
Content. xxii 29
. do dheilbh síodha fris to arrange a
peace with him,
Hugh Roe 56
. Cf.
deilbh (an tsídha),
IGT
Decl. § 42
.
Compds.
¤chomartha,
MR 114
.
¤chomarthach,
120
.
¤chosmailigid
resembles in form:
na neiche suaichinte . . . ris ar
delb-cosmailigiustar D.,
118
.
¤dathach,
IT iii 41
.
¤glan: Dia
d.,
Leb. Gab.(i) 66
.
¤glaine:
re sluagh nDe co ndealbhgloine,
Lib. Flav. ii 32va39
.
¤naíde
bright-faced:
i comeagar dreiche
d. Domnaill,
MR 118
.
¤rosc
precept: firtar la Maram athclud co n-edaid aru Rig delbroscc 'it is confirmed by "the Mariner" that he had found a reversal of the precept of their King'
Peritia iii 449.10
.
¤ṡnuigthe
wrought with images:
do
bhocóidibh . . . dealbh-snuighte,
ML 128
.