n a.¤ .i. ga, O'Cl.

v (*to-air-mel-? -mill-?): rogha na selbach ara tairmillter of the owners on whom the destruction is wrought (whose property is injured), Laws iii 440 Comm. (`the owners of the suspected cattle', Plummer MS. notes). ni fuil ní . . . astas tuarasdal ag fir tairmilter and, O'Curry 2584 ( Eg. 88, 49 (50)c ). See tairmilt.

n gender doubtful. Possibly same word as 5 féth. Of craftsman's work, smoothness, finish, polish? Cf. faithche .i. fēth-chaí .i. conair iarna fēthughad .i. iarna rēidhiughadh, Corm. Y 628 . condenad a f.¤ ┐ a snass ┐ a slemnugud (of stakes of holly = to make them even ?) TBC-LL¹ 1410 (fethugud St). ní hécen f.¤ dar fudbu de, 158 (i.e. difficulties need not be glossed over; a proverb ?). G. [h]astas faciebat fri teora gressa ┐ ba feth in gres dédenach; dogníth ... L. soer [na crunda] fri teora snassa ┐ ba feth [feith, Sec. Battle of Moytura RC xii 94.1 ] in tsnas dédenach the last chip put the finish on them (?) Corm. Bodl. s.v. nescoit = Corm. Y 975 . ni rocindsead a feth nach a lighdhath [gús anocht], Anecd. ii 7 (of a bronze palisade = they could not give it the finishing polish and colour ?). (etym. of nemed :) nem-aodh la cerda ┐ goibniu, ar issed dobeir nemhtenchus doib in feith doberat tre aed [.i.] tre tine, O'Mulc. 830g . nem-mod la saoruib ... niamfeith, ar ised dobeir nemtenchas doib, ind feth doniat tre nēim, 830h (both exx. apparently mean that a craftsman's status is determined by the finish of his work. Cf. dlegar do cach feth i nemhedh, Irish Texts iv 21 § 22 ). fethgeir .i. dobheir feith ger ar in fige no fid gér dobeir feth ar in fighe, Laws i 152.13 Comm. (= it makes the wool even ?). Cf. feith .i. faebar, Lec. Gl. M 97 . See also 1 féth (f.¤ fithnaisi). Used as adj. = smooth, finished (?) ; superl.: fethim saire no fedem .i. onn `smoothest of work' (kenning on the ash-tree or letter o) Auraic. 5651 = foillem, Anecd. iii 44 ; text doubtful. Compds. ¤chrann: cona fet[h]crannaibh snasta slemnaigti `even ... shafts' (of arrows) CCath. 5462 .

¤snas: féthán féths[h]nais, MacCongl. 93.10 (see féthán and fithnais). Cf. also: go bfiodhbhacaibh féthshnoightibh smoothed or polished bows Hugh Roe 72.8 (f. 19a) .

n o, n. (teine). Earlier tenlach. d s. tenlug, LU 1483 . telluch, MU 6.6 . tellugh, Ériu i 214.z . n p. tellaige. tellaig, Laws iii 400.1 . Trip.² 2571 . telchai, 2546 . IGT Decl. § 55.

(a) hearth, fireplace: tenlach .i. tene-lighe, Corm. Y 1209 (= tenlaeg, Corm. 42 ). `teanlach' teine go fíor, Metr. Gl. 20 § 64 . hic focus tellach, Ir. Gl. 511 . Cf. haec trabecula taebhán tellaigh no comladh, 71 . ro glan ... a téllach, Trip.² 178 . isin tenlach, 179 . itir ... tenlach ┐ céim, Cáin Ad. 41 . secht tellaige, Sc.M² 2.1 . blai tene t.¤ no aithine `fire on the hearth,' Laws iii 264.1 , .i. slan don ti astas in teine a t.¤ in tighe thall, 2 Comm. na seagar im t.¤ mboaireach ach tri haidche bede cora la thuath `nothing is sought of the hearth of the bo-aire ,' v 438.23 . Cf. esgal nó tenlach .i. census quod tollitur gl. tolletum tollitanus (leg. Toletum Toletanus, Edd.) hearthmoney (?), Sg. 36b4 . bid fas a tellaigi, Fen. 158.4 . is é in tipra na telluch thechtaide é na fétaither d'athgúd na d'eligud, ua ríg h-Erend frozen hard as a hearthstone (? i.e. firm and immovable, see técht, 2 téchtaide), MU 6.6 . ar thindib ... taidlecha tellaig, MR 238.8 . Creidni cerd do ghebhedh neimthenchus | triasan criaidh teallaigh `who used to get privilege through the clay of the hearth,' Leb. Gab.(i) 160 n. 2 (cf. Corm. 32 nescóit). i dteallach toile an fhíréin, TSh. 9608.

(b) household, family (cf. teglach): dolotar fir Mumun ... ┐ imroíset a telchai inna n[d]egaid, Trip.² 2546 , `their households fared after them,' Trip. 215 . teallach fēile Ūi Echach, Sitzungsb. Pr. Akad. 1919 v 92 § 1 . tellaigh imda do niter ... re tecmaisin sain claindi re saine nathar, Laws iii 400.1 . a ic do gach teallach is neasa do, iii 68.24 Comm. trí tellaige tra cenéle Binnig Glinni, ZCP viii 297.15 . a dá tháisech tellaig, SG 93.17 . go mbi an cholann 'na chealg-námhaid chinn teallaigh aige, TSh. 7530 . ? To this: t.¤ Temra `the manor (? household) of Tara ,' Ériu iv 124 ff. (see n. p. 165 ). scél tellaig Temra, Metr. Dinds. iii 20.249 . ag cosnum theallaigh Themhrach, ALC i 474.6 .

(c) family, sept (often equated with cenél, treb, 1 túath): iar trebaib iar tellaigib, Metr. Dinds. iii 16.194 . T.¤ nGormgaili ┐ T.¤ Connucan ┐ T.¤ Maeilciarain, Fen. 384.24 . do bhí | gach teallach ard fa uirrí, IGT Decl. ex. 442 . sa timsaighid craebh-fhoghla ... caibniusa tuath ┐ teallach, MR 98.15 . anmanna na tuath ┐ na t.¤ , Stair Erc. 137.

(d) Various: i ngoirmtheallach mac Míleadh country , DDána 90.4 . do dhearg [sé] teallach troighigh `do loisg obair ár slánuighthe Críost mar bheadh teallach,' 40.17 . do bhídís trí teallaighe oile i dTeamhraigh, mar atá Carcair na nGiall ... Réalta na bhFileadh ... Grianán na nInghean ... residences (?), Keat. iii 553 . gach teallach doniter o losgad `a firing by horn or cup (?)' (Gloss.), Irish Texts v 5.19 . cnu do chur a cul in cinn mailli re teallach do denam roimpi ┐ urbruith do dhenam dho do ruib go gnathach, 28 .

n [u, m.] tosd tasd sosd sasd, IGT Decl. § 95.

(a) silence: tast .i. tae-astas he, Corm. Y 1254 . apair rim cia t.¤ itáe, LL 209a21 . cia tast itir a-tái, PH 8124 . cia tast ata for do chride, 8132 . ní ró cosg ar an gcroidhe | ní nó as tosd da theachtoire, Aithd. D. 10.13 .

(b) rest: gabsad t.¤ nomaide for muir Caisp, BB 19a25 . ní sámh lé a t.¤ no a tiomáin, Aithd. D. 91.4 .

(c) In phr. i t.¤

(i) silent: is ferr ... dinnisin inde beith hi tast, LU 2486 . ní raibe freacra accosom, acht bith ina t.¤ bic, RC ix 462.17 . a-tá n-a thosd ar tí ar meallta, DDána 30.18 . a measg biodhbhadh tarla a ttosd, IGT Decl. ex. 1702 . bi i t.¤ , TFrag. 18.2 . bidh hi t.¤ , RC xiii 6.16 . bid bar tast, a oco, TTebe 1734 . bí t.¤ (for bí it t.¤): bi t.¤ a Cháilti, RC vii 300.153 . bí t.¤ na tacair do scél, TBC-LL¹ 3202 . bi t.¤ dín a gillai, TBC-LL¹ 3255.

(ii) quiet, at rest: atát inna t.¤ ... sech ni thecat ille ni thiagat innond, LU 1874 . ni nglúased in sruth sain acht no thairissed ina th.¤ , 1919 . guitter ónt slóg forru bith na t.¤ , TBC-I¹ 1426 . leicid in noi ina t.¤ cen imrum, RC ix 462.11 . benaid an t-iarand asan crand ... go mbeith an tsesrech ina t.¤ , BCC 62.33 . oirisidh in cu ina t.¤ fochetoir, Aen. 1358 . is demin ... cid n-ar t.¤ bemni dogentar in táin út, TFerbe 133 . cid cach no beith na t.¤ ni he no biad, Cog. 60.3 .