adj
o, ā. Later also bailc i.
I
stout, strong, sturdy, firm,
vigorous, powerful: b.¤ .i. calma no trom, ut est ailidh sidhe
aurarsan a cét direch balca (leg. b.¤, ed.) in maic .i. is calma
no is trom a inne (sic leg.) in maic ima ndergither é .i. in
t-étach. Nó taidlis bo slicht (compd. ?) b.¤ (used adverbially ?)
.i. tadall erca isna búaib go calma,
O'Dav. 277.
bailc .i. mor no calma no tren . . . ciaptar bailc a mbresa,
255
.
Cf.
Fél. Prol. 74.
b.¤ graece balanin
.i. grande
,
O'Mulc. 119.
bailc .i. calma,
Stowe Gl. 239.
b.¤ .i. calma,
Lec. Gl. 184.
b.¤ .i. trén, neartmhar, no mór,
O'Cl.
Benedicht, b.¤ áge,
Fél.
July 11
. tescmart brait bhailc co mbuaidh (brait b.¤
, ed.)
`he has saved a prey with stout victory',
Blathm. 137.
Indrechtach . . . / . . ., bailc baind,
Ält. Ir. Dicht. ii 25 (a)
.
co brāth mbairnech mb.¤
,
Bruchst. i 55 § 123.
is bēsad na
cleithe, is b.¤ oc lār, is caol oc clēit[h]e,
Corm. Y 275.
fer
tailc tuillethan, isé bailc brádorcha,
MU² 642.
buidhne bailci
beoda,
CCath. 5367.
ba balcc bríge,
MacCongl. 69.13
.
ben b.¤
,
BS 70.z
.
b.¤ Belltaine / do bheir bláth sugh a sughdhosaib,
IGT Decl. ex. 342.
Compar.
co mbuidin ba balcu,
Fél. Jan. 4
(balcdu, balccu,
v.ll.).
bailci,
TTebe 394
.
II As subst.
strength, firmness, vigour:
gabsai format, fí fo
bailc,
ZCP xi 108 § 2.
buan in b.¤
,
CRR 57.
Compds. With nouns: conid mind cach maige / balccbuile
(sic leg. ?) na mbard the strong one of whom the poets sing (?),
IT iii 57 § 108.
tri balcbemmenda Bodba,
TBC-LL¹ 5984.
Balcbend gilla A.,
LL 25078.
Nabál . . . / balcbethraid os
betha blá,
SR 6291.
ras gabastar chuci ar a balcbolgán by
its stout middle (of a standard),
LL 31773
(
TTr. 962
).
cotlud
nā longad nī sām lam balcbrain,
TBC-I¹ 1215
(rhet.).
balcbriathra Bodba,
TBC-LL¹ 6056.
fiora betha co mbalcbrigh
`with strong might',
Blathm. 76.
sorcha in balcbuaid,
Snedg. u. Mac R § 31
.
bongos fidh a balcfremaibh,
Blathm.
229.
ba balc-gent co mbeó-gletin,
Metr. Dinds. iv 188.24
.
fót co mbalcraind,
Metr. Dinds. ii 20.39
.
buidnib balcthoir
(: altóir),
SR 6882.
asa mbruintis balcct[h]onna,
ACL iii
218 § 6.
With adjj.:
athair Bile bailc-dremhain,
Leb. Gab.(i) 218.24
.
ailen . . . balclan do cairibh,
Stair Erc. 227.
As subst. the
full:
balclan gelglaici C. i tacmaisi crainn gac[h]a craisigi
dibh,
CCath. 5307.
dias . . . it é damdabcha balcremrai,
BDD² 1214.
ben balc-thorrach,
Metr. Dinds. iv 126.36
.
buidni balcthruim,
LU 10882
(rhet.).
With adjj. derived from nouns:
ech . . . balcceimnech
balcbéimnech,
LU 8667
(
FB 50
).
Balar Balcbemneach,
Cóir Anm. 289.
tricha bliadan balcbuidnech (sic leg.),
MacCarthy
204 § 4
.
a balcbullig Brég,
LU 8110
(
FB 8
). [in tarbān] . . . /
bailcerblach adircech `strong-tailed',
Ériu vii 6.2
.