n
n, f. Mid.Ir. form of rétglu; during the Mid.
Ir. period varies in form and inflexion, different forms
being used contemporaneously (oft. in same text): (a) rétlu
(rétla) g
s. -nn, d
s. -inn; (b) from the d
s. stem a spurious g
s.
rétlainne is formed; (c) rélta n-stem, due to metath.; occas.
rélla; (d) in early Mod.Ir. n
s. rélt (réalt) is found. rélta
réalda (rélla v.l.) f. (g
s. -n(n), -inne; n
p. -in(n), -n(n)a),
IGT
Dec. § 121
. d
s.
réllaind,
ex. 1889
.
réllain,
1893
. g
p.
réldand,
1894
.
A star
: retla .i. raed glē
a bright thing
,
Lec. Gl. 144
.
ruthen
amal rétlaind,
FA 10
= amail rédlaind, LB.
rí ro ruithnig
rétlaind ráin | riasna druidib,
SR 7537
(the form rétglu is
used
1054
,
5274
).
retla thaitnemach,
Aen. 601
(but
relta,
604
).
in redlu resna draide,
PH 7067
.
i tóraind inna rédlainde,
7049
. an rélta a túaidh
the polar star
,
Maund. 155
(cf.
ar an réltain o thuaidh,
Mac Aingil 61.1
; fios airde réaltann
an taoibhe thuaidh `of the north star',
Keat. ii 177
).
le treoir
na réltainne,
Maund. 136
. ré ós réalluinn `the moon above
stars',
TD 25.13
(d
s. for d
p.).
rédlu do arthrucch hi secht
calainn Mai,
AFM ii 890.4
(archaism).
rélla iongnáth,
v 1700.9
.
réalt i raonaibh aedhreamhla,
Keat. Poems 70
.
réulta mór,
Revel. viii 10
.
ar bḟaicsin an rélta,
Matthew ii 10
. ? Of a shiny object; jewel
:
téid fān réaltain san mBūill mbuig 'he entered the Búill on account of the jewel',
Celtica xxvi 99 § 18
.
pl.
renda nime ┐ redlanda,
FA 30
LB (
IT i 191.24
).
fri
etrochta rétland,
FA 16
LU = redland, LB.
rimfeith rind
nime . . . .i. no airmebad retlanna nime,
LU 868
(
ACC 64
Comm.
).
in ḟirmimint cona frossaib rétland,
TBC-LL¹ 5975
.
go
n-airiomthior . . . rettlanda nimhe,
Cog. 42.3
.
frais . . . da
reatlannaib,
178.21
.
dorigni esca ┐ reltanda ┐ renda nime,
BB 15a31
.
mar bhíd réaltana um ré lán,
TD 28.27
(but n
p.
réaltoin,
4.44
).
tuitfid na réltanna do neamh,
Matthew xxiv 29
.
re reultaibh dearg-óir (of spangles),
Oss. iv 236.11
. airemh
reltan (a hopeless attempt),
Irish Texts ii 103 § 53
. r.¤ mongach
`a hairy star', comet
:
ind retlu mongach,
AU 1018
.
CCath.
832
.
LL 26a15
.
fan réaltoin móir mongaigh,
TD 4.23
.
Fig. of persons (common in relig. lit. and poetry): retlu
[Ruis?] Bruicc
(of St. Moling),
LL 305b29
. in retlu solusta (of
a cleric),
AU ii 174.9
. rédlu ruirt[h]ech (of a saint),
LB 101b
=
rétlu,
AFM i 512 (a. 868)
, cf.
Bruchst. § 106
.
in redlu thaitnemach Georgi,
PH 1123
. réadla eoil na hóghachta `guiding
star' (of the Virgin),
A. Ó Dálaigh x 2
.
réalta shluaigh
Shligigh,
TD 17.60
, cf.
ib. 46
and
2.22
(réalla).
dá réaltuinn
iuil an einigh,
Keat. Poems 1079
.
o aimsir bhar n-uasalbrathar .i. na retlainne rigshoillsi,
MR 126.14
. Of a mansion
or fortress:
réalta cloiche . . . ós linn Locha na nEigeas,
Ériu
v 60.113
. Retla na filed (name of a building in Tara),
FDG
2.27
=
MR, 6.9
.
Réalta na bhFileadh, mar a mbídis breitheamhain ┐ filidhe Éireann re cumadh cánach,
Keat. iii 555
.
Compds.: meic ríogh na réaltoinn-chneas `glistening skins',
TD 26.7
. rosg réaltunn-tais `star-soft eye',
14.3
.