n ā, f. See O'Rahilly, Ériu xiii 159 f. In sense (a) ceard (ón duine), m. g s. cearda, IGT Decl. § 95 . In sense (b) cerd (ón cheird) f. g s. ceirde, § 39 ; ceird f. g s. ceirde, cearda, § 43 . Cf. also g s. na cearda , Laws v 104.19 Comm. in cearda , 106.1 Comm. . iii 192.8 Comm. in cherda , IT iii 60 § 120 (na cerda , v.l.). Also cerda(e): n s. cearda, Corp. Gen. 219.37 (cerd, v.l.). cerdda, Cymmr. xiv 130.9 . in cerdai , ZCP iii 222.10 (cerd, v.l.). d s. cerda, Laws v 114.18 . do cherdu , LL 25486 (: dú). ? d'órcheardai, Leb. Cert.² 2187 . Cf. n pl. cerdada, Bodl. Dinds. 3 .

(a) craftsman, artisan (most freq. of a gold- and silver-smith): cert qui idula aere faciebat gl. Alaxander (aerrarius), Wb. 30d21 . inna cerdae `of the potter', Ml. 18a12 . roth cruind forsa ndenat na cerda in lestrai, b4 . in sét arggait nád chombaig / in ch.¤ , Thes. ii 346.4 ( Hy. v 77 ). lasin cerddai (ceirdai, v.l.) gl. lasin ceird, 33 (79 Comm.). aided con na cerda inso la Coin Culaind, LU 4971 . Cauland cerdd, 4975 (TBC). ó Choin cherda Conchobair (i.e. Cú Chulaind), 3573 ( SCC 29 ). do Choin na Cerdda, LL 20187 . cerdda ┐ círmaire, LU 2217 . cuislennach, c.¤, gobha, Ériu xiii 23.2 . cerda . . . ┐ aes caca dana olcena, Laws v 90.20 ( cerda .i. imrid in t-or, 25 Comm. ). is diles in tor ┐ in tairget ┐ in tuma a cerdcha in goband ┐ noco diles i cerdcha in cerda, uair aithne indeithbir hé i cerdcha in gobann, ┐ nocon edh a cerdcha in cerda, iii 192.6 , 8 Comm. c.¤ gl. figulus, Ir. Gl. 508 . D. . . . gaba . . . ┐ ceard ┐ scribnid togaide . . . is he . . . daroine .ccc. clog ┐ .ccc. bacall ┐ .ccc. soscelai, Fél. cxxxi.x. mac na cerdda cosin céir, LL 18785 . I. ainm na cerda ro berb in n-ór, 2024 . cathbarr B. . . . c.¤ Ó. . . . dorigne, Airne F. 97 . dugnith dno C. c.¤ na semonn, RC xii 94 § 122 . do-ratsat in argat-sin for tír cherda potter's field, PH 3241 . mac cerdai nó fir fogní nách aicdi éicin di ór nó argad, FDG² 867 . leag a hoirthior na hInnia, / . . . / niamhthar le ceard gcineolta that is polished by a native craftsman, Aithd. D. 16.47 . céard copair, 2 Timothy iv 14 . ceard na críadh, Romans ix 21 . do chérd an óir, Mac Aingil 1139 . Fig. P. is ceard don chlúi-sin `P. who is the artificer of that fame', O'R. Poems 298 . lé cérduibh an chlaoinchreidimh (sc. the founders of Protestantism), Mac Aingil 4170 .

C.¤ na cruinne (na ndúl, etc.) God : c.¤ na cruinne, BNnÉ 196 § 22 . mo chobhair ar Cheird na ndúl!, Dánta Gr. 65.19 . ceard na n-uile, DDána 27a.16 .

Applied to poets: in c.¤ mac ūi Dulsaine, Corm. Y 1059 (p. 93.25; cf. 92.y). ni c.¤ gan bunadus tothachta, O'D. 2208 (Nero A vii, 144a). Cf. c.¤ cen tothacht .i. cin foghluim ndligi[d], O'Dav. 1568 .

In n. pr. m. Robartach mac Mic na Cerda, CS 164.20 . C.¤ m. Cerdda Bice, Corp. Gen. 219.27 .

(b) handicraft, art, skill, accomplishment, feat; hence occupation, office, way of life, practice, characteristic behaviour : mu menma céin im saincheirdd, Thes. ii 293.15 . cōrus a cherdæ (of a poet), Corm. Y 276 . tarchomlad cach óes dána . . . cor tasfen cách a ch.¤ fíad Patraic, LU 9773 . ar lín a ch.¤ he is so accomplished, 8316 (rhet.). asa cheird cumachtaig (.i. a cumachta a chleirchecta dognidsom sein, 740 ( ACC 42 ). indearbh cach i cceird aroile, Ériu xiii 20.16 . imdhínsiomh ceirte insult to one's art(?), 25.6 . fornesa ceard neicse donessa cerd niumuis, 56 § 32 (cf. O'Dav. 861 ). fristoing cerd cainti `he renounces the satirist's art', O'Dav. 872 . 869 . oca oileamhain hi cerdaibh clothamræ .i. āine, alaidhe ┐ erlabhra, etc., ZCP xiv 219.11 . fó mo ch.¤ láechdachta, LU 6169 (TBC). ac óenmummib daronsat ceird gnimrada gaile ┐ gascid, LL 10052 . aided Gríse co ceird chrúi `skilled in bloody arts', Metr. Dinds. iii 134.19 . ceird chrúi .i. ceird imdheargtha no ceird bhásaighthe, O'Cl. iarn[a] trascrad trienar c.¤-ne `by our craft', RC xii 90 § 109 . cach dan dognīat lāmhae is c.¤ dongairther, O'Mulc. 222 . rob ingnadh le cāch a ceird `their skill' (in music and dancing), Ériu iv 174 § 9 . mairg thréicios cléirchecht ar cheird / do cherdaib in domnáin deirg, SG 51.y . lucht na ceirde cedna (sc. building), Stair Erc. 1626 . gion gur cheárrd mná an nídh sin, Oss. iii 136.19 . seachnaidh cionta ón cheird do-ní `avoids faults by her manner of life', Magauran 1516 . nach roibhi . . . aenc.¤ rob annsa les nā fiadhach, ZCP vi 53.x . cusin ceird n-inglain n-eillnighthi ro herailedh forro .i. comrucc a lanamhnus fri aroile, Grail 3059 . an ceard do-roighne Ruaidhrí what R. has done, DDána 76.4 . ní ceard duit déanamh míoghaoil `it is not for Thee to be false to Thy kin-duty', Aithd. D. 71.31 . ceird ríoghna `a queen's part', A. Ó Dálaigh vii 6 . tús cerdi do Ch. i.e. C. was entitled to receive a poet's first composition after he had finished his schooling, LB 238cb56 . Concr.: cathaīr ingnathaig forsa raibi imarcaid sairsi ┐ c.¤ n-eladnach embellishment, Grail 1663 . Freq. of magical practices: no gniad druidechta ┐ certa commain, LU 9007 ( FB 75 , H). See commann for cerddib suíthe gentliucta, LL 1051 . ceird thosaigh .i. ceird dhraoidheachda, O'Cl. See toṡúgad.

Attrib. g s. fear cerda, ma fithír, ní ba raith feilmic mana biatha `a man of art, if a professor, cannot be surety for a pupil, unless he has fed him', Laws iv 236.15 . fer certa fri molad ┐ air, i 18.7 Comm. óes cherdd, Críth G. 281 . cléir aesa ceirdd, Trip.² 2382 (= praecones, 2385 ; dona druthaib, 2395 ) = cliar aesa dana, Lat. Lives 55.12 . don luchd céirde, Acts xix 24 . lucht ceirde na cathrach tradesmen, Fl. Earls 98.y .

? rop tānaisi triūin crepscuil / c.¤ promtha Petair apstail, Corm. Y 325 .

vn. of 2 do-goa (see Jn. Celt. Stud. i 150 ) díga m., g s. ¤ id., n p. ¤ id., and -adha, IGT Decl. § 2 . dígha f., g s. díghan, n p. díghain, § 6 .

(a) that which is not chosen, the worst, the refuse, the inferior part or share: indigu . . . .i. in ic a diultad co nach digu hí, Corm. Y 759 . diogha the worst, Eg. Gl. 247 . Followed by gen. (like rogu): bit filii dei a n-ainm, ní d.¤ anme són that is not a name to be rejected, Wb. 4d3 . fuaratar d.¤ (didu, BB) ndelba | dáig rostréic a tigerna their forms were changed for the worse, Metr. Dinds. iii 156 . d.¤ selga dūind ó fhiannaib Eirenn `the worst of (their) hunting' (i.e. their poor game land), Acall. 5475 . digu set the worst `sét', Laws iv 28 . diogha cerdi cerd gaite thieving is the worst of trades, SG 52 . ná len do dhiogha ceirde, O'Gr. Cat. 392 . díogha na ngeinteadh, Ezekiel vii 24 . Used absolutely: ní ba sás for sluaga, | riana bās bo dighu, Anecd. ii 31 . nírbu d.¤ a blat, Rawl. 83a51 . ar dāigin nā tecma digha don ecluis that the worst may not fall to the church, Laws iii 40 (Comm.), ib. 42 (dighu). ní bhia díogha dá rádh riú no mean theme will be theirs (of the poet's verses), A. Ó Dálaigh v 1 . an t-oileán-sa Ghaoidhil ghlais | ní díogha an rogha rugais the choice you made was not the worst, Book of O'Conor Don 346b34 . fa neimhdhíogha an c[h]uid c[h]rannchoir the lot (he drew) was a good one, Studies 1920, 98.6 . díogha dom ghrés doghéntaoi `it would ruin my artistry', 263.10 . do fhéd so a rogha do ríghadh | no no togha díghan díb, IGT Decl. ex. 263 . na foirne do shíol o shoin | roighne dhóibh (leg. dhíobh) ┐ dioghuin the best and the worst of them, ex. 278 . tabhair a rogha don bhodach ┐ béarfaidh sé díogha duit (prov.), GJ v 74 . In dialects and Sc. G. contracted to diu: is minic a thog fear rogha diu (prov.), many a time a man has chosen for the worse, Rel. Celt. i 158 . is doiligh rogha thabhairt a diu it is a sore thing to choose the worse, ib. lubhra . . . a's dathacha dubha d'á shlad le diu gach ainimh, GJ iii 54 . Also spelt díobhad: an daillinntleachtach . . . an t-easlán no díobhad na cloinne the refuse of their children, Donlevy 338 .

(b) not choosing; rejecting, spurning, rejection: aisnēidem rigu na Pers | cen digu ┐ cen dimeas, Lec. 77b45 . cen d.¤ cen dimicin, 78b15 . ferr a ndigo a ngradugud better to spurn them than to cherish them, LL 345a2 = a ndiuga, BB 64b9 = a ndingi, Tec. Corm. § 16.112 . díogha reachta is riaghla, Keat. Poems 1268 . do-ní an peacthach díogha don bheathaidh mharthanaigh ┐ rogha dona neithibh talmhaidhe rejects eternal life, TSh. 2045 .

ind diogha cerdi cerd gaite / siblech l.¤ luathbraide `sneaking perjured nimble thieving', SG 52.5 .

adj o, ā (sibal)

I fleet, swift-moving; unsteady, restless, wavering; mobile, travelled : romuid sruthmaidm siublach sechrānach forro (i.e. they were driven helter-skelter), ZCP xiii 238.14 . brúcht shoighnēin shiubhlaigh, ii 583.21 . torann srotha sédmhuir siubhlaigh sléibhe, Ériu v 182.341 . nirba siublach utmall amal retlanda ele, acht tanic co . . . cobsaid, LB 139a25 . diogha cerdi cerd gaite | siblech, luigdech luath-braide, SG 52.5 (`sneaking'). do bhi co s.¤ corrach, Aisl. Tond. 122.1 . na rub s.¤, sulradarcach, sodibrech sib i culaib in catha do not waver, MR 126.1 . re golfadaig na mbadhb s.¤ siangrānna, ML² 1715 . tar slēibhtib siblacha na senf[h]airgi, 689 . do-dhénamaois catha . . . dona gasánnuibh siubhlacha sanaise, Comp. CC 73.z . snámat i n-aghaid sroth siublach, Trip. ii 676.26 . iasgach earrchaidhe | Sionna siobhlaighe, BS 98.z . a seól-bhréidi siúbhlacha fluttering (?), Atlantis iv 168.7 . cocad . . . setrech sibhlach, Cog. 100.25 . troigh fa siobhlaighe ag cur cath | ar son ionghaire Ulltach `who was quick of foot to fight', Ir. Monthly 1927, 593 § 27 (= DDána 117 ). ar scibadh greg suaichnidh sibhlach `fleet steeds', Studies 1920, 417.3 . dod rosg naoidhe neimhshiobhlach `steady', TD 41.20 . peacadh siubhlach na sainnte restless, A. Ó Dálaigh xxxix 4 . cuarta sibhlecha `circuits of vast extent', O'Gr. Cat. 461.6 . loingsech lansiblach `a far-travelled exile', TTebe 4532 . bid cancer co siublach gortaidtach `mobile and painful', Rosa Angl. 174.3 . an siollaire geanamhail . . . | is siubhlach slightheach . . . sheinneas, Keat. Poems 282 .

II As subst. o, m. and ā, f. a fleet person or animal, a traveller : ruc búaid a siblachaib sréin | do réir mic Irgalaig áin `from fleet ones of the bridle', Metr. Dinds. ii 22.51 . ni saiched siblig dar sál `did not overtake the fugitive (viz. a woman) across the sea', iv 96.75 . siblech (glossing taistellach), Laws i 190.18 . bid e sin in s.¤ sēn `the prosperous traveller', Fen. 228.27 . nírsat siblech thige n-óil `be not a frequenter of the drinking-house', SG 107.21 .