n cruith .i. c.¤ nō glic . . . ut est . . . in adberaind frit a rūin / frim odrubairt c.¤ co cruith , Corm. Y 386 . See colg.

n Also calg. ā, f. (a d s. cailg). Later o, m. colg calg (clog clag, v.l.) m., IGT Decl. § 69 . cailg f., § 14 . Verbs § 76 .

(a) anything pointed, piercing instrument : c.¤ sleighe spear-point , DDána 119.11 . Sinand na bferg bfuar / do treghd cuan a clag its point has pierced the harbour(?), Caithr. Thoirdh. 18.18 (`his sword reached many a [supposed] place of safety'). ? c.¤ tuinne re tir, 18.24 (`the wave's impact on the shore').

(b) sword, prob. small sword, rapier: `colgg' ┐ `dubcenn' duo nomina gladii sunt isin tṡengoedeilg, RC xx 276.1 (ACC Comm.). `gen' ┐ `c.¤' . . . / dhá ṡenainm cloidhimh curadh, Metr. Gl. 15 § 36 . faccaib a chailg inna comair. Dosbert si do chlam, Vita Br. 13 . colc oc mo choilcse, LU 333 (ACC Comm.) (.i. claideb, M). cethora calgu (a p.), LL 392d34 . c.¤ (.i. claideb), 36087 ( LU 9672 ). mosdísem calga de Galión gáir, LU 5424 (TBC rhet.). L. . . . / imbert choilgg for C., ZCP viii 118 § 29 ( Rawl. 88b19 ). ōenchalga clū `the fame of the unique blade', Jn. Celt. Stud. i 86.25 ( YBL 125b33 ). calcc i laim cechtar hai, O'Curry 887 ( H 3.18, 396ab ). amal ch.¤ `like a rapier', IT iii 199 § 59 . cona sciathaib cona ṅgaib / cona calcaib, LL 4949 . scél fo chulgc a bloody affair(?), 30088 ( Metr. Dinds. iii 404.14 ). calgg dart bragit or L. (a threat), 37217 ( RC xiii 446 § 30 ). ra gabsatar (sc. Cú Chulainn and Fer Diad) dá sciath . . . ┐ a n-ocht cuilg ṅdét, TBC-LL¹ 3557 . re dathadh c.¤ , DDána 79.24 (`reddening of swords', Ir. Monthly 1921, 246 ). c.¤ .i. cloidheamh, O'Cl. breitheamh ciuil is cúrsa is cuilg `judge of coursing, music, fencing', Ó Bruad. ii 180.ix . ? senóir cuilg cairt an Bhúrcaigh, Ériu viii 93.301 . Fig. lé c.¤ nó lé cloidheamh an chraois, TSh. 2465 .

(c) sting; stab, thrust; act of piercing, stabbing (in these meanings always cailg): cia adbela [in bech] dia facbail a chailce from leaving his sting behind, O'Curry 890 ( H 3.18, 397b ). a ninadh na cailgi . . . dá mbe an cailg a nairteri (of a snake bite), O'Gr. Cat. 213.19 . tre chailg (: mairg) an gha, DDána 39.34 . i gcailg chagaidh, 73.18 . do-niad cailg abhla na haithne, 31.7 . Fig. ag cailg riaghla mic Alphroinn i.e. undermining the faith, Celtica i 150 § 41 . ro ghabhsat accá ccailcc ┐ . . . accá ttolladh, AFM vi 1970.8 . cailg a sting, Eg. Gl. 173 . cailg an bháis, 1 Corinth. xv 56 . ag soin uaim mo cheisd gan chailg (: mairg) without a quip(?), Content. xxvii 18 . Of satire: a Chiaran cailg carai / rob mairg mas do m'aerad, BB 299b24 . gnúis charthonach gan chailg n-aor `never stung by satire', Studies 1921, 589 § 8 . ? ag so cailg na fine ó bhfuil / file gach aird dá fhéachain the bane of his people, DDána 102.36 .

(d) awn of barley, wheat etc.: gran . . . ┐ he lom .i. cin c.¤ , Laws iv 94.17 Comm. ? itir chimedha culg .i. in cimidh so is ann bís itir c.¤ ┐ caithlech .i. itir c.¤ a cimidhecht .i. ag foghnamh, O'D. 845 ( H 3.17, 602 ). cnet do chulg (caused by healing of wound over an ear of barley), Corp. Gen. 405.5 . cruithneacht . . . / ar bhfás a cuilg 's a cunnuill, Aithd. D. 94.29 . m'uan beag cáidh . . . / . . . gan cháith gan chailg gan cheó (of one who had died young and innocent), Hackett xii 16 . By extension: do mhaol c.¤ bhar ndaghbhrat ndearg `rough nap', Magauran 370 . ar mhalaigh as chamdhubh gcuilg `curling dark crest', 996 . Cf. `c.¤ the coarse fibres of flax', Duan. F. Gloss .

(e) Fig. fury, rage : ticc an peist neimhi . . . go ccolcc mór fuirri, BNnÉ 5 § 14 . maircc thuilles om cléir a ccailcc (chailg, v.l.), 286 § 273 (`hostility'). d'fhreagair Gobhann mo ch.¤ , Oss. vi 112.17 . calg ionTaidhg air `furious as T. used to be', Ériu xvi 134 § 39 . ní léir c.¤ mar a ch.¤ soin (of a lion), Aithd. D. 16.22 .

Note also: cruith .i. cailg nō glic nō crōdae, ut est: ... frim odrubairt (imatrubhairt, v.l.) cailg co cruith , Corm. Y 386 .

Compds. With nouns. caismerta na ccolccbuidhen `the armed troops', AFM vi 1882.9 . For colg-dét see 1 dét. in claidem ina coilgdírgi `blade-straightness', CCath. 5252 . ar colg-deis do claidim pointed blade, MR 160.15 . ar colgdiasaibh cloidhemh, LL 409a22 . colglonga `martial warships', Caithr. CC 45.1 . ¤ṡnám(?): leth eo cednama, no eo colgnama: "eo colgnama, cach na cel", Laws v 40.24 Comm.

With adjj. calgard .i. díreach. ard amhail cholg .i. amhail chloidhim, O'Cl. fertsi crúadi colgdírgi, LU 8596 ( FB 45 ). Adv. co coilgdhirech, ZCP vi 279.z . cath-beim colg-duaibsech claidim, MR 116.22 . in carpat . . . go creit . . . chlessaird cholgḟata, TBC-LL¹ 3376 . in colglaemdha Ceallachan `C. of the flashing sword', Caithr. CC 2.27 . co cródha cailccneimhneach (adv.), AFM vi 1956.23 . do cloidmib cruadgera colgriigní (sic), BB 431b11 . fir cholgshnasda, DDána 87.9 . With Part. ¤ṡnaitte: .l. claideb colgnaiti with engraved blades, LL 7282 .

adj io, iā (1 crú) bloody, cruel, fierce; later valiant, brave. Of persons: in ri croda sa . . . .i. Loígaire, Trip.² 325 . tri croda Life Lagen (subst.), LL 7139 . crōdai curaid, Sc.M² 21k . ? M. fa crógda, BB 61b14 . drenn gach crodha (subst.), Ériu xiii 19.20 cited s.v. crodha .i. beodha, O'Dav. 386 . crodha .i. calma, 454 . cródha, beódha, Eg. Gl. 3 . crodha, curata, 126 . ? ni crodhaidhi (leg. cróda-de?) in ri marbus na dibergaid, YBL 168a11 .

Other applications: nip cróda a acnam, ZCP xi 84 § 36 . fuil cridhe crōdhai, ACL iii 295 § 25 . crodha a ṅgnima, Anecd. i 55.z . crech croda, ZCP iii 24.8 . ó'n Chruachain chróda, CRR 19 . d'uaisliuccadh a cceall ccrodha, BNnÉ 250.y . comram croda bloody, LL 12606 . toraigechd croda, Ann. Conn. 1340.4 . badb . . . croda, Cog. 174.7 , an cóigeadh cródha C., DDána 105.28 . in Chroda Chormaic (subst. of a shield), LL 12513 .

Of colour crimson, red : crodha (cróderg, v.l.) a dhath in eoin `vivid', RC xiv 48 § 56 . Findbennach . . . / croda crochda, LL 33025 . colba do lepthaib cróda, LU 3686 ( SCC 33 ). cruithnecht .i. cruith cech crodae (MS.) nō cech nderg, Corm. Y § 247 .

In chevilles: crodu (?) lir, SR 75 . croda gair, 4141 . croda cacht, 4155 .

Compar. cróda scélaib ` cruellest ', ZCP iii 42 § 9 . crodha cen aireg (emended to cródu cech airiuch), Blathm. 20 . G. garg, crodu cech nia, SR 5283 . tighearna . . . ro ba crodha comhairle inás `firmer', AFM vi 2236.14 . As superl.: ciniud is croda is [in] doman, Cog. 130.6 . Adv. fordingit a tuatha co croda ┐ co corata, PH 4303 . go crōdha = couragiously , RSClára 143a .

n c.¤ .i. cailg no glic nō crōdae ut est . . . frim odrubairt cailg co c.¤ , Corm. Y 386 . c.¤ cech cro(c)dae (in etymol. gloss on cruithnecht), 247 . Cf. cruth .i. corcra, Lec. Gl. 91 .

n ā, f. (1 cruth + necht, O'Brien, ZCP xiv 319 ) cruithneachd f., IGT Decl. § 26 . a s. cruinneachda, Mac Aingil 6986 . wheat: hoc frumentum, c.¤ , Ir. Gl. 778 . grainne cruithnechte . . . diass cruithnechte gl. unicuique seminum corpus, Wb. 13c24 . recht frecoir chéill cruithnechtae gl. `frumentaria' lex de frumento, Sg. 35a11 (see n.). bandea cruithnechta gl. Ceres, 66b24 . da grainne cruitnechta, Bretha 5 . fri himethain[e] cruithneachta, ZCP xxx 126. 50 = O'Mulc. 856 . tiagait . . . isna cruithnechta, Ériu ii 194 § 4 . c.¤ .i. cruith cech cro(c)dae, Corm. Y 247 . meic cruithnechta rigne (in mock genealogy), MacCongl. 33.28 . cís cruthnechta, TTr.² 738 . seagal is coirci is cruithneacht, IGT Decl. ex. 1064 . ac suidigud na mbairgen . . . cruithnechta, TTebe 467 . min cruithnechtai wheaten flour, Laws ii 150.4 Comm. liaig mini cruthnecta, LL 29009 . plúr cruinthneachta, Párl. na mB. 2631 . Transfd.: corbam cruithnecht it' it[h]lainn (i.e. may we be among the chosen), Ériu iii 31 § 24 . corbat cruthnecht chæm corbat craeb co fín (of person), LL 18545 . cruithneacht na mbarr (of hair), DDána 84.42 . crui[th]neachda chreidimh (a s.), Mac Aingil 5003 . In B. na f.: etar cruithneacht (.i. mēdugh[udh]), ZCP v 487 § 11 .

v g (1 cruth). Later also cruith-.

(a) creates, shapes, forms, produces : duslaid .i. cruthaigedar gl. massam . . . plasmantis, Ml. 140b5 . itir dóini ┐ idlu cruthaigter foacosmailius, 138c1 . roċruthaigsemmar camaiph . . . oen cháractar `formed', Sg. 9a22 . im cach nadbur na ro cuindrigther, no na ro cruthaigther `shaped into form', Laws i 184.19 . is tomtiu and co cruthaigfea in Comdiu . . . curpu dind adbur, LU 2594 . Día in cara rom cruthaige, 1330 . ra cruthaiged comairle occu `they held counsel', TBC-LL² 587 . 589 . is é do chruthaigh gort a's féar, Oss. iv 218 . dar an righ ro-d-chruith, Celt. Rev. x 133.32 . da gcruthaightear fan imlinn iad (of growth or abscess), 23 K 42, 202.13 .

(b) proves, establishes : cia cruthaigther in aithgin so do bith ac duine `though it is established', Laws iii 530.y Comm. ar dhá modh chruitheocham sin, O'Gr. Cat. 39.10 . mar a gcruitheocham 'san chéad chaibidil, Eochairsg. 13.30 . indearbh, cruthaigh = prove , Eg. Gl. 413 . cruthaidh orm nach bhfuil corp ┐ fuil Chriosd prove to (against) me, Luc. Fid. 4189 .

Vn. cruthugud. Part. cruthaigthe. Cf. cruthaid.

v only in Mod.Ir. (sciobaidh). Perh. a development of scibaid or scibid, q.v. See also Bidrag 18 - 20 . snatches, sweeps away : gur sciobadh na miasa . . . a lámhaibh an luchta do bhí ag a bhfreastal, Keat. iii 1011 . ionnus gurab ionann sgiobas dá sgríb an naoidhin ┐ an leanbh ┐ an macaomh (i.e. death), TSh. 7630 . do a cruith do sciub a ceol sa greann `hath snatched away from it its beauty, music, joy', Ó Bruad. ii 152.2 . sciubaid a ghnaoi sa ghrianluisne, 170.22 . sgiobas leis ar feadh seacht míle é, ITS i 36.6 . ? as borb an bhiataisi | do sgiub sgeó an sgála so, PCT 670 .

Vn. ar scibadh greg . . . | gluaisit gusin ngallchath, Studies 1920, 417.3 . ar scibadh a lúirech, 11 (see note p. 419 ). Associated in sense with scúabad: maille ré sgiobadh ┐ ré sguabadh do dhéanamh ar an árus roimhe, TSh. 8764 .