ind an exclamation or asseveration constantly
used by S. Patrick.
debroth,
Ardm. 6 b 1
.
Thes. ii 310. 26
.
Corm. s.v. mo d
.
Acall. 6648
.
MacCongl. 15. 16
;
83. 9
.
O'Don. Sup. s.v.
mo d.¤ de brot,
Corm. l.c.
(v.l.).
débródh,
Trip. 168. 14
.
débroth,
LB 27 b 3
.
MacCongl. 45. 18
;
61.
3
;
67. 3
.
debrod,
Ardm. 7 a 2
.
debro,
Trip. 56. 6
(H 3. 18).
debhroth,
BB 208 a 41
.
debródh,
Trip. 56. 6
. —
debrath,
Thes. ii 290. 11
(Sg).
H 3.18, 69 b
.
O'Mulc. 296
.
debhrath,
Todd Nenn. 182. 8
.
debrad,
Lism. L. 2246
.
LB 251
a 5
.
MacCarthy 436. 1
(BB).
Fen. 214. 17
. debhradh
AFM ii 652. 8
.
debra,
LL 193 b 51
(uncertain).
Rhymes with menman :
dorata Dia debradh dúin : are
rit ar menman mín,
ZCP vi 266 § 10
; with celebrad : co dered
domain debrad :
nocha bia gan celebrad,
Fen. 214. 17
;
with
delbda,
LL 193 b 51
. In Debide : debrod :
clod,
ACC
§ 52
.
By the grammarians explained in various ways.
(a)
usually explained as = Dia brátho
God of judgment
Thes.
ii 310. 26
.
Trip. 56. 6
(H 3. 18,
ACL iii 16 § 36
).
(b)
already by Cormac connected with the Welsh formula
min doiu braut `by God of the judgment' :
mo debroth
(v.l. luide mo de brot .i. mo dia brata) ol Patraic quod
Scotici dicunt corrupte. síc hoc dici debet .i. muin
doíu braut .i. muin didiu is meus. in díu is deus. in
braut is judex .i. meus deus judex
,
Corm. s.v. mo d
.
(c) as
a Hebrew word.
debrath ebraice. brath loquella. debrath
didiu délabrath,
O'Mulc. 296
.
(d)
debrath .i. brath indsce.
debrath didiu .i. deil a brath,
H 3.18, 69 b
.
(e) the explanation given in Colgan's
Trias Thaum. p. 53
and
59
is
due to misunderstanding of the passage in
Ardm. 7 a 2
(
Trip.
292. 26
).
(f) understood as
degbriathar,
Acall. 6648
(Franc. A 4 73 a
). See now Ériu lix 139-51
.
The rhymes with menman and celebrad (v. supra) do not
necessarily prove original short -e-. Débroth the doom of
God
would be an ordinary cpd. of dia and bráth (u- stem),
the latter passing into -broth in enclisis as scáth > scud
(foscud, d
sg.), gním > gnom. Mo d.¤
, dar mo d.¤
by the doom
that God will pass on me on the day of Judgment. It seems
the Irish equivalent of W. `min doiu braut,' not an adaptation of it. In `mo d.¤
,' debroth is probably the dative.
(a) mo debroth seems the oldest formula : `
cui irascens
Sanctus Patricius cum maledictione dixit : mudebrod male
fecisti. nusquam proficiat tibi ager in aeternum
,
Ardm. 7 a 2
.
et ait S. Patricius mudebroth quamuis laboraueritis nec
tamen proficiat
,
ib. 6 b 1
=
Trip. 289. 24
(transformed by
Trias Thaum. 53
into`modebroth quod interpretatur
quod non laboratis non proderit vobis
'). mo debroth ol P.,
Corm., v. supra.—With strengthening om :
mo debroth
um ar Patraic bidh Hí Raduib do tṡíl trét umalóit,
Acall.
6648
. —
atbiur mo debroth...noco fesser cid fil and noco
nérus,
MacCongl. 15. 16
(analogically after atbiursa mo
bréithir, &c.).
(b) dar mo debroth : asbert Patraic fris dar mo de
broth is tualaing Dia sen mad áil dó. genus iuramenti sen
la Patraic ac si diceret dar mo Dia bratha (which
Trias Thaum.
l.c. 4
transl. `per Deum meum Judicem sive judicii'),
Thes.
ii 310. 26
.
dar mo debrod,
ACC § 52
. darmo debródh
(
débroth,
LB 27 b 3
,
debro,
H 3.18
)
ol P. isind ulċ atá do
chumachta,
Trip. 56. 6
(H 3. 18 and LB add `.i. dar mo dia
bratha (mbr. LB),'
ACL iii 16 § 36
).—
dar mo debhrath
ar Luirich (son of Sarran) is calma form in peata...andas
in Coimdhe dia nadhair,
Todd Nenn. 182. 8
.—
dar mo debroth
i fiadnaise in dúileman ba maith lium co rísaind a dochum
in dúnaid sin,
MacCongl. 83. 9
.
darom débroth...ní bether
co bráth,
ib. 61. 3
.
(c)
dom debroth: dom débroth fullfi friss,
MacCongl.
45. 18
;
ib. 67. 3
.
(d) fom debroth:
bam débroth,
MacCongl. 57. 17
.
(e) a debroth: missi a debrad am fer sean (in verse)
YBL 108 b 19
(
Ériu iv 150. 19
).
(f) debroth alone, only in poetry:
debrath nom choimmdiu cóima,
Thes. ii 290. 11
(Editors' transl. is impossible;
d.¤
perhaps abs. dat. `when the judgment of God is being
passed,' i.e. on the day of Judgment, or an exclamation).
roláis díot Feardia na ndrong: debhradh is crúaidh do
choṁlann,
Mil na mB. 27 l. 398
.
muir nard nainbthech
seoch a tæb: debrad nocha rígda dúil,
Lism. L. 2246
.
co
dered domain debrad (: celebrad),
Fen. 214. 17
. rocráided
muintir Thomair: i niarthar domain debhradh by God's
doom the race of T. was destroyed in the western world
AFM
ii 652. 15 (A.D. 942).
Daminis debrad is tír,
BB 51 a 47
(
MacCarthy 436. 1
). dorata Dia debradh dún: are rit
(= frit) ar menman mín (g
s.)
ZCP vi 266 st 10
.