n
n, f.
IGT Decl. § 5
.
beak, mouth, jaw : don gulbain
(gl. rostro),
Gild. Lor. 106
.
ba himdo a muin et a gulba,
Aisl. Tond. 103.30
.
nobered iad ... ar a gulbain,
ib. 104.12
.
co nguilbnibh iarnaide,
ib. 13
. gur ghabhasdair eidir
guilbnibh a ghlomhairchinn é `caught him between his jaws,'
Eachtra Uill. 2585
.
imda badb sa greim na gulbain,
IGT Decl. ex. 255
. Transf. a narrow strip or point of land (?) :
gelestar ainm do áth usque ... ┐ doepethar gulbain (
doepetar
gulba, LB)
do cech ferand immidmbī ┐ dognīther cūairt
d'imbe imbe,
Corm. Y 674.
In npr
m.
Ainmire mac Setna ... mic Conaill Gulban,
AU i 50.12 (an. 546)
.
Occisio Baetain mic Ninnedho ...
filii Conaill Gulban regis Temro,
ib. 70.12 (an. 585)
.
Congal
... mac Fergusa Fanad ... mic Conaill Gulbain,
ib. 158.5
(an. 709)
. dh'iarsmadh shluaghaidh Ghulban Guirt (sic leg.)
for the descendants of the host of Gulba Guirt,
Luc. Fid. 389.10
.
tar Beinn Gulbain Guirt mheic Mhaeilghairbh,
Acall. 1542.