n
io, n. Later f. (long vowel not guaranteed by rhyme.
Cf. 1 cleth, clíath?). n
s.
cleithi n-ordain iartair domain,
AU
an. 939
.
cleithe n-óc nEmna,
LL 2626
(cf. however: Clethe
bretha name of a law-tract,
Laws i 26.3 Comm.
) a
s.
a chléthe
n-óchtarach,
LU 1476
. n
pl.
cléithe,
Críth G. 157
. g
pl.
fer da cleithe
,
Laws iv 350.22
. As f. d
s.
i cleithi áin,
LL
29494
. g
s.
cecha cleithi
,
LL 400a42
.
(a)
roof-tree, ridge-pole
:
ete iter cach dá ḟíthe ó ṡuidiu co
c.¤
,
Críth G. 100
.
in clí isin tegdais ō lár co clēithi,
Corm. Y
275
. is bēsad na cleithe (= g
s. of 1 cleth), is balc oc lār, is
caol oc clēit[h]e, ibid. (cf.
Laws iv 358.13
) =
ina cliad,
Thr. Ir. Gl. 10
s.v. clíí.
Tech Midchúarda o cléithib co talmandae,
LU 7207
(
BDD² 824
).
ró lá [cor n-iach n-erred] de i n-ar[da
co ruc] a chléthe n-óchtarach din tig co mboí for cléthiu in
tigi aile,
LU 1476
(
MU² 953
-
4
).
dofet cliath cleithe .i. as
remtechtai lium cliath ichtair in tighi do denam ar dus anas
cleitine a mullaighi,
O'Curry 1874
(
23 P 3, f. 21 (23)a
). a breth
fo clethe; a breth a nuaim into a building(?),
Laws ii 128.15
Comm.
(`into concealment').
atracht columu tenntide . . . co
cleithe na heclaisi,
Three Hom. 66.4
.
secht stíalla umai
ón damdabaich co c.¤ issin tig,
TBFr. 76
. gur b' ionsamhail cleithi tre churcais reanna na sleagh tres an slios araill
do Chelluch a ridge-pole protruding from a thatch of rushes(?),
MR 272.13
. ? cf. fiacla cirí cleth i curghais (a derogatory
description),
IT iii 101 § 179
. Confused with clí:
cli .i. ise a
bés na cleithe, is trén ┐ is dírech, ┐ congaib ┐ congaibther . . .
adcumuing o cleithiu co lar,
Laws iv 358.22
,
23
(cf. also
Corm. Y 275
above).
ní bfuaramar dhar ttighthibh shoir /
acht bun gach cleithe a ttalmhuin,
Ériu i 22.108
.
(b) By synecdoche, (dwelling) house:
biaid gol gacha cleiti
.i. cacha tighe,
H 3.18, 553a14
.
dixit Pátricius nád bíad dē
de cleithi la chenél and,
Trip.² 1814
. Cf.
YBL 136a27
.
co
na boi dei do clethe a n-Erinn forsna beth cíos doib,
RC xii
62 § 25
.
ol cét cech clethi i nHerind,
LL 22416
. Cf.
27617
.
(c) More generally
building
: it hé insin .vii. c.¤ ó ndírenar
cach bóaire (ref. to a list of seven buildings, a dwelling-house
and six farm-buildings),
Críth G. 157
.
a ṡrethe tige, a
ḟolud, a chléthe, a echṡréin,
432
. co n-innrucus ch.¤
`with a
complete set of buildings' (Gloss.),
438
. ?
trí dotcaid threbtha:
gort salach, iarmur c.¤, tech drithlennach,
Triads 65
. ?fer
. . . na techta fo tuaith co leir na cleithe who owns no house
throughout the territory (?),
Laws iv 352.12
(`visibly or
invisibly').
(d) As technical term for some kind of tenant or dependent:
lethflaithem .i. fer da cleithe cona comorbuib techtaib `two
cleithe-
tenants',
Laws iv 350.11
.
flaithem oen escra .i.
fer aen cleithe,
14
. Cf.
senchléithe. do flaith rucu gu-breth
for a celi .i. gu-fiadnaise im clethe,
v 220.4 Comm.
(e) c.¤
(sg. or pl.) nime, aeóir, etc. the heavens, the firmament;
the sky
:
a cléthib clithnimi,
LU 1169
.
lotar na suipp ṡesca
. . . i cléthib aeóir ┐ firmiminti,
TBC-LL¹ 6040
.
na fóit . . . curit i
cleithe ḟirmimenti,
LL 24910
.
ba h-urcur a cleithibh nime
┐ ba snam i n-aighid srotha,
BB 419b37
.
do eirgedh an detach
co direch i cleitib in aeoir,
Grail 3098
. Without qualifying
gen.
no rannad bledmila in mara immi . . . súas i n-ardda
clethi,
LL 12631
.
fuath-nell . . . d'ár ceiled in cleithi coithcenn
(sic) . . . os a cendaib,
MR 240.5
. ? Cf.
go ttarla C. fo chleithibh talmhain,
TBC-LL¹ p. 561 n.6
(fo lintip an atha,
St.).
(f) Other applications. top, crown
(of head, more freq. c.¤
cinn or c.¤ cennmullaig):
in buinne díriuch dondḟala atracht
a fírchlethe a chendmullaig,
LU 6475
(TBC).
roben Gola
i clethi a chind,
SR 5871
.
cora chomthócbaiset a lonna láith
ósa cleithib,
LL 32509
(
TTr. 1707
).
imon cathbharr im a
cleithi,
BB 297a 41
.
in mong . . . tria cleithi a ceandmullaich,
RC xxiv 196.17
.
co ruc clethi a chinn de co n-apad,
xxiii
325 § 14 n.
Of the tops of trees, woods, mountains, a city:
ba
cosmail fri cleithe caille cetamain . . . cechtar a da gruad,
LL 253a47
(cf.
Aen. 1926 and
IT iii 186.13
s.v. forcléithe, also
forcle).
suas gu clethi na crand,
BB 497a4
.
a bun cleithi na
crand,
13
.
cleithe na uruachtur sleibhe Erix,
CCath. 1382
.
sliab nOlimp, isa cenn ┐ isa clethi fil . . . ,
BB 488b2
.
ós
cleithi na cathrach,
CCath. 1321
.
c.¤ .i. uachdar tighe, tulcha
no cnuic,
O'Cl.
(g) Freq. in Laws Comm. meaning something of considerable
value, a matter of importance, high rank(?) (oppd. to lú, q.v.):
mas a seachtar faiche [ro gatait na beich] . . ., gid maigin . . .
gid sechtar maigin, gid cutrumus lui gid cutrumus clethe . . .
mas a maigin ┐ is cutrumus cleithi is lanenecland. Mas a
chutrumus lui, is leitheinecland. Masa seachtar maigin ┐
is cutrumus clethe is leithenecland. Masa cutrumus lui
is uii.adh neneclaindi,
O'D. 1041
(H.2.15, 25). dá trian diri
dula urraidh d'urradh ina dúil; aen trian diri dula deoraidh
do deoradh ina dúil, ┐ eneclann do cechtar de fo aicned lui no
cleithi according to his lesser or greater standing(?),
1366
(E.
3.5, 24a). rig . . . beires bretha gua, cid im lu, cid im cleithi
`whether it be concerning a small thing or a large',
Laws i 54.18
Comm.
cid bec .i. im lu; cid mor .i. im cleithi,
iii 38.y Comm.
noco nuil deithbir lui na cleithi im in cumail sin `no difference
of major or minor (higher or lower rank)',
110.6 Comm.
ma
ro gatait seoit uaithib ris in ré sin, eneclann do cechtar de
ann fo aicned lai no cleithi `minor or major value' (rank?),
144.15 Comm.
corab e in tainmrainde sin da eneclainn bes
do co na ferthain ar in rob is cleithi, ┐ a leth ina ferthain ar
in rob is lu,
358.y Comm.
a nderbḟorgeall clethe for na
huaislib . . . a nderbforgeall clethe for islib an affirmation
concerning an important matter,
396.6
-
8 Comm.
gufiadnaise
im clethe, no im forcruidh fognuma im clethe `about a great
(matter), or about excess of service in a great (matter)',
v 220.4-5
Comm.
But cléithe are divided into large and small:
ce ro
ghata da cleithi o duine, .i. clethe beg ┐ clethe mor,
O'Curry
1665
(
23 Q 6, 23 b
).
cemadh mo re hic naithgina in clethi
mor na in clethi beg nocha mo re hic smachta na dire na
eneclainne e na in clethi bec,
1666
(
23 Q 6 23 b
). Cf.
clethe
.i. mor no uasal,
O'Dav. 558
.
(h) Fig.
perfection, culmination; chief, head
: i suthemlacht
cech berlai co clethi to (or with?) perfection,
LU 661
(
ACC
26 gl
. baí sab súithe cec dind). acht na roigh co cleithe `but
he does not reach to the top (of scholarship)',
Laws iv 356.7
.
ceand ┐ cléthi cacha bíd int iasc ár dothomail Issu he,
Thr. Ir. Gl. 24
s.v. iasc.
cléithi .i. rogha ut est cléithi tech n Erenn,
H 3.18, 650b24
.
ba cleithi ach don Erind bas meic Erca,
Dinds.
114
.
cléthe .i. formna, no in t-art fine .i. intí is airdi don
fine, ut est co cléthi fine fosaighther cina,
O'Dav. 486
. for
cléithib na Cráeb-rúaide `chiefs' (Gloss.),
Metr. Dinds. iv
130.82
.
sáifiter slúaig con mae re secht c.¤ slúaig Ulad,
LL
11628
(TBC rhet.).
clethe Laighen leighnidhe,
TFrag. 188.5
.
tiagha[ir] gusan gcathraigh, dotaott gussan gclēithe (i.e. to
the chief personage in the town),
ZCP vii 305.3
. araile
fealmac fēigh don Mumhain . . . atnacobrustor mnáoi siú
rosiacht clēithe the perfection of his art(?),
304.27
.
as go
c.¤ tuaithe tiagaid filidh fuigheall fria forus fáth,
Ériu xiii
33.31
.
Ua Suanaich . . . / Eiríu ard amre . . . / ised a c.¤
clerech,
BB 233b35
.
imm imthecor do dērce as cend ┐ as
cléthe inna huile timna,
Otia ii 97 § 31
.
is é cléthi ┐ forair in
fhorcetail diada in dearc,
PH 5789
. mad intii adcobra rosá
cléthe foirbthetad `who desires to reach the pitch of perfectness',
Ériu vii 154 § 6
.
comad ead clethi soethair cech duine, áine
┐ érnaigthi,
RC xii 438.1
.
combadh si budh cenn ┐ budh
cleithe d'eccailsibh Érenn,
AFM i 142.x
.