ind ní roiched bun a bunsaige lár, trath co ngebed a barr etarla etarbuas, TBC-LL¹ 896 . diammbé-se bǽth fíadetarlu FB 24 (-etarlae Eg. etarlam Voss., ZCP iv 156 ; leg. bǽth=ḟiad e.¤ ? though the line is still obscure). tarraid M. caem-dóit Congail eadarla eadarbhuas gan tibriud re talmain, MR 300.26 . re himad...na n-arm n-edarla n-urtharsna (of scattered weapons on a field of, battle) 316.18 . See RC xx 383 for a discussion of TBC-LL¹ 896 , where reading etarlam ` tout à propos' `in the nick of time' is suggested; and cf. etarlam .

adj opportune (?): eadurlamh .i. sén úaire, O'Cl. ní lugu immefolngi sonartai do neuch in cotlud indaas bid suide garait no sessed etarlam than to sit for a while when there is opportunity for it (?) Ml. 135a13 (`on occasion? or between whiles?' Thes. i p. 460 , p. 724 ). tanic a athair in maic etarlam opportunely (?) in the meanwhile (?) Corm. Y 690 (< YBL 269b7 ). masu de chlaind Echdach... | atai, a baird... | indid etarlam nach ndúain | de chomram chruaid Chobthaich Coil, ZCP xi 108 § 1 . Cf. etarlam .i. lámdæ dogni an goba cein mbis iarnd i tinid work done by the smith while the iron is in the fire (i.e. when an opportunity presents itself; or done in the meantime?) O'Mulc. 475 . See etarla.

n (lám). Also lám(d)aige. lámdha, lámdhaighe (ón stuaim) f., IGT Decl. § 3 (44.12) . handiwork, manual skill : buaid lamdai (.i. ngresa) (of smiths), Lism. L. 2934 . cach dan dognīat lāmhae is cerd dongairther .i. lāmdae, O'Mulc. 222 . etarlam .i. l.¤ dognī an goba cēin mbis iarnd i tinid, O'Mulc. 475 . eter cruth ┐ cheill ┐ lamhdha, BB 258a11 . Freq. of needlework, etc., bad dech lámdai di ingenaib herend, LU 10188. co ndruni lamda ┐ lamthorud, 3910 ( SCC 26 ). cen lamda deg-mná deimne `without handiwork of true-born dame', Metr. Dinds. iv 332.31 . do lamda prim mna . . . do lamda a cartaighe . . . do lamda a dormaine, Laws ii 400. 13 - 15 Comm . anecmhuing lamdo dognid an ingen clumsiness, ZCP xiii 262.22 . lucht a lámhdhaighe, DDána 83.16 . re béalaibh bhan lámhdhaidhe, 114.31 = IGT Decl. ex. 185 . lámdha in domain acon mhnái / imirt óir aircid gan ghaí, Acall. 672.