ā f.
balg (an tsrotha) f. (bolg balg an tṡréin ┐ an tṡrotha ┐ an easa ┐ an iomhuis do baininnsgne, v.l.), , IGT Decl. § 39 (91.17)
. b.¤
ā, f.,
§ 158
. Occas. m. in Class. verse,
Ériu xl 181
.
(a)
bubble :
b.¤ uisce,
Corm. 6.
na (= ina) builg nó na dluim
uisque,
O'Dav. 259.
ina mbolcaib corcardaib like crimson
bubbles,
Dinds. 59.
da builg uaine inte i n-inber (sic leg.) Sabrainde (one of the wonders of the Island of Britain),
Todd Nenn. 114.5
.
LBretnach 77.1
. ó bholgaibh tonn `from the
heaving billows' (Gloss.),
Measgra D. 48.39
. Fig. a bh.¤
fichigh fionnṡroth dtréan (to a prince),
DDána 92.45
.
(b)
blister :
`fearb' as ainm . . . do bhoilg can imshnim,
Metr. Gl. 4.15
. arnaib bolcaib . . . .i. bolca finda són astoitis
for corpaib innan doine gl. pro uesicis candentibus,
Ml. 99a4
.
co ro imfuilngiter na bolga for a gruaidib iar mbreith na
claenbreth,
Laws iv 16.6 Comm.
leos .i. imdergad no leos
(.i. lesa, v.l.) .i. bolga . . .,
O'Dav. 1154.
Cf. compds. infra.
na drúith ┐ na glámma . . . go tócbaitís teora bolga bar a agid,
TBC-LL¹ 3019.
no ássad bolgg corcra assa etun . . . co n-aprad-som fri Conchobar: Mebais din boilgg innocht a Ch. (Bricriu),
TBC-LL¹ p. 892 n.4
. b.¤ na dhíaigh ar míonb[h]un meóir (a colt),
Bard. Synt. Tr. 21.y
. Note also: bradán as gach bailg don
iuchraidh `
roe-corn
' (Gloss.),
Measgra D. 61.13
.
(c)
berry; bud :
bolco . . . meit chend daini,
Anecd. i 69 § 168
(ICM). araill dina bolgaib pods,
ZCP xxx 137.39
(Alex.).
tibit fidraid .i. bolga in blatha `buds (?),'
RC xxvi 32 § 152
and
33 n. 10
. cainnle na mbalg mbuan `the stalks that bear
the constant pods',
SG 245.41
. Various: b.¤ belc(h)e see
belc(h)e. co curtar a mbolga for na srothaibh `husks' (of
hazel nuts),
IT iii 195 § 35.
seólaidh bhar mbolcca corra / go
borraibh loma Lochlann `hulls',
Duan. F. i xxix 3
.
(d)
boss, ball :
bopulsciath . . . cona deich findbolggaib
fichet findruine,
LL 24892.
sréin delinecha friu .i. bolga
dergóir isindara liniu ┐ bolga airgit . . . isin líne aile,
TFerbe
12
,
13
.
go gcloich buabhaill, go mbuilg sréin,
DDána 119.29
.
Compds. (belonging both to 1 bolg and 2 bolg)
(a) With nouns: tar bolgonfad . . . blāithche
`swelling . . . waves',
MacCongl. 85.18
=
tar bocanfad,
119.37
.
iar mbolc-bráen `after heavy showers',
Stud. Hib. iv 74 § 77.
bolgdéra móra fola,
LL 13823.
boilgléasa `
blisters
',
Keat. iii
516
. bolg-medón `paunchy belly',
Metr. Dinds. iv 140.1
. do
forlionadh a bulgphocoide `pouch' (for gunpowder),
Hugh Roe 172.14
.
etir . . . bogha ┐ bolgṡaighid,
RC xviii 182.9
(Tig.). brec[h]tar-breacad do bolg-semannaib . . . fuirri `of
bulging rivets',
CCath. 4723.
fri gáith . . . n-errchaide im
bolg-s[h]liss Márta swelling side,
MacCongl. 63.9
.
Nás na
mboilgṡreabh mbinn,
DDána 68.12
. it é . . . bolcsróin with
distended nostrils (horses),
BDD² 464.
(b) With adjj.: conid tarla bolgḟáen `so that he was cast
prostrate',
TBC-LL² 1648
.
bliadain do Lorcan na long / diamair
is bolclan a bharr,
BB 56b33
(=
bocban a band,
LL 4332
).
bocnár (bolcnár, v.l.),
LL 4292.
cenéle dáileman: . . . bolcsrónach brocóiti,
Triads 231
. belremur bolcsuilech with protruding eyes,
LU 8516
(
FB 37
).
bolccṡuilech,
CCath. 4736.
See ferbolg, menbolg.