n
g
s. lútha, lúith. l.¤, lúdh
m.,
IGT Decl. § 38
.
Verbs § 83
.
Also luud, lúd. ?a
p.
lúthu,
LU 8675
(
FB 51
). See láth.
Orig. vn. of luïd,
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 571.
I As vn. act of moving
:
femidset lúd as nach leth,
Metr. Dinds. ii 26.17
. lúd lúadrinna (sign of a good carpenter),
Triads 118
.
nír cuimciset luth a cos nó a lámh,
CCath. 2100.
ni bither fri lúd nadma na ratha uime,
O'Curry 375
(
H 3.18,
208
). dia coemsaitis a lama do luth if they were able to move
their hands,
CCath. 5692
. ro gab ac lúd reime (of lion)
`began to sport',
Grail 2086
.
ic lúd fri araile,
2253
. ? Cf.
ni
codhnach araile luth anapta eipiltain an con,
O'Curry 2525
(
Eg.88 f. 43 (44)b
). Of sentiment
longing:
do bhí a chroidhe
ag l.¤ re na dhearbhrathair,
Gen. xliii 30
. for (ar) l.¤
on the
move
:
amal bis rothmol for luth,
SR 199
.
sailghe fada . . . ar
luth fúithe,
ALC ii 264.4
.
a theanga . . . ar luth,
MR 180.17
. a
scor . . . ar l.¤ (leg. lúdh: úr) `at their speed',
O'Gr. Cat. 474.19.
eich ar l.¤, sról re sleghaibh,
L. Cl. A. B. 100.191
.
ar l.¤ ┐
ar luadhaill,
TSh. 1677.
II
(a)
power of movement, motion
: is lúud leu teistiu fuile
gl. veloces pedes eorum ad effundendum sanguinem,
Wb. 2b1
.
léim . . . .i. lūud sēim hē,
Corm. Y 835
. bir co lúdh an
automatic spit,
Petrie's Tara 213.9
. lāth quasi luth [.i. iarsinní
lúthas] `motion',
Corm. Bodl. 10
. lūth ēoit futhachta
glossed luthad do tre eút īar ndēnum fuiche de (one of four
carnal sins),
Anecd. v 25.3
. See fuiche.
ilar n-én foleímdis
tre lud eter na platantaib ordaib,
BB 493b21
(
IT, ii2 99.1
`lustig',
Alex. 597
).
re l.¤ éin,
Duan. F. ii 368 § 22
. Of use
of limbs: ma ro facad ní da luth isin cois `power',
Laws iii
350.21 Comm
.
nim thá lúd hi cois no i llaim,
LU 1256
(
Imr. Brain ii 288.3
). lám argait co lánl.¤ cacha láma in cach
meór (of silver hand of Nuadu),
LL 1075
=
BB 32b39
.
laim
airgid foair co luth cecai láma,
RC xii 58 § 11
.
mo chorp gan
l.¤
,
Keat. Poems 954
.
l.¤ luaimneach a mhéar,
250
.
tré
iomad luith do bheith 'n-a chorp,
Keat. ii 5216
.
do thréig tu
do l.¤ ┐ do neart,
Oss. iv 2.3
. an mhuinghin . . . iona lúith
(of King Cormac),
Párl. na mB. 53
. Cf. perh.
is mōr cosgar
ruc le lūgh (: dūn),
ZCP viii 229.11
.
Note also: ni duine iar fír he, acht diabul fo lúd duine in
the guise of(?),
LB 131b3
.
In various related senses:
luth luas,
Metr. Gl. Ff. 21
(v.l.).
co rothóed in bó-sin / dá lóeg ar in l.¤ sin `because of her haste',
Metr. Dinds. iv 70.18
. velocitatem .i. luth ōir bud lūaithi
co mór . . . nā gaoth (of bodies of the glorious),
RC xxviii
320 § 47
. ar imarcaid lúidh `excess of fleetness',
MR 318.7
.
Cf.
fuluth .i. lūth foi, .i. utmall,
Corm. Y 663.
Feat: luth
buadha glorious feat,
Misc. Hag. Hib. 118.21
. in tsliasat
tseng nó in glún geal / nachar mell lúgh d'a lingfeadh `never
failed him in any athletic feat he might attempt',
Ériu iv 218.12
.
gasda a lúdh a dtrealam trom / leabar mong a súl rom ṡill,
IGT Verbs ex. 739.
(b) In wider sense of
vigour, power, energy
:
l.¤ Labrada,
LU
3532
(
SCC 28
) `the vehemence of L.',
SGS vii 59
. l.¤ co
ṅáni `power',
Fél. Oct. 8
. la l.¤ aingel ngel / dobérthar nem
dó power,
LU 9861
.
luth la fáebra,
8616
(
FB 46
).
l.¤ fiansa
,
TBC-LL¹ 5740
=
luud fianna,
TBC-I¹ 3423
(in rhetoric).
in
carpat . . . go ll.¤ go llúais,
TBC-LL¹ 3374
.
lassaid ar l.¤ lanésci,
LU 7399
=
BDD² 1027
. lingged ar failti . . . / David fria l.¤
(of D. dancing before the Ark of the Covenant),
SR 6683.
da cumuil dí dhóit ar luth ┐ nirt,
Laws iv 362.1 Comm
.
fri l.¤ láech-Níall,
Metr. Dinds. iv 222.8
.
luth seirce sóerligi,
LU 8328
(
FB 24
).
in Liath . . . co l.¤ ceithre crú,
Comp. CC
102.2
.
lúdh Fódla do-chíam na choinne,
IGT Decl. ex. 1211.
nirbo luth re letredh doib-suim ┐ nirbo turrac gan tubha,
CCath. 5796
(prov. expressions describing weak opposition
in battle).
lúdh foda nach fuil n-a urd,
Magauran 1278
`energy sustained but not methodical', Notes. o doficed a l.¤
lathair battle-fury,
LU 6415
(
TBC-I¹ 1900
).
l.¤ lathair,
TBC-LL¹
1709
,
2559
. luth legha `a physician's strength' (name of
letter ng in Briatharogham of Morann m. Máin),
Auraic.
5561
.
ní heasbaidh lúith ná láthair,
Keat. Poems 1085.
E. . . . co l.¤ leómain `with a lion's spirit',
Metr. Dinds. iv
118.135
. l.¤ ┐ lámach dexterity and marksmanship:
in mac
rígh ba ferr l.¤ ┐ lámach,
Acall. 223
.
gan mac ríogh ná
taoisigh ag fogluim lúith ná lámhaigh,
Keat. iii 2771
.
ní
tacha lúid ná lámhaigh,
O'Gr. Cat. 504.21
.
ag dénaim
lúidh ┐ lámuigh,
508.6
. See 2 lámach.
Sustenance: lúth cethrae 'sustenance of cattle'
Ériu xxxix 136
. lúth bech 'sustenance of bees'
ibid
. lúth lega 'sustenance of a leech'
ibid
.
g
s. as attrib.: a gclesa lúith (leg. lúidh: búidh) athletics,
O'Gr. Cat. 472.20
. almai énlaithe lúith speedy,
LU 8662
(
FB
49
). ra daṅgnigit drochti lúith di lúthechaib mobile,
LL 239b1
(
TTr. 1675
).
raforbad ám in saethar sin co railaied for
al-lind luith,
LL
219a10
(
TTr. 144
) (dock?). s dá dhá gealghlaic
leabhra lúith nimble,
Dánta Gr. 30.19
.
baccain lūith,
Celt. Rev. x 346.4
.
cor luith,
ZCP x 295.28
. a mhaighre lúidh
learg Line active salmon (of prince),
L. Cl. A. B. 121.43
.
féitheach lúth (MS. lúith) a chuirp nimble muscles,
Ériu v
180.300
. léim lúid (lúda)
vigorous bound
:
ní a leith a
chémend do-chúaidh / an Múaid ag breith lémend lúidh,
IGT Decl. ex. 1256
.
táinic soin dá léim lúdha / béim súla
┐ goin ghrádha,
ex. 989
. rugais ocht léimeanna lúidh (addr.
to Christ, of Incarnation etc.),
Dán Dé xxix 18
.
tucc mo
chroidhe gan léim lúith,
ACL iii 305 § 6
. eite lúith: eite
lúidh na lachan the plumage by which it can fly,
IGT Verbs
ex. 102
. Transferred: eite lúidh fheirge t'oidhir `thy Son's
swift-speeding anger',
Aithd. D. 67.27
. linn lúith
life-blood:
a linn lúidh gur fhear t'oidhir (of Christ on the cross),
19
(`lake of life'). mo dhínchrios taobha-sa, mo lionn lúdha-sa
(of prince),
DDána 70.11
.
lionn lúith na locht,
TSh.
2318.
In chevilles:
l.¤ ro fes,
LL 259a22
.
luth n-alta,
SR 3031.
diluth glan with clear vigour,
5913
.
(c)
joy, rejoicing
:
rongab l.¤ 'ma lan-aicsin,
Metr. Dinds. iv
24.14
.
subuchus ┐ l.¤
,
TTr.² 527
.
fáth lúidh is fáth faitcheasa
/ dhúinn an tráth fa ttiocfasa,
IGT Decl. ex. 1058
. rogab luth
lanmór iarla Aimbri ar faiccsin a maic `great joy',
ZCP vi
76.22
. a lúdh innte dá huaisleacht `the bright joy in her is
part of her noble nature',
O'Hara 3514
.
ro gabh l.¤ ┐ forbfailtechus iad,
BNnÉ 110 § 44
. In phrase is l.¤ la x x is
eager (to), pleased (with): ni solum (.i. luth) leis dul i cert he
is not eager to resort to law,
O'Curry 431
(
H 3.18, p. 234
).
rob
l.¤ leo-san sin,
ZCP xiii 197.5
. tochd ar cuan mar nar l.¤
linn `a thing we liked not',
Magauran
2850
. Cf.
ba luthmenma
(? leg. l.¤ menma) lasin imperi na scēla-sin,
ZCP vi 274.10
.
O'Conbuidi as lúd lind `who is dear to us',
Hy Fiach. 260.16
.
lút[h] la cridhi (cheville),
Snedg. u. Mac R 10 § 23.
Appar. in sense of 1 lúithech in: cengailter luth da laime
deise `fasten your right hand',
Ériu viii 56.32
.
Compds. Usually alliterating.
¤chles. In pl.: lúth-clesa
leinim `dexterous feats of a child',
MR 294.9
.
¤ettech:
a lán
lúitheitigh,
L. Cl. A. B. 98.136
.
¤ḟoimtiu: tri trenbeimenna . . . do luthḟoimittin a lama defensive vigour(?)
`sinews'(?),
MR 300.25
.
¤gáir, -e, see separate entry.
¤géc:
a labhartha sa lúithghéaga,
Ó Bruad. iii 2.10
.
¤glacc:
ar
lagad . . . a lam ┐ a luthghlac umpu,
LL 409b4
.
¤graig:
lán do
lúithghreadhaibh,
L. Cl. A. B. 94.2
.
¤léim:
clesamnaig
fri clesaib ┐ lúth-léimendaib,
Alex. 469
.
¤lige: ? conlee
M. . . . / l. la C. `will be a rigorous bed-fellow',
Imr. Brain i 24
§ 51
= l.¤ lige `effective intercourse',
Murphy Lyrics 39.19
cf.
luth seirce,
LU 8328
above.
¤rochtain:
lúthrochtain
dúine Dé,
Aithd. D. 76. 20
. Note also:
ech luath lutlugmar,
LL 189a18
. See lú, 1 luud.