u, m. (perh. vn. of lenaid (cf.
O'Curry 573
cited below), but
see Thurn.,
Festschr. Stokes 20
-
2
; Meyer,
Imr. Brain i xvii
).
I
(a)
festival, feast-day
: nachib berar . . . inna llíthu et a
ssapati gl. in parte diei festi,
Wb. 27a24
. arna lithu gl.
propter . . . festa,
Ml. 47b2
.
nípu séit samil ┐ ind líthe
Veteris,
Ardm. 170b2
(
Thes. i 495
).
l.¤ Germain,
Fél. Oct. 1
.
l.¤ fris cuirtir grethae, Jan. 25
.
laithe litha,
May 5
.
i nóen
na líthsa,
Ep. 20.
etach fri lith . . . no lit sollamain,
Laws i
126.15 Comm
. Cf.
bretnas arnaisc a brat ime, delg ┐ lita
sollaman,
O'D. 975
(
H 3.17, 679c
) (examples of valuable
mairb-dile).
in martír . . . dia ta l.¤ ┐ foraithmet i n-ecmoc
na ree-si,
PH 1104
.
lith ┐ sollamhain naomh M.,
AFM ii
1084.14
. l.¤ .i. sollamain, O'Cl. Note also: ar líoth síorghola
`upon an occasion of continual weeping' (Gloss.),
O'R. Poems
2602.
(b)
festivity, entertainment, rejoicing
: bil banbruth / forosnai
l.¤ luáchet `which illumines a feast',
LU 7420
(
BDD 100
). fri
sia úathib ibiu lithu in Christo Jesu (words of Patrick about
to drink),
Trip. 54.15
.
ba erdath ┐ ba lith mor . . . la C.C.
ann . . . dona bráithribh,
Mon. Tall. 68
. díairithe lítha
`prodigal at a feast',
Tec. Corm. § 16.44
.
ba loisi lítha
luamairecht an ti do boi ann sin,
ML² 1576
.
MacCis cen
líthaib fo lén,
SR 6477
.
ebair coirm cid iar lithaib,
LL
19093
. a rú co crích nír cuired / clú l.¤ arar' lámuiged
`wherein fame for feasts was sought',
Metr. Dinds. iii 56.40
.
bréc ilar l.¤ fri labrad, / acht adrad ríg na n-uile,
i 28.3
.
ro
frithailit do cech maith ┐ do cech l.¤ iat,
Acall. 6845
v.l. náir
gan líoth ag duine n-a ndiaidh `he who succeeds them may well
rejoice',
Aithd. D. 17.10
. Attrib. g
s.
buidnib lítha,
Snedg. u. Mac R 10 § 27.
? Attrib. g
pl. ar búaid tuath l.¤ Luignech
`festive',
Arch. Hib. ii 54 § 4.
(c)
activity(?):
l.¤ .i. leanmain, ut est, ni l.¤ do Maisi ar
leapain Inthra,
O'Curry 573
(
H 3.18, 285
). lith ┐ tond lanamain
(.i. gene) na traiged `activity',
Auraic. 1815.
?
trí chet abgitrech ro scrib / ba bil lith a lám,
LL 352
marg. inf.
ba
bil l.¤ a lám,
373b24
=
Mart. Don. 78.19
(`touch'), perh. for
lúth. l.¤ .i. luth .i. on luth gáir, O'Cl.
Oengus oirdnidi /
ardmaith . . . / or fo lan luissi / lith nimcomḟighe,
IT iii 55 § 104
.
II
(a)
luck, prosperity
: co roimchla l.¤ i fectsa.
Ériu iii
140.163
. ni ba l.¤ do'n fleid will not be a success,
MR 18.1
.
ba hé mo líthsa co mbad hé docorad and,
LU 6933
(
BDD 54
).
is tú doroacht do maith ┐ do l.¤ dúib,
Metr. Dinds. iv 304.19
.
ní lind atá maith ná l.¤ in laithe so,
Comp. CC 99.5
. See
also below under compds. lith gacha labartha leat may your
words prosper,
MR 160.5
. do maith ┐ l.¤ dúib tibi prosit,
LL
279b 33
(
SG 414.25
).
nocon ḟétaim less na l.¤
,
LL 208b26
.
cómhairle ar les ┐ ar lith Uladh,
ITS v 8.20
. l.¤ .i. sén uaire
passing prosperity, O'Cl.
lith sén nó uasal,
O'Curry 1282
(
H 3.18
p. 534
).
lith .i. sona,
Lec. Gl. 471.
?
do fomna Déissi do
lith áinfir,
SG 80.1
.
(b) Hence
omen: adrad lítha `worship of auguries',
Hail Brigit 14.14
.
cia lit[h] bét for sétaib suadh,
Anecd. i 52 § 14.
III
(a) In phrases. is l.¤ la
pleases:
is l.¤ lim-sa do chomlann . . .
d'fhaghail,
MR 296.1
.
nír lith leis,
250.22
.
`dammad l.¤
letsu'. `is l.¤ immorro',
LL 230a26
-
7
(
TTr. 958
).
ró doghruinne
nar líoth lais,
DDána 73.30
.
dá madh l.¤ ┐ dá madh lánurlamh ré Lugh,
Cath MT 466
.
gníomhradh nach líoth linn,
Keat. ii 4457
.
nir ba l.¤ (nir mhiadh leo v.l.) leo / suide na
longad,
FDG 209
. l.¤ laithi: Laegaire Lorc ba lith laithi / ro
gab Lifi lucky was the day,
Lec. 303c42
(
LL 4875
). fó l.¤
see
1 fó; cf.
ragat, cenip fo lith lem,
BNnÉ 304 § 14
. olc l.¤
lit.
it is bad luck
, hence as quasi adv.
alas
, opposite of fó l.¤
:
olcc l.¤ on, abannscal. olinmanach intan robonárlet peccad do
denum,
RC xxxi 303.25
.
olc lith, ol in clerech, na rabha
cidh anmcara accut,
xxvi 362.17
. olc l.¤ dolluid ind nathir /
cosin n-athir dia chathir `an evil day',
Imr. Brain 45
. olc
li[th] don bith cráifeach `an evil hap',
Ériu xviii 62 § 20
.
olc
l.¤ i torchair mac Duind,
LL 195b20
(
díl,
Metr. Dinds. iii 150.9
).
(b) Freq. in chevilles:
lith gan acht,
Fen. 348.21
.
lith cen
ail,
RC xxiii 420.5
.
l.¤ cen chaemna,
Arch. Hib. ii 73 § 47.
lith cen geis,
SR 275
,
TBC(C) 2102
.
lith co n-aiph,
ML² 756
.
l.¤ co mbuaid,
Fing. R. 450
.
lith nach gann,
Acall. 2518
.
lith ngaile,
Metr. Dinds. iii 66.1
.
lith ṅgle,
TBC-LL¹ 1677
.
l.¤ ro lá,
LU 2837
(
ZCP
xviii 172.7
). l.¤ úas tuind `a festival over the waves',
Ériu iv
136.y
.
Compds.
¤adba: hit lithadba festal dwelling,
Corm. 4.z
.
¤baile: gáet co l. láechbress `exulting in fury',
Metr. Dinds. iv
176.2
.
¤laithe
festival
(in some of follg. perh. phr. l.¤ laithe,
see above): líoth laithe .i. la sollamna no fésda, O'Cl. 'sin
chethramad líthlathiu (of week of judgment),
SR 8101
.
fri
ceilebrad ind líthlaithi hisin,
Lat. Lives 5.5
.
ma teccmai
lith laithe no dail no thocomracc tuaithe,
Laws v 396.21
.
il
lithlaithi na Samhna,
BLism. 109ra24
. Also perh.
omens:
séna
┐ soloda ┐ líthlatheda lána,
LL 219b8
.
sén nā soladh nā líth
laithi-si an laoi aniú,
Cath MT 215.