n
o, m. occas. ā, f.
reed, cane, broom :
gilcach quia
locis in gelidis nas[c]itur
,
Corm. Y 704
. Cf.
O'Mulc. 653
.
gl. arundo,
Ir. Gl. 933
. gl. genista,
ACL i 335.83
. in gilcach
genestula,
RC ix 235.43b.
getal .i. gilcach,
Auraic. 5521
.
One of the `losa feada,'
Laws iv 148.2
.
lūth leighe .i.
gilcach ar imat a īcce,
Anecd. iii 43.19
.
críonfuidh an giolcach agus an soileastar,
Isaiah xix 6
. g
s.
coirt gilcaighe,
O'Don. Suppl.
(fr. Med. Ms.).
croicinn gilcaighi,
Irish Texts v 82.25
.
a maide giolcuighe briste `bruised reed,'
Isaiah xxxvi 6
.
slat
ghiolcuigh,
Matthew xxvii 29
. pl. na giolcuigh pháipéir papyrus
reeds,
Isaiah xix 7
. An g.¤ sléibhe gl. genestula ; giolcach nimhe
= butcher's broom,
P. O'C.