n
o, n. later m. (prob. W. loanword,
GOI
120
,
178
) n
s.
l.¤ n-arggit,
Thes. ii 294.29
(
SP iv
).
a l.¤ mbruithi,
Irish Texts i 11.2
(Vita Brigitae). n
pl.
lestra,
LU 1713
(ICM);
but also
lestair,
Auraic. 5623.
TTr.² 569.
a
pl.
lestra,
IT i
42.12
.
lestru,
SR 7602.
lesdar m,
IGT Decl. § 17.
(a)
vessel, container
(for liquids): is léir dorigni indala l.¤
gl. uas,
Wb. 4c32
.
air lani ind lestair,
Ml. 94c9
. l.¤
gl. uasis,
Sg. 65b6
.
nomen do lestur chorthón bís oc edpartaib do deib
gl. futilis,
56b7
.
l.¤ fás,
Thes. ii 294.28
(
SP iv
).
ro bennaig . . .
Pátraic in érdig ┐ ros-impoi in l.¤
,
Trip. 458.16
. cach l.¤
fodlai .i. copana ┐ ballana ┐ milana uma a dispensing vessel,
Laws v 406.y
and
408.17 Comm
.
lan eini in bochtain do
loim .i. bec,
i 106.24 Comm
.
fidlestra .i. cach l.¤ cumrigter
fri ol as,
O'D. 1064
(
H 2.15A, 34
).
línaid a ll.¤ dō do lemlacht,
ZCP viii 310.13
(Laud Gen.).
tothlaigestar dig a ll.¤ humi,
LU 10597
.
curt[h]ir ar æd īarnl.¤
,
Ériu vii 4.4
(
LL 13645
).
fern na caill . . . ar is di doniter lestair imon lacht,
Auraic.
5623
.
hic techt ar cenn uisci uair / . . . / dā l.¤ hi llāmaib
lē,
Fing. R. 737
.
fín nua isna lestraib núib,
PH 5511
. ni
gabait . . . na lestair lána a tórmach (plena uasa non recipiunt
augmenta),
5480
.
coire ramór . . . / l.¤ lommnán lán do
cheō,
MacCongl. 69.4
.
ni rabhutar . . . leastair ac muinntir
Brigte, acht da lothar,
Lism. L. 1358
.
tucad iarum Grigoir
asin leastar a raba,
RC xlvi 237.1
( =
telchoma,
236.x
.).
leastar .i. soitheach,
Lec. Gl. 312.
Stowe Gl. 451.
Also a
vessel for washing in:
a lestraib glaine rot necht,
Cog. 124.19
.
l.¤ lulaice (samaisce, colpaige, etc.) a vessel worth a milch-cow, etc.:
l.¤ lulaice gu glún, l.¤ bo inloighi gu fordrunn, l.¤
samaisce gu imlind, l.¤ colbpaighe gu gualaind, l.¤ dairti go hó,
l.¤ dardadha gu mullach cind,
O'D. 929
(
H 3.17, 658
).
lesdar
lulaice tuargaib fear go glun; . . . leastar samaisce tuargaib
fear go imlinn; . . . l.¤ colptaige . . . leastar dairte,
Laws iv
166. 3ff. Comm
.
tri duirn i lethet beoil in lestair lulaice,
O'D. 903
(
H 3.17, 645
).
l.¤ uan muilt mer (leg. métithir ?)
ferdorn lethet a beoil, lethlethat a beoil dia domna,
O'Dav.
680.
Cf.
med ferdorn ceachtar n-ai,
YBL 118a41
.
somaine
bech .i. l.¤ lulaice ian oil lan di mellit ┐ da thartine dec.
A lleth insin ar ll.¤ colpaige, a trian ar l.¤ ndairte ┐ saithe do
sil bech .i. ced saithi intrebad tri misa .i. mi fri criascath ┐ da
mi fri trebath. Issed l.¤ n-iraith insin,
O'Curry 881
(
H 3.18,
394b
).
l.¤ Baduirnd name of a magic vessel used in ordeals, one of
the
`fīra ro suidistar Pādraic do glēod fer n-Ērend,
Laws
v 470.33 ff
.
leasdar Baduirnd . . . is an tan doberta in lam
anuind, dia mbeth go lais, no meabad; dia mbeth fir lais,
conaigedh,
472.14 Comm
.
l.¤ do eipled ar dornnaib na n-anfiran,
no thaithbeoghadh ar dornnaib na firen,
17 Comm
.
co n-aca
fír n-amra isin tṡidh .i. lestur glain. Fear dobereadh téora
briathra góa fai conscaradh fora laim hi tri. Fear adbereadh
teóra briathra fira foa conategedh affrithisi,
IT iii 191 § 19.
comba head sin leastur no delaighedh gai ┐ fir la Badurn,
ibid.
(b) Fig. of a person:
Christus .i. ar ni bí-som i llestur
ferce gl. sol non occidat super iracondiam (sic) uestram,
Wb.
22b4
(cf.
Romans ix 22
). l.¤ óir airegda (of Colum Cille),
ACL
iii 218 § 6
.
Dubthach . . . l.¤ lan do rath in Spirita Naim,
Laws i 6.20 Comm
. nīdam (sic leg.) l.¤ dingmhāla I am not a
fitting vessel (for the reception of the Eucharist),
RC xxxvii
349 § 76
.
is l.¤ honorach don chomdid in corp,
PH 5981.
a Shímoin, . . . a l.¤ lán do (sic leg.) démnaib,
1811
.
Maol-brighde . . . l.¤ n-eccna ┐ n-eolais,
Mart. Don. 22.
Of
the body:
mairg do-nī lān don l.¤
,
ACL iii 240 § 37.
(c)
beehive
:
saithe cacha lestair,
Laws iv 192.9
. trian do
lestur o atelat (of a swarm of bees),
190.10
.
forna leastraib
. . . .i. for na ceascaib,
178.23 Comm
.
occa cumscuchud
.i. as gach leastar do leastar
,
176.x Comm
.
teit . . . do
timtirech[t] in lestair,
ii 120.y Comm
. saithe bech ┐ lestra
gl.
beich[ṡ]luaigh,
Ériu ii 3 n. 35
.
(d) More generally of various receptacles:
corp Crist do
thaiscid i mbréit no i ll.¤ nglan,
PH 5332
.
dí lestar lana
do lebraib,
2235
. lan blaisci no lestair na cno nut-shell,
O'D. 2321
(
Rawl. B 506, 33d
). contardsad i ll.¤ ┐ co roadnacht ic Ḟid Duin a coffin,
Ériu v 38.15
(
YBL 135a15
).
(e) ? In a name or sobriquet among the Ó hAinlighe
family:
dú atorchair . . . Raduban Mac in Lestair Í Ainlighi,
RC xviii 58.33
(Tig.).
Mac in Lestair Húi Ainlighe
. . . do marbad,
156.9
(do.).
Gilla in Coimdedh mac Inlestair
.H. hAinlighe,
ALC i 162.28
(an.
1182
).
(f)
ship, boat, vessel
:
fo imrim noe no leasdair,
Laws v
474.8
. luchtlach . . . / i llígḟlatha lestur `in the vessel of the
beautiful realm',
Fél. Ep. 22
.
téit . . . isind l.¤
,
Hib. Min.
71.17
.
do longaibh ┐ lestraib ┐ nóaibh,
TTr.² 131
.
ruccait tri .c. l.¤
leis, for Sinaind co Loch Rai,
Cog. 108.4
(eathar, v.l.).
a[c]
cur a lestur ó tír,
CCath. 1424
.
luath-iomramh na leastar
tar an lear,
ML 46.14
(
na long,
ML² 674
).
[cobhlach] . . .
i rabhattar dá chéd l.¤
,
AFM ii 1056.21
.