n
ā, f., later (?) u and o, m. The meaning and earlier
inflection are against analysis as deriv. of álaic (cf. Desid.
Gloss.) though the rhyming exx. (
Metr. Dinds. iii 62.107
and
bardic verse passim) indicate long á-. The length-mark is not
usual in early exx., and
Heldensage 69
, on the basis
of
Corm. Y 62
, takes as compd. of 2 ail and geis `Schimpf-Bitte' (note that geis in general sense of request is poorly
attested). Desid. Gloss. suggests compd. of áil and geis. In later verse with unlen. -g-, as shown by the rhymes quoted infra.
As ā, f. n
s.
ind ailgess
,
Corm. Y 62
. a
s.
ailgis,
Thes. ii 339.5
.
ailgais,
47
.
algis (: Pictavis),
Fél. Jan. 13
.
algais,
LU 9727
.
g
s.
na hālgese
,
ZCP ix 449 § 2
. algessi (: deissi),
Metr. Dinds.
iii 138.18
.
algaisse,
Folklore iii 503 § 40
. n
p.
ailgeasa,
Laws
v 352.1
.
As o and u, m. n
s.
in t-ailges
,
Laws i 300.12 Comm.
in
t-álgas
(: thángas),
DDána 7.36
. a
s. áilgi[o]s (: fáidli[o]s),
Metr. Dinds. iii 62.107
. g
s.
algiusa,
LU 2809
.
ailciusa,
LB
155b16
.
alghusa,
Desid. 6523
. álghais (: ccais, leg. chais,
ed.),
O'Hara 3180
.
(a) In legal sense demand, request (usually made by poet):
ailgess . . . .i. geis guide, ┐ is ar ail didiu nammā doberar in
gude sin, nī har a molad. sechtmad dano lōge enig indī cosa
connegar ind algess; is ī ind ailgess tēchta,
Corm. Y 62
(cf.
Heldensage 69
cited above).
ni diles in t-ailgeis do berar
don file ar eagla aoire,
O'D. 541
(
H 3.17, c. 434
).
tri ruidles
ollaman ailges ┐ anamhain ┐ glaimh dicend,
O'D. 2319
(
Rawl. B. 506 , 33b2
). ailges do ceanduibh an extempore demand,
O'D. 2208
(Nero A vii fo. 144a).
atait secht n-ailgesa breithe la Feine .i.
secht n-oll-geisi no secht is tairmisge ar in mbrethemain,
Laws
v 352.1
.
in tailges dligthech .i. ris in ti na damann dlighedh
do iar tabairt ailgesa air,
i 300.12 Comm.
ini gellus in ben
tar cenn a heinig .i. in ailges indligthech,
v 216.5 Comm.
(b) General sense (importunate) wish or request:
in clam
gáde ailgis (.i. a itge) dí,
Thes. ii 339.5
(Hy. v).
ni dlegar dím
acht oenailgis isind losa,
RC iii 179.6
. tar ēsse na halgese
forfuirmis the boon thou hast requested,
ZCP ix 449 § 2
. trí
hailgesa (haisgeadha v.l.) étúalaing `three impossible demands',
Triads 113
. In special phrases. gaibid a.¤ DE:
demands: co
rragbat algis dia gaibseom . . . atá i tairṅgere dia gaiseom rí
do marbad de mani gabthar algis de let them demand his
spears,
LL 13941
. Crechmael drúth Énnae . . dorochair and
oc gabáil algessi do ingin macdacht through desiring a girl,
22255
.
rogabsat na mná ailgis do Chonchobur,
14328
. rogab
algais de im athchuingid fair demanded a request of him,
LU
9727
. Cridenbél Cáinte gaphais algas dim . . . im na tri
mirionn as dech dim cuibrind demanded of me the three . . .,
RC
xii 64 § 27
.
tarla clamha dhó . . . gabhsat ailgius de cu tart a
chasal doibh,
Lism. L. 2389
.
gnim nailgesa .i. á.¤ do gabail de
tre ngnim ndraighechta,
O'Curry 457
(
H 3.18, 243a
) (ref. to geis
in sense of magic). do-beir a.¤ FOR demands of: is e dorat algais
for F. `who made demand of F.',
Folklore iii 469.5
.
tobert
ailges forsind rīg im ḟeis laiss,
Anecd. iii 57.7
. fo-ceird a.¤
FOR: íarna chur do feraib Herend algiusa fair immo fis cáit
ro adnacht D. after the men of Ireland had requested of him to
know,
LU 2809
. ro laisi trá fo deoid algis fair sium co tudchad
for aithed léi she begged him to elope with her,
2930
. do cor
algusa for Lucc ōn `this was a challenge to Lugh',
RC xii 78 § 72
.
As quasi vn. oc a.¤ FOR: og áilghes fair importuning him,
Hugh Roe² 78.6 (fo. 20b)
.
ro gabsat ic saint ┐ ac ailcius debtha for
Troiandu,
BB 429b20
.
(c) strong desire, wish: tercci in bíd ┐ met a ailciusa and
the greatness of their appetite,
LB 155b16
.
gan ailges bīdh
gan bethaid mēth,
ZCP viii 231.21
.
cor-gab saínt ┐ ailgius
catha . . . na curaid,
TTebe 2610
.
acht gníther tol ┐ áilgius
┐ accobur Priaim and,
LL 229b 44
(
TTr. 932
).
ar accobor ┐ ar
ailgius leo na timna . . . diadha do comhallad,
Lism. L. 3312
.
na neithe da ttabhratais lucht aingcisi . . . miana ┐ áilghesa,
BNnÉ 128.28
. re h-ailgius na h-ingabala
eagerness to
escape,
MR 318.25
. ó uile ālghas do chroidhi with all
thy heart,
Desid. 4819
.
ní dáilghes a hionnmhais,
AFM v
1652.5
. tic algis . . . on croidhi appetitus,
Ériu ix 64.29
.
mé
gan m'álghas d'iongabhail (: rángas),
Dán Dé xxii 16
.
ní
don bhaile do bhí m'álgus (: fhágbhus),
L. Cl. A. B.
83.43
.
an t-álgas fhuair an bhean / uaim,
DDána 7.36
.
damh
fa álgus a oirimh (: fádghlas),
IGT Decl. ex. 1319
.
fa álgas
ḟir m'ḟiadhaighthi (: tángas),
ex. 1292
. Note also: re frepta
do liaig .i. in re bis in ailges `the time that he is in illness',
Laws v 308.y Comm.
áilgheas `the dysentery',
Celtica vi
68
.