ochsal
Cite this: eDIL s.v. ochsal or dil.ie/33438
Forms:
oxal, oxil, oxile, oxalaib, ochsal(l), ocsal(l), oscal(l), asgall, osgal(l), asgal(l), oschal(l), aschal(l, n-oxalaib
n
ā, f. (< Lat. axilla, cf. W. asgell `wing') O.Ir. oxal: d
s.
isind oxil
,
Thes. ii 255.9
(
Stowe M. 64b
), cf.
Thes. ii 254.4
. g
s.
cache
oxile
,
255.4
. d
p.
donaib oxalaib
,
Thes. i 486.33
(
Tur. 35
).
Mid.Ir. ochsal(l), ocsal(l), occas, with metath. oscal(l). Mod.
asgall. osgal(l) asgal(l) oschal(l)
aschal(l,
IGT Dec. § 12.16
.
(a) an armpit
:
gabais in mnaí foa lethoxail deis,
LU 10910
=
fóa lethoscail,
ZCP v 526.24
. isind achsaill toíbe deiss Ísu,
LB 251a68
=
i n-oxil in tuib deiss,
Thes. ii 254.4
.
o thana a
thaíb co tiug a ochsaille,
TBC-LL¹ 1903
(LU) =
oxaille,
TBC-LL¹
2562
.
i nderc a oxaile,
TBC-LL¹ 1327
(oxaille, LU).
i ndeirc a
occsaille,
AFM vi 1978.19
.
co derc a osgaile,
Fianaig. 84.31
. on
oscail co cheile di (of a pig),
Acall. 2231.
du.
cu airbaccaib a
dā ochsal,
LL 266b46
(
MU 32.32
).
conice a dí ocsail,
MR 18.4
.
asa díb n-axalaib,
LU 5676
=
n-oxalaib,
TBC-LL¹ 1202.
pl.
ó
filltib a occsall co llet[h]an a les,
CCath. 5238.
bolgmedon . . .
cen asna co achsala[i]b,
LL 210a61
.
(b) a wing
(cf. W. asgell):
donaib oxalaib,
Tur. 35
(gl. ad
ascellas, cf.
Levit. i 15
-
17 Vulg.).
(c) transf. of an angle, bend or sharp curvature in general:
isind oxil ochtarthuaiscerdig in the left upper angle (of a cross),
Thes. ii 255.9
. tarrla cloidheamh F. a n-oscail uachtarach
[sic] sceith righ an domain `the upper shoulder of the shield'.
CF 896.
Aráib . . . ó hochsail Romuir (= from the gulf of the
Red Sea),
LL 135b7
. ro cuirit muntera Lagen i n-ascaill Gall
`the angle possessed by the foreigners',
Cog. 110.6
(taken by
Hogan Onom. as n.l.).