n
n, n.
bend, arch; mound
; boss of shield
Celtica iv 44
. Expl. by O'Cl. as
baile, fearann, cloidhe, táobh. Note also
tuaim .i. tech
no cladh,
O'Curry 1471
(
H 3.18, 652
).
P. O'C.
gives tuaim
.i. taobh `a flank ridge or side
.' .i. cladh `a moat mound or
bank, a knap, tump or hillock, also a tomb, grave or sepulchre
,
Lat. tumulus.' .i. baile `a town, a fortress
.' .i. fearann
`a townland, a farm
.' .i. eadan no aghaidh `a front or face
.'
Orig. `monticule, colline,' whence the other senses are derived,
Loth,
RC xli 407
. g
s.
Tuama,
Lat. Lives 35.3
.
AFM i 44.y
.
Thua[m]na Grene `of Tuaim Gréne,'
Gorm. Oct. 19
=
Tuama Gréne,
Nov. 1
. d
s.
túamaim,
LU 5975
. ? g
p.
slan
trath triath tuamand dindsain,
Leb. Cert. 14.13
=
tuamann,
BB
267b36
. ?
Metr. Dinds. iv 198.26
.
Senbic a t.¤ immais áin `S. from the stead of noble poesy,'
Metr. Dinds. ii 16.84
. im th.¤ thaiss `in my poor dwelling,'
iii 366.3
. ? tarb túamann `the paddock bull,'
iv 198.26
.
isedh is crich ann gort feoir no arbair, no ard urchur fleasca,
┐ tri deisceimann o tire tuaim,
O'Curry 2330
(
Eg. 88, 25 (26)d
) =
tri deisceimenna o thir a tuaim,
O'Curry 1713
(
23 Q 6, 17a
) =
a trí
descemenna ó tiri tuaim,
O'D. 1567
(
H 5.15, 4a
). Cf.
tuaim .i. timchuairt a thire, ut est dligid a .iii. dia dil ...
ina thire tuaim,
O'Dav. 1534
, `enceinte de la propriété
délimitée ou défendue par une palissade ou fossé avec remblai,'
Loth. do t.¤ adhnacail si, do tora torc allaidh dia saighidh,
go ros tochla
burial-place
,
BNnÉ 325.18
. cethair traigid
fichet fott in damasnai, ocht traigid eter a thūaim ┐ talmain
the ox-rib was twenty-four feet long, with eight feet between
its peak and the ground (i.e. when standing on the two ends),
ZCP xiii 373.21
(cf.
iii 460.12
). ?dosrat hi tuaim immon
deil | roscacht cen huail, cen ergail (of Goliath terrorising
Israel),
SR 5785.
In phrases: docuirither cach ae i tuaimm aroli amail
orceil [tairrechtae] against each other (of seas meeting),
Corm. 13
Coire Brecain = i tūaim alaile,
Corm. Y 323
= co
cuir cach dib im thuaim araile `each of them hurls itself
round another's place,'
RC xvi 158.2
`(se) pousse autour de
la place de l'autre', Loth. musluid cach dib i tuaim in
aroile (of cattle),
RC xv 308.11
. oc airimbert gascid hi
túamaim a scéith protected by his shield (?),
LU 5975
= oc
airbert gaiscid hi tūaimim a scēith (`in a fence (?) of his
shield,' Faraday),
TBC-I¹ 1507
=
tarrasair mac Da Lóth co
trián in lái i t.¤ a sceith ic folmaisse gona Conculaind,
TBC-LL¹
2125
(perh. the umbo of the shield, Loth).
a tuaim a sgeith
.i. a n-inadh a scéith,
O'Dav. 187.
a ttuaim a sgéith,
Cath MT 894
. ?
is lem dofeidbair hi tuaim inn eouin,
IT i 139.22
.
Note also:
gu tuaim treabainn gac treabaid,
BB 36b55
=
co tuaim trebaind cach trebaib,
Lec. 282 va24
.
tennis
in tuaím tuathramut,
BB 380b12
.
moid no da thoib tuill
tuáim i timargar ith,
LL 116a37
.
turclai tolsum tuaim
tinnsaighidh itir glasaib geillfine,
393a3
.
Frequ. in placenames (in some cases in meaning `
burial
mound, tumulus
,' Loth), see Hog. Onom. Cf. Dind Rīg, |
rūad tūaim tenbai `eine rote flammende Feuerwand' (.i.
clodh, gloss),
Ält. Ir. Dicht. ii 7 § 1
(T.¤ Tenba was the old
name of Dind Ríg, see
Metr. Dinds. ii 50.5
,
52.5
,
ZCP iii
8.18
, etc.).