n Orig. ā, f. ? Also as o-stem. (Lat. basilica) church: baislic .i. eclais righ, O'Dav. 258. baslec .i. a basilca graece, eclesia latine, tec[h] ríg nime, O'Mulc. 182. baslic .i. rigdae, basilion graece, rex latine, unde basilci .i. relci, ar batar ríg tantum no adnaictis intib, 128 . ráid cosecrad ṁbaslic Eoin, Fél. Nov. 19 (mbaislic, v.l.). iar mbreith ind ríg do baislic, SG 396.22 . do-rónait tra baslicc moir occu dó, co tucsat a chorp innte, PH 2157.

As n. loc. mors Fiachrach . . . abbatis Baslice, AU i 230.1 (an. 764 ). Imgoe Baislice (Baislicci, v.l.), Trip.² 1185. Sachelus Basilice (Bassilici, v.l.) Móire, 1212 . See also Hog. Onom.

n orig. o, n.? (dess + sel) (cf. túaithbel) deiseal deisell m., IGT Decl. § 11 . f., § 12 .

(a) direction of the sun, right-hand course. Most freq. ds. as adv. and prep. sunwise, righthand-wise, clockwise: iar ṅdul a crí . . . co Crist . . . for doi dessel, SR 8198 . Deisel Temrach . . . fót . . . i sóitís dáine deisel, Metr. Dinds. i 24 . imsoi deisell ┐ dothoet in a frithlurg afrithisi i tír n-Ulad, Lat. Lives 4 . teit iarsin dessiul Senchan, Corm. s.v. prúll = teitt deissiul Senchain, Corm. Y xvii , totæd deissiul Sencan, Corm. Y xi . tossuither in carpat éis (sic) for desel, LL 119b21 . ansu . . . co n-imparrá in carpat deisel, ┐ co tí nert int ṡeuin ara tísam ar frithisi, TBC-I¹ 25 . mar ar' impo for deissel, Acall. 7915 . oiret rabh grian ar deiseal, 520 . atá lecc . . . ag Druim L., maidm re ríg Laigen . . . da tí in daghḟer 'na deisel, 4518 . remi-déce iarmo-déce tairsceo desiul sceo tuathbil do-féce, ZCP xi 93 § 22 . da cuirther [an Cathach] tri huaire desiul a timchell sluaigh Cineoil Conaill é . . ., BCC § 178 . an t-impodh desiul, § 78 . issed ro gabsat deisiul Temra ┐ tuaithbiul Breg, BDD 26.16 . dolluid desel relci , MacCongl. 11 . tic fotrí deisiul in t-sluaigh (of a circuit made by a cleric round an army to bless it), Lism. L. 3104 . cach mac tigirn . . . do thē desell in brogo, ZCP iii 214 = SG 398 . luid in Liath M. do chelebrad do Emir ┐ dochuaid ina d.¤ fo thrí ┐ desel Dúin Imrid, LL 123a19 . do thriall asan nGotia . . . deiseal Eorpa go hEaspáinn having E. on the right, Keat. ii 583 . With pref. RO: dodechaid réim rodessil, Metr. Dinds. iii 342 . In n.loc. ata Dessel Temra etir in da charn na maccraide, Metr. Dinds. i 24 . hi táob Deisil na Temrach, Dinds. 1 § 39 ( RC xv 284 ).

adj (b) From the idea that sunwise was a lucky or auspicious direction comes the extended or more generalized meaning what is lucky, favourable, propitious: aithrigi is ī in seiseadh fōs | cach deisel is dī dacuas every right step (?) proceeds from it, ACL iii 237 § 26 (cf. cach ndírech). Dia deisel na deise | eision ┐ isi God be propitious to the pair of them, DDána 98.33 . teglach tighi Dé na deiseall . . . in his favour (?), IGT Decl. ex. 366 . deiseal dúine ár n-eolas air lucky for us that we are on our way to him, Ó Bruad. iii 210 . ar thrí teangtha d'fhighe ar dheisiol adroitly , 102 .

n f. (Lat. reliquiae) n p. reilce. g p. relec, LU 4040 . -reilce, Fél. Oct. 1 (in sense b). Later forms are roileg and reilg. roileg reileag f., IGT Dec. § 54.11 . g s. relgi, ex. 1404 .

(a) a burial-place , used both of pagan and Christian cemeteries: fecerunt fossam rotundam (in) similitudinem fertae, quia sic faciebant (Scotici) homines. Nobiscum hautem reli(c) uocatu(r) id est reliquiae, et feurt, Trip. 317.18 ( Ardm. 12b1 ). relic .i. a reliqui[i]s sanctorum , Corm. Y 1096 . reilic, gl. coemeterium, Ir. Gl. 691 . rupu sí a rreilic, gl. quorum cadavera prostrata sunt in deserto, Wb. 33a22 . combad he bad reilec adnaicthi dó ┐ día chlaind in Brug, LU 4109 . for son reilgce, `nach Art eines Friedhofs', Wortk. 201 ( SR 4411 ). iat tri réilce idlaide relec Thailten . . . relec Crúachan . . . ┐ relec in Broga, LU 2875 (= BB 249a5 ). rob í Tailltin tres primh-reileag na hEirenn, Ériu iii 150 § 2 . tempaill Dea ┐ relci idal, CCath. 5647 . i rrelgib idhol, 4008 . a chorp do léigean i reilg iodhal, Keat. ii 5412 .

Usually of Christian cemeteries attached to a church or oratory, somet. including the latter: in scuap bís immon corp ica thabairt do chum relggi, LL 161a marg. sup. roileg uasal Oireachtaigh | innte rob áil lem loighe, ZCP xii 393.24 . nach itge gigestar do Dia oc relcib nóemaib, Ériu ii 196 § 12 . dolluid desel relci , MacCongl. 11.3 . iar ccoisreaccadh tempall ┐ relgeadh, AFM iii 8.16 . In Laws allusion is made to the custom of taking oaths in cemeteries: dombeir fo secht relgaib he proffers it (an oath) at seven cemeteries , v 454.32 Comm. diablad luchta fira docum reilgi doubling the number of testators in the cemetery , Cóic Con. 37 § 50 . See ib. p. 64 and Ériu ix 114 . etach reilge (a funeral-due to the church), Laws v 432.14 Comm.

In follg. exx. seems used of the enclosure round a saint's `reiclés' (which became later a burial-place): tuctha dá ech Dare chuca ina regles . . . ar rubu [ḟ]érach ind reilec, Trip. 228.15 . rucc na bu do lār na reilcce, BNnÉ 315 § 10 (of Rahen). co cloisind núall ri táeb reilcci, fuam na fairrge, ZCP v 496 x (poem attributed to Colum Cille on an island). In follg. exx. of the church itself: almsa menic maith | don relic dian toich, KMMisc. 264.7 . guth an c[h]luicc in gach roilig buig, ZCP xii 395.4 . cf. ACL iii 233.20 (where read: in cach reilic mbuig). do chumdaigh se imat reilg . . . .i. tempall Anacis Granis . . . ┐ tempall a n-anoir San Sem, etc., ITS xix 12.20 (eclasa v.l.). Cf. basil[i]ci .i. relci, ar batar rig tantum no adnaictis intib, O'Mulc. 128 . Freq. in place-names, s. Hog. Onom. s.v. relecc .

(b) in pl. relics (of a saint): im reilcib Póil ┐ Petair, Lat. Lives 20.3 . cona reilgib (.i. cona taisib), ACL iii 20 § 47 , cf. Trip. 84.18 . notabar fercubat fir isind adnacal ar nā tucaiter do reilci ┐ do thaisi ass, Trip. 252.29 . ? foracaib P. reilgi sruithiu i lLecain Midi `relics of elders' (? ancient relics ), 82.5 . itat a relce ┐ a thaisi . . . i talmain, Lism. L. 2775 . reilci Patraic do tabairt i scrin, AU 552 . féil nóebreilce ṅ-úasal, Fél. Oct. 1 .

(c) in B. na f. a body (of a living person): mo c[h]orc am reilic (.i. mo chraidhe am chorp), ZCP v 487 § 1 .