v In dep. position usually -ais, see GOI § 543 (a) By Hull, Language xxiii 422 - 3 and ZCP xxviii 258 - 9 taken as meaning fears: ess ann is etoil duiniv an tan is lān dērcae imthēd co ndēirc, adnais (atnas v.l.) cech n-olc, cartha cech maith hates (?), ZCP iii 448.5 . aghus Dia, 7 (contaminated with ad-ágathar; aghais, ais, v.ll. , Language xxiii 422) . a n-adais ïer mbās, 454.19 . cia t'ainmsiu . . . nachit ais nachit chara, LU 5797 (TBC). isbert Lug . . . nachadais nachadcaru, ZCP xii 404.4 . on do ḟiur adnaiset gruaidi, Laws v 370.6 `lit. a loan to a man whom cheeks fear i.e. a man whom honour fears, a dishonourable person', Hull, ZCP xxviii 258 ; specifically a cáinte 'satirist', Cáin Ónae 42 . ni ais tenid na midhnais / cene snigess snechta . . ., O'Mulc. 110 = ni aiss t. na mid nais, H 3.18, 75 a20 . rolā a moing dar a hais / cride maith recht nodaais, Fianaig. 16 § 43 .

v (Lat. adhaerere? Regarded by Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 450 as same word as 1 adraid, and not always easily distinguished therefrom. See also LEIA s.v. adr- and Études Celt. viii 311-4 . Marstrander, Lochlann ii 205 ). adheres to, follows; respects . (followed by accus. or prep. DI): comad hé tósech nóadhradh Fursa, BColm. 96.21 . do-adras ó ais lenaib / Domnall, Prolegomena 45 § 19 . fairce ruad adhruid failind `which the gulls haunt', BCC 294.1 . ní adhrad soin conair gcóir, Dán Dé xxxi 39 . giolla óg nar adhair ceilg, DDána 41.23 . With prep. DI (and DO?): ni aiderdais ind fir sin d'feassaibh na duilibh na dalaibh, TBC St. 3335 (= ni adiartaís ind fhir sein de fessaib etc., LL 10867 ). ni adraim do gothaib én, YBL 318b43 . adhair dot triath da mbe i tres, H 3.18, 37.35 . mairg nach adhrann dh'fhearaibh Bréifne, Magauran 3036 . dia hAoine do adhair dhé / gidh mór dá n-uair (dan uain, MS.) fhuair Muire, Dán Dé xx 46 . aidēraidh in t-ainm dī co brath, ML² 959 . ca' hainm dá n-adhrai? what name do you go by? Caithr. Thoirdh. 105.5 . ca cúis fa n-adhrai d'Accaill? (Fintan to the hawk of Aicill), Anecd. i 25 § 4. adrath do genus, Hib. Min. 41.24 . cid dia naidera d'oenlocht `why shall it cleave to a single blemish?' Auraic. 2076 . cibé adhras don umhlacht, TSh. 8153 . is di ro hadhair do chomairle in druadh, Laws iii 28.28 Comm. is messa rohadhrad de / cách do marbad a chēile `what has followed from it', Fianaig. 62.28 . With other prepp.: nir adhair snechta fairsium, SG 34.15 . nir adair . . . aigned . . . Duibdiad i n-dreim dib sin, MR 180.6 . Part. of necess. dá fhíorghuidhe is adhartha, DDána 69.18 .

n f. aibíd, aibhid f., IGT Decl. § 13 (Lat. habitus). Perh. infl. by Fr. habit, see Vendr. Lex.

(a) habit, dress: aingel . . . ┐ a a.¤ mar in snechta , YBL 146b24 . idir chóta ┐ chaipín / idir aibíd is asán, TD 38.6 . Esp. of religious habit: iar ngabail abiti manaig imme, Ann. Conn. 1238.10 . an rí fírén . . . d'écc . . . i naibíd manaigh léth, AFM iii 212.8 . a n-a.¤ san Fronses, Marco P. 1 . do chuadhas a n-ord ┐ do chlaechluigheas mh'édach a n-aibid, ITS xxix 110.9 . gairid ar mbúain resin mbeirt / gur smúain in aibhid d'imeirt, IGT Decl. ex. 625 . iar sgrios aibíde . . . na hurchóide dhíbh, TSh. 6950 . aibídedha crābaidh do chur iompa, SG 10.19 . ro gab a aibitt iarnaidi ┐ a culaid comruicc imbe (of armour), Grail 2771 .

(b) habit, custom: tvc drvim frisna haibidibh saogalla, Aisl. Tond. 118.4 . is coir aibit in chuirp do choimhead co friochnumhach, ITS xxix 138.27 . Med. is ó na complexib doníter aibídech[a] na corp = habitudines, O'Gr. Cat. 251.12 .

n i ice: a.¤ gl. cristallus, Sg. 67b19 . mathair etha a.¤ / mathair saille snechta , LL 345a9 . luachair ega (of a hero), Sc.M² 15 . cride n-ega, ib. lán a utlaig do bissib ega, Trip.² 126 . bit lir bomand ega icicles , BDD² 861 . bomand ega fó chosaib, TTr.² 1162 . blogo egæ, ACL iii 310.9 . reodh ┐ aigh anacnata . . . go nimtiaghdais cach locha . . . ar na lecaibh eagha, AFM iv 900.y .

adj : do bhi snechta ┐ doinend ainserdha and, Celtica xi 211 = ainmesardha, BCC 136.28 . Cf. ainmesarda.

n see Vendr. Lex.: a.¤ .i. abann, ut dixit in file: Mac Conaing cosnamh fris / ni a.¤ tenid na midhnais / cene snigess snechta finn / fidba for lind latha lais, O'Mulc. 110 (= H 3.18, 75a18 ). See ad-ais.

adj i lovely, fine, splendid . Attrib.: briathra aildi, Ml. 31a24 , 55a11 . ális ... óclaig n-á.¤ , Trip.² 2221 . Ioseph ... / aite á.¤ Íssu, Fél. Mar. 19 . gnúsi alle etroctai, LL 12055 (TBC). léni á.¤ óengel, MU² 747 . tochim fossad n-á.¤ , LU 8252 ( FB § 20 ). echrada ... áilde, BDD² 452 . fo grinnib áillib a ḟén, LU 6488 (TBC). Diardaoin aluinn , Eochairsg. 118.22 ; 'Feast of Corpus Christi' Éigse xiv 121-22 , xvi 238 . is annsa Cedaoin ria nDardaoin álainn chuirp Chrisd torchuir Cathal óg, ALC ii 444.8 (s.a. 1581) . Of a place: Clúana álne (alle, aille, alaind v.l.) hEuis `of beautiful C.E.', Fél. Apr. 4 . i fiad móralaind Masten, LL 4126 . a crichaibh glanaille ... na Gréige, ZCP vi 290.28 . 'na thealaigh áluinn aonuigh, TD 28.9 . Of weather: lá n-á.¤ i n-amsir samrata, LU 10791 . lá áluinn don oidhche gheimhridh / do-ghéanta cheana ..., DDána 2.13 .

Pred.: ni alind in ball nád chometig don chorp, Wb. 22a13 . is alind sen sobrich, 31b35 . alind á óiph in forcitil, 7c1 . cid álind cid etig, Sg. 28b6 . alind son, 138b3 . ciaptar áilli ili / maic D., Fél. Prol. 133 . caírthend ... it áildi limm a cháera, TBFr. 214 . gurab álainn oireaghdha bhíos anam an fhíréin, TSh. 1328 . sódh ní hálainn gan fochain `a return purposeless is uncomely', O'Gr. Cat. 352.24 .

Equative: aillither snechta noenaidche, MR 64.z . See also under áilligid. Compar.: is áildiu a mmág rogab súil oldósa, Wb. 12a25 . áilliu cach dath alailiu, BDD² 999 . nach álaind atchíd ba háildiu lee Fróech, TBFr. 217 . aille an aittreabh gusa tteighim (Maedóc Ferna of his approaching death), BNnÉ 272 § 244 . With de: ba háillide sidhe bláth fuirre (of an apple tree), BNnÉ 293 § 14 . Superl.: is hé láech is áildem ro buí, TBFr. 4 . ba sí ... as áildeam, BDD² 1003 . With form of compar. is tú is áilliu i ndeilb duine thou art the fairest in human form, Ériu iv 104.z . clár do b'áilne snoidhe sain, DDána 32.22 . ailli de laechuibh dia slōgaib ┐ dia n-ainndribh `the fairest of fighting men', Marco P. 152 .

Adv. tancatar as co halaind cin daine do marbad dib excellently , Ann. Conn. 1225.10 . doromailt uile co fosadh ┐ co halainn (of eating spoiled food as if it were good), BNnÉ 300 § 3 . is é m'éara go háluinn that is refusing me effectively, DDána 11.31 .

pn Bolga, Bulga in population and place-names, etc. Taken to mean `lightning' < Celt. *Bolgos; Bolga, Bulca `of the lightning' (?) < *Bolgios, and expld. as forms of a divine epithet, O'Rahilly, EIHM 51 f .; cf. `the goddess Bolga', Rhys, PBA vi 106 (1913) , iv 251 (1910) . For alternative explanations see infra.

In tribal and population names: genelach hūa mBuilc (mBuilg, Hūi Builg, v.ll.), Corp. Gen. 262. Fir B., Tuath B., name of a prehistoric or mythological people in Ireland, variously expld. F.B. = earlier Builg, a pluralized form of Bolg, a deity-name, were `in origin an offshoot of the Belgae,' O'Rahilly, loc. cit. 54 . Mac Neill, PRIA xxix C (1911) 81 - 82 and Pokorny, ZCP xi 189 f ., as also native writers of legendary history (but cf. Lec. 181va49 infra), refer F.B. to 1 bolg, Mac Neill regarding it as `an occupation-name' applied to pre-Goidelic tribes (= Bolgthuath, Bolgraige) meaning `people of leathern bags', later extended to the subjugated population in general, Pokorny as meaning `men of the skin bags ' (i.e. `boats made of hide'); Van Hamel, ZCP x 186 - 188 describing F.B. as mythological beings takes B.¤ as g p. of 2 bolg. From Celtic *bolg-/*belg- `the swollen, wrathful´ acc. to Carey, CMCS xvi 80-83 . Cf. B.¤ in nn. loc. infra. Fir Bolg im, rogabsat Manaind = Builc autem cum suis tenuit Euboniam insulam, LBretnach 13 . for tuaith mBolc, ZCP xiv 174.4 . tuatha Dē . . . / im thuaith mBolc bāigsit rīge, 176.1 . for Feraib B. (: hanord), Metr. Dinds. iii 170.1 . gnídís (sc. Fir B.) barca doibh dia mbolgaibh . . . do theacht i nErinn amal asbeart Cin Droma Snechta , ZCP x 186.15 (BB), cf. LL 652. fir i mbalggaib (: ardglain) ba mór nert, 960 . is airi asbeardda[i]s Fir Bolc immecurdis fir earann (ed. would read úir nÉrenn) i mbolcaib do reic fri Grecu . . . ar nathracha, Geneal. Tracts 197.13 . Specific and general signification of name F.B.: nach d'Feraib B. Gaileoin na Domhnannaigh . . . fír sin tra iarna slonnadh ghnethech. Gidhedh iarna slonnadh coitchenn, as ainm diles dona tri Tuathaibh remraite F. B., PRIA xxix C 82 n. 1. is aen-gabail iad (viz. Fir B. ┐ Gaileoin ┐ Fir Domnand) iar mbunudus, ITS xxxix 146 § 262 (Leb. Gab.) . Grec ┐ Laiden ┐ Bretnais ac Fearaib Bolc ┐ Belgaid acu i nErinn , Lec. 181va48 . Fir B. . . . ó na bolgaibh leathair do bhíodh aca 'san nGréig, Keat. i 194.5 .

In nn. pr. (see O'Rahilly, loc. cit. 43 f.): m. Ōengusa Builg, Corp. Gen. 262. dā mac Luigdech: Ōengus B. et Ōengus Dublesc, Rawl. 155b12 . Aed Bolgc, rí Duin Chermna, ACC 138.21 . tenid i rraith Aeda builc, AU i 94.6 . ingen d'Aed Builg (: chuirp) mac Ḟingin, LL 17149 ( RC xlvii 308.15 ). As n. pr. f.: Bolc Ban-bretnach . . . do Bhretnaibh, Cóir Anm. 54. Bolce banbretnach, Anecd. iii 57.5 . mathair Chuirc . . . / Bolga Manand Bret[n]ach brass, LL 17011 ( RC xlvii 304.22 ). ? Name of deity: M. Ailella Ērand Dé Bolgae, is é tōesech ar-ránic faga (m. Aililla De Bolga . . . rānic foga, v.l.), Corp. Gen. 376. 17 .

In nn. loc., see Hog. Onom. s.v. aithbe, cluain, dún, b.¤ , bolga, etc. O'Rahilly, loc. cit. 43-5, gives list of place-names containing B.¤ which he regards as g p. of Builg (= Fir B.); refd. to 2 b. by Van Hamel, ZCP x 187 and Contribb. 236. Belach Dúin B., RC xiii 66 § 67. Mag mB. (mbolga, v.l.) former name of Mag n-Ítha, Metr. Dinds. iv 90.23 .

see Hamp, Ériu xxiv 179 f. In phr. gae bolga, bulga, see gae, G 10.80 , `spear of Bulga' (`or Bolga'), O'Rahilly, EIHM 51 , 52 , 61 ff., cf. Rhys, Trans. of the International Congress of the History of Religions, vol. ii 207, 1908 , cited by EIHM loc. cit. 55 ; `gapped spear', Contribb. 236 : referred to 1 bolg with meaning `Blasenspeer', Pokorny, ZCP xii 200. fichid Loch isind áth cosin gaí bolga, LU 6234 (TBC). eter . . . gai bolcai ┐ bai brasi (in list of Cú Chulainn's feats), 8443 ( FB 30 ). gai bolga, 9290 .

Compd. le Bolg-thuathaib Bagna denam a isdad, Hy Maine 90.13 . Cf. T[uatha] Bolgraighe ┐ clain Deguail (sc. athechthuatha) for Cenel Conaill, RC xx 338.13 . Bolgraidhe, 336.26 . Bolgraighe for críochaibh Conuill, Geneal. Tracts 77.3 .

n earlier brág(a)e t. Also bráige. Later f. g s. na brághat , IGT Decl. § 11 (54.13) , see also forms brágha bráighi f. in IGT s.v. 2 brága. Later n s. brághaid, ZCP v 211.5 (Midn. Court).

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(a) neck, throat, gullet: bráge gl. ceruix, Sg. 50a10 . braga .i. bir-āga. Āige ainm bir. Nō bara āig í ar menci airlig na bragad, Corm. Y 161. braighe no muinél, SG ii 473.43 . to choise hi nglas, to braghat hi slabraith, Bürgschaft 23.4 (cf. Ériu xix 71 § 35 ). Morund nícon ruc breth cin sin ima braghuit `without . . . a chain around his neck', Laws i 24.25 Comm. gaī trīat brāgit . . . ro-loitt . . . féthi do brāgat, Sc.M² 14. in chráeb . . . eter in ṁbrágit ┐ in n-agid, Fraech 202 . ba gilithir snechta oenaidchi a brági ┐ a chnes, TFerbe 44 . ór fo brāigtib, ZCP viii 302.28 . láma cáich dib dar brágait a céli, PH 1697. íar nglenamain cnáma bratan in a bragit when a salmon bone stuck in his throat, LU 4058. tachtad ar brágtib, 2426 . ron tart a b.¤ (: cána) his throat dried up, LL 21168. bat itadaigh na braichti (braigde, v.l.), CCath. 2579. geal a bhrāighdhe bán a b[h]onn, KMMisc. 362.3 . do-ratsat a lama tar braigit araile ┐ ro pocsat a cele, Grail 1094 . dod bhrághaid bháin, DDána 19.11 . an bhrágha dar bhean a glas the neck she (sc. Mary) freed from chains, 7.10 . atá do bhráighe mar thor ibhori, Cant. vii 4. dá nathair nimhe . . . timchioll a brághad, Mac Aingil 2732 .

Of animals, etc. fo brágit cech eich, Fraech 28 . im braigit na cethra, Laws i 142.13 Comm. i mbrágtib na n-ocht mbiast (of infernal monsters), LU 2156 ( FA 22 ). gabhus sí an mhuc ar bhrághaid `by the neck', Oss. vi 142.21 . ar fairsinge a bragat of its (a raven's) craw, O'Mulc. 122.

Fig. of persons: brágha chatha Choirrshléibhe `the vanguard of the troop of C.', O'Hara 1472. (of a warrior) brágha míonmhaicne Míleadh, DDána 73.36 .

Attrib. g s. huball braiget ` Adam's apple, thyroid cartilage ', Bretha 2A . Cf. ar mheall do bhrághad, Keat. Poems 1195. fri huball brāgad in chon, TBC-I¹ 524. cnocc bráget see cnocc. anagaidh . . . tuitim an tsine Ṡeaain ┐ na cat mbraghat quinsy (?), C IV 2, 30vb 17 (see Études Celt. iii 368 § 8 ). esbada brágat, see 1 esbaid.

Of other parts of the body: a cur a mbragaid an lésa neck of the bladder, O'Gr. Cat. 272.9. do chuir an cenn ele don cengal ima bhraighid `across his chest', Stair Erc. 1961. le himurcrachaib na sróna ┐ na bráighedh `of . . . the lungs— the chest' (Gloss.), Reg. San. 21 § ix . ra tescfaitis lim-sa bráigte fer for bráigte fer `trunks of men', TBC-LL² 4708 . (in rhet.) crennait brain braigte fer, 4603 . Hence by metonymy body, person; life (?). In legal contexts: a feronn ria na braighid, a braigh fa deoigh `his land (is forfeited) before his neck, his neck last', Laws iv 264.14 . Cf. a ferunn re na braighe `before his person' (of the order in which distraint is levied upon a debtor), ii 40.25 Comm. co tuctar [a lan] log a mbraigit doib dar a cenn (of selling misbegotten children), iii 540.21 Comm. tri .xx. unga do or . . . ┐ lan logh braghad in treas oeitire `full compensation for the life of', AU i 560.13 .

(b) Extended applications: gabul fo brāigit neck (of a spear), Fing. R. 1011. a dhā c[h]raīsigh . . . co m[b]unc[h]oraib óir deirg im a bhráighdib, ML² 1485. darsin mbragait `over the neck' (of a harp), Lism. L. xiv 32 . braigit na linne millrace , Todd Nenn. 200.5 . (of a sea strait) isin mbráighit cumaing bui eiter in cuan ┐ in fairrgi, CCath. 1379. as don fhocal ēns[h]iolla sin goirthear `bráighe' i.e. the monosyll. at the end of even lines in metre sédna, Graim. 3638. In nn. loc. see Hog. Onom. s. braig- , bragad , bragaid .

II In prepositional phrases. fo braigit na Samhna `at the approach of', ALC ii 134.6 . fa bhrághaid Mhathghamhna in the presence of M., PCT 642. suidhe i dTeamhraigh 'na rígh fa bhrághaid Néill supplanting N. as king, Keat. ii 6263. do thogair D. an mac do b'óige don dís teacht fá bhrághaid a dhearbhráthar, 2841 . foesamh graid flatha tar braigit fini to the prejudice of (?), Laws iv 208. 25 Comm. manab tar braghait fine `against the will of', 288.21 Comm. gerruis clann R. an tslighe tar bhrághuid clann I. `made their way in front of . . .', Rel. Celt. ii 200.28 . tucastar . . . ceithri coisceimenda dochum araile tar braigit na sleg past, Acall. 4734.

In phr. gaibid for (ar) brágait takes prisoner or captive (? lit. by the neck, cf. 2 brága): gabaid [Ísu Críst] for bragaid Sattan, PH 3925. gabais ar braigtib eat uile `took them all prisoners', RC ix 16 § 6.

Compds. With adjj. Eochaid gunnat .i. Eochaid bragfhada, SG ii 473.42 . an gruaidhghil bind brágaitghil, Ériu iv 214.8 . As subst. an bhraighidgheal `the fair-breasted lady', O'Rah. 224.23.

n o, m. g s. also brodha, Corp. Astron. 44.11 . straw, splinter, speck, spot; particle (of dust, dirt, etc.): ciscilium .i. broth uel brothscoa, Lib. Hymn. 10.54 . brodh etc. `an atom, point, spot,' Eg. Gl. 80. nī b.¤ (-t altered to -d, MS.) bec a falach C.C. āit a mbīad `a little speck' (Faraday), TBC-I¹ 2488. fot shūil condech b.¤ (brogh, broid, v.ll.) `a thorn', KMMisc. 270 § 45. ag buain brodh d'édach a mná . . . benus na brodha, SG 246.21 , 24 . [a] bruigh ar brat treabraidh you spot of dirt on a plaited mantle, IT iii 85 § 84. ar b.¤ (brogh, v.l.) `for a piece of dirt' (in charm for the eye) ( Nat. Lib. MS. 11, 396a ), Saga och Sed, Gustav Adolf Academy, Uppsala, 1960, 149. 14 . broigh (brocc, v.l.) snechta snowflakes , Bruchst. i 14 § 25 , IT iii 69 § 16. bruga etromma . . . .i. ingne light things, Alex. 586 = raeta, ZCP xxx 125.2 . in brogh beac fa shuil do brathar = festucam in oculo ( Luc. Phars. vi 41 ), ITS xxix 131.32 . Mac Aingil 904 . b.¤ in airigid (read airidig, ed.) the stalk (?), TFerbe 202 (see IT iii 457 - 8 ). brodh do fhad a chorr-mhéir `a straw', Corp. Astron. 44.5 . leaptha brogh bhithi find `couches of bright woven straw', Magauran 1188 . ógh gan bhrobh `without spot´ Celtica iv 171 § 281 .

Compd. ro suighidsetar in biadh ina mbrodmuccaib in bits or pieces (?), Ériu xi 49.7 . baile is ainm do brodmuic fenetha i.e. slisen fenneda, O'Curry 790 (H. 3.18, 368b), ( Laws Gloss. 90 s.v. baile). b.¤ f. `a slice or flitch of pork cooked and browned', Manners and Customs i lxxxvi 15 . dogni . . . brodhmuc dia muic (`Strohschwein' Contribb. 265 ), YBL 118a47 = bro-muc `roasted one' (sc. pig) , SG 86.3 . proinn shaidhbhir do s[héd] p[h]romuic `a rich repast of choice food', Éigse iii 240 § 2. poinn dod p[h]romac ` provender ', § 4 (see notes). in Brecc (.i. ua bhrodhmuc), Ann. Inisf. 1193.5 .

n o, n. Also carnn, carnd. card, LU 3668 , 3670 , 7031 . cartt, ZCP ii 314 . heap, pile, cairn .

(a) Of grave: co fil a charnd for Maig Rois (of slain Eochaid), ZCP iii 44 § 18 . imchomarcair C. . . . cia carnd ngel in so thall, LU 5103 (TBC). coro ládh a carnn and .i. cloch cach fir bái la Lugaid, Dinds. 88 ( RC xvi 38 ). as chaill chairn, MU² 427 . geguin . . . Maccu Buáchalla ocá carnd (i.e. at the c.¤ subsequently raised over their grave), LU 5815 (TBC). is c.¤ dia raibet .u. clocha nó a sé and, O'Mulc. 131 ( Ériu xiii 54 § 6 ). c.¤ cloch, TSh. 5758 . Of cairn built before battle as tally: dorigset a carnd . . . co fintaís a n-esbada . . . cach óen no thicfad slán . . . no berad a cloich asin charnd. Co farctais . . . cloch[a] in lochta no mairfitis, LU 7034 ( BDD 68 ).

Of cairn as sign of agreement: c.¤ cotaig ┐ oentad, LB 114b24 ( BB 237a33 ).

(b) heap of any material: carnn mor connaigh, LB 279b65 . da ch.¤ nó dá mhul . . . don snechta , BNnÉ 34 § 56 . do ch.¤ chriadh na colna, TSh. 892 . Iob san ch.¤ aoiligh dunghill, 6922 . ro bad c.¤ cuma, TBC-LL¹ 4500 (St.). Of bodies, heads: co ndernae óencharnd díb eter cendail ┐ fodbu, LU 9096 ( FB 84 ). tinoaliter a cind co ndernad c.¤ díb ar brú na Berba, RC xiii 52.7 . do-rinne cairn (? leg. c.¤ , Ed.) dá ceannaibh ┐ duma dhá collaibh, CF² 529 . Gramm. group, cluster (of consonants): c.¤ do chonnsuinibh édtroma, IGT Introd. 31.13 .

(c) In follg. appar. mound, hillock : connici in car[n]d, LU 3668 ( SCC 33 ). Cf. 1 crúach, cnocc, c.¤ , Eg. Gl. 161 .

In sobriquet: Níad in Chairnn, Cóir Anm. 276 , whence c.¤ .i. cath . . . Cormac nia in Cairn, O'Curry 1181 ( H 3.18, 468 ). buaid cáemcheneóil / for Cerbaill in Ch., LL 6704 . da Chaech ingen Chicuil Ch., 22455 . co Conchobar Cairn, CRR 22 . Whence perh. c.¤ .i. cúigeadh, O'Cl.

In nn. loc. see Hog. Onom.

Compds. With nouns: a carn-ḟolt caomh-ghlan heaped hair, Keat. Poems 68 . a daill charnmuighi / a gerringní gamhnaighi galair, IT iii 102 § 188 . Cf. carnrannaigecht, IT iii 131 (see 1 corr). carnmaig ós chāch, Corp. Gen. 13.33 . With adj.: docraib carnbhuide (: glanbhuidhi) yellow-tufted , IT iii 99 § 167 ( charrbuidi, Bruchst. 150 ).

n ā, f., later also with k-inflection. a p. caisre, BNnÉ 111 § 50 . hail(-shower); lightning, flash: casair .i. tene ghealain, Ériu xiii 75 § 191 . casair .i. cioth, O'Cl. is cotarsnae aicned in tened fri cassair `contrary to hail', Ml. 146a3 . cen chasir, cen snechta , LU 2292 ( FA 35 ). tusfúabart cassar mór and, 11037 . fo chasrachaib, SR 8170 . for cinn na casra, 8308 . casra troma ailchide ` hail-storms ', Ériu ii 196 § 10 . rofhear frois fair anocht do chasair thire tairrngaire, Anecd. ii 6.5 . nos dortend . . . in c.¤ ┐ in toirneach . . . forro, Aen. 729 . caora ┐ casracha (of fireworks), Fl. Earls 188.7 . plág na casrach fona fíneamnaib `plague of hail', Celtica iv 24.329 . ? cruaidh cassaír fínd, BB 39b24 ( Oss. v 237 ). Fig. cassra tocaid ina ré prosperity in showers, ZCP xii 234 § 48 . céile d'ar chóir casra to whom showers (of tears) are due, Caithr. Thoirdh. 47.z . c.¤ theined flash, flame of lightning, fire : ro leicc casair thinedh . . . dia hindsaidhi (of serpent), Grail 2935 . ilar casrach ṅgarbthened, SR 902 . sruth casracha teínead, TTebe 1297 . casracha tenntighi, Grail 3739 . Compd. cassairchetha caor ccróidhercc `volleys', AFM vi 2130.5 . cessaingalar (sic) = grando, Lat. Lives 99.4 . See casal.

adj in phr. (in) bith c.¤ this world . In a few exx. also cía (with domun). Perh. orig. on this side, here, cf. a dó seacht ndeich ar mhíle / o ghein Críost c.¤ co rímhe, AFM ii 902 ; diminaig snechta coild ch.¤ `the snow has smoothed the wood here', RC xi 131.47 . Cf. also n. loc. (gen.) Cluana C.¤ , LL 22465 . See cen and GOI § 827 ; Ériu v 144 . ceu grec ceus .i. nubs, unde bith c.¤ qui incerta ┐ (i)mobilis est , O'Curry 143 ( H 3.18, 80 ). in bith c.¤ .i. in bith cenntarach, Stowe Gl. 437 . díbad bethad c.¤ `of the present life', Thes. ii 332.3 (Hy. v). for bruig betha ce, SR 1886 (bethad, MS). serc bethu c.¤ , Fianaig. 16.24 . do chuaidh don b. cetna che departed this first world, BB 59a4 . sirechtach dál in b. c.¤ , Ériu v 211.5 .

With prec. prep.: o genair mac deodha Dé / for bith c.¤ hi colla crí in this world, AFM ii 616 . ar ór ná ar shéd ar bith c.¤ / ná tréicse do chomairce at all, any(?), SG 107.16 . fon mbith c.¤ throughout the world, AFM ii 530 . i m-bith chee, Imr. Brain 58 .

With other nouns: talamh ce (: dē), Blathm. 65 . fíad Chríst in domain chía, Ériu vi 116.5 = ZCP vii 309.1 . ní bérat buidne a mbuadha / do shluaga domon cia, SG 88.9 . ar toirbeirt dílghadha / don domnán c[h]é, ZCP viii 202.20 . an chruinne ch.¤ , DDána 31.4 . ? With a name: māsa thusa Cormac cé 'if you are earthly Cormac', BDC 232.157 .

Note also: an c.¤ the world , Ó Bruad. iii 58.13 . físi an ch.¤ , ii 46.5 . ? LaochDomnall . . . craeb ch.¤ na lí luath (: Dé), Caithr. Thoirdh. 18.26 . cuirem d'ár naimdeoin uaine / cumha Donnchaid dercuaine; / léig flaith c.¤ ar sechmall mar sin / sechnam go maith é ar éigin, 44.20 . `c.¤' talamh, Metr. Gl. 20 § 64 , 26 § 29 . c.¤ .i. talamh, O'Cl.

n Orig. s, n. ( cich ┐ glun a ndemi thepide, Auraic. 1852 ). Later m. and f. g s. and n p. cíche. d p. chichib, Anecd. i 4.2 ( SCano 80 ). Perh. orig. s, n., but cf. d p. cīguib, Corm. Y 145 . Note also n s. chiigh, Cáin Ad. 8 , n du. dā ciich , 3 . cích cígh f. (g s. -e), IGT Decl. § 39 . m. (g s. cích, -e, -a), § 46 .

(a) pap, (the female) breast : cich haec mamma , Ir. Gl. 100 . mo c[h]iche cen loimm, Todd Lect. vi 83.6 . immacossaitiub dá c.¤ cacha óenmná (threat of Bricriu), LU 8089 ( FB 6 ). dī cīch mnā nochlōitis leis (of Bricriu), ZCP viii 218.12 . ba cenn mna nō dā ciich noberthe i tasilbhath, Cáin Ad. 3 . di chich a mathar Finnchoime, IT i 142.18 . dac[h]ōdar mo chíghi-si i ndīsca, Cáin Ad. 8 . a ciche do taitnemh amail t-snechta , Lism. L. 3337 . a boill imellacha ┐ a cighi, Rosa Angl. 90.25 . delb mna o cichaib suas (of monster), TTebe 523 . ár mbrollach ┐ ár ccíocha leis breasts exposed, Párl. na mB. 562 . Of womens' supplication: nochtaid a cithi ris ┐ a n-ochta ┐ i n-urbruindi, ZCP viii 538.18 . tancatar uli máthrecha . . . ┐ a ciche nochta, PH 393 . cíche ar mná gaoil gá ghuidhe (Mary), DDána 7.9 . Of male: fo ch.¤ curad, Sc.M² 15 . eter a dí ch.¤ (of the Cyclops), Mer. Uil. 61 . da ghreamaigh . . . / fá bhun a dhá chích an t-athach mór, Oss. vi 202.16 . Of pierced breast or heart of Christ: a luibh leighis créachta an chígh, A. Ó Dálaigh xiv 5 . fa ghoin an chígh a chead, IGT Decl. ex. 1271 . do chuir don chrondsa an chíogha / fondsa díona vm fhuil ébha this spear which wounded the heart(?), Carswell 246.5 .

Of breast (heart) as seat of emotions: cíoch maithmheach na maighdine, PBocht 17.24 . breitheamh an chígh chruaidh `sternhearted judge', A. Ó Dálaigh xviii 10 . a labhairt chle 'na chighsin `his breast is full of evil words' (of critic), Ó Bruad. ii 236.z .

Applied to persons in metonymy: a ch.¤ na nóiden (of Mary), Trip. clxvi 10 . cīocha na heaguilsi (of the Apostles), Mac Aingil 4878 .

(b) In phrases indicating attesting of loyalty, allegiance, good faith, etc. by sucking the breasts of recipient (cf. Hiberno-Latin sugere mammellas, O'Brien, Études Celt. iii 372 - 3 ). iss esside abac dide a chichesom fergusa ┐ gaba(i)s a gruaide i nnairide a anacuil `this was the dwarf who sucked his, F.'s, breasts . . . as a token of (asking) quarter', Ériu xvi 38 § 5 (cf. xi 95). Less explicitly: trí meinistri (`halidoms') fer Féne .i. c.¤, grúad, glún, Triads 63 . fir ciche ┐ gruaide, nime ┐ talman guarantee of breast and cheek, etc. , Rawl. 132a31 ( Cymmr. xiv 112.7 ). ratha cuibse ┐ ciche ┐ cride, LL 4941 . ata mor dona doinib / fo chichib macni n-Oeda bound in friendship (loyalty), Anecd. i 4.2 ( SCano 80 ). caradradh do cholna .i. cairdes cíche ┐ glúine, Ériu xiii 45.22 . Hence c.¤ in special sense of covenant : ná bris chíg, na briss cairdess, TBC-LL¹ 3508 . bāithfidear cīch ┐ cot(h)ach, ZCP viii 195 § 4 .

(c) Other phrases. With vbs.: si oc tabairt a ciche do (of Mary), Todd Lect. vi 49.7 . co tartur mo chiigh dō, Cáin Ad. 8 . Note also: riú-so is sínte súgh do chíogh (addressed to Ireland), Hackett² xxxvi 150 . a gait de cígh to wean her, Vita Br. 5 . bentair L. da chich, Thurn. Zu Ir. Hss. i 44.8 . mo ch.¤ rosibh fed at my breast, Todd Lect. vi 82.9 . do chíogh an uime do ibh? (: ríogh), Dán Dé xv 6 . a cíghe do dheol, Arch. Hib. i 85 § 2 . With prep.: ┐ Laigh mac Sriangabra ar cich leó being suckled, Thurn. Zu Ir. Hss. i 44.2 . noídin . . . Catar for c.¤ , Éigse vi 118.24 . maic a mbroind is maic ar chīch, ZCP v 25 § 10 . rí na cruinne ar a cíchibh, A. Ó Dálaigh xxv 3 . Note also: for oenghlún ┐ oench.¤ ro alta ┐ Eogan he and E. were fosterbrothers, SG 310.15 . rod n-alt . . . éseom ┐ tri meic ind ríg i n-óenchliab ┐ for áench.¤ , LU 1666 .

(d) Attrib. gen. a bhuime chígh an Choimdheadh `nurse' (of Mary), Dán Dé xv 8 . banaltra cíodh Rígh ghil na glóire, Párl. na mB. 2012 . cuisle an chíogha `mother's arm' (i.e. Mary), A. Ó Dálaigh xi 13 . fola in misa ciche the suckling month, O'Curry 1876 ( 23 P 3, 21 (23)a ). leanabh cígh suckling (of newly-born Christ), DDána 17.1 . For noídiu cíche see noídiu. Cf. naoídhe na ccíoch, Isaiah xi 8 . dia mbeid aoinbheóil aoinchiche (of close relationship), Ériu xiii 16.17 .

(e) In transfd. senses. Of recesses of woods or tops of mountains (somet. perh. as prep. phr. i cích(aib) in the bosom of, in the midst of, among ): i bhfoithribh nó i gcíogh choille (: díon), Ériu ix 163 § 7 . i ccigibh cnoc, BS 58.13 . learga buadha do chíogh gcorr (of hills of Ireland), Measgra D. 50.51 . Note also: do ling crobhuing chaoin bhalsaim / as cíoghuibh a cceas (? leg. creas, Ed.) a-mach (of branch from tree), O'Hara 3277 . tre chíghibh cíogh (? leg. craobh, Ed.) gcorr (of water falling through branches of trees), 2645 . Of the sea: ceol eachdra a gcíoghoibh cuain `on the breast of the sea', O'Hara 4154 . an fedh do chóidh o chígh cuáin inland, Rel. Celt. ii 226.4 .

Other applications: a cholggairthe na gcíoch ngeal (of castle), DDána 68.34 `thou castle of . . . fair bastions', Ir. Monthly 1920, 543 . clodib orduirn . . . go cichib oir `inlayings', RC xii 60.18 . Of herb: cīch .i. cich girg (sic MS.), luib asa taet ass, O'Mulc. 221 . Note also: cíoch-bhraighed (leg. cíoch bh.) uvula, Mackinnon Cat. 56.11 .

COMPDS. With nouns: sreabh chorcra an chíoghasa, Aithd. D. 65.38 . cíochoighir in chríochshlóigh `suckled heir', O'Gr. Cat. 399.18 . ar cíchshlios cuain dochuadhas im aonarán enclosed margin, Hackett² xlii 33 . With adjj.: cichban cearbnad, BB 23b6 = Cermnat chích-bán, Meyer Contribb. ( Eg. 1782, 55a ). cath cro cearnach cíchbhlaith, IT iii 89 § 116 . See also Cíchloiscthe, Cíchloiscech.

n f. (Lat. quinio, GOI 571 ) booklet, book (perh. smaller than lebor): cīn memraim a quinque, ar it cōic tūaga ata tēchta do bith innti, Corm. Y 230 = O'Mulc. 228 (stuaga). seang thost ōs cut a cīn glossed os cend a leabhair (: sīn), ZCP v 483.14 (B. na f.). nī uindim aon-nin am chīn, glossed: nī faicim aonlitir am lebhar, 488 § 4 (B. na f.). taēb re lēgenn cretrai is chīn (: rīgh), Measgra Uí Chl. 147 § 11 ( ACL iii 306 ). tabraid dún cīna memruimm `sheets of parchment', PH 3773 . Of individual books: is amhlaidh innister isin Cin Ollaman, Auraic. 1204 ( 4316 ). For lost C.¤ Dromma Snechta see Heldensage 15 - 18 , Murphy, Ériu xvi 145 - 51 . incipiatur nunc Cin Droma Snechtai, Heldensage 17 (from Eg. 88 ). ni fil isin Cin Droma sin, Hib. Min. 47.8 . amhail adeir Cin Droma Sneachta, Keat. i 190.15 . Note also: slicht na cíni (of C.¤ Dromma Snechta ), LU 8025 (= slicht Libair Dromma Snechta , 8005 ). Of books or sections of books containing legal material: cini ┐ cethirsleachta, O'Curry 323 ( H 3.18, 178 ) = Laws v 98.29 . ordug[ud] . . . cana ┐ cine ┐ ceitherslechta (subjects that a judge must know), O'D. 924 (H.3.17. 656). na haiscaide filit isin chin, Laws ii 380.5 Comm. On c.¤ lae diary . see Éigse ix 81 and cf. Cín Lae Ó Meall.

n iā, f. and io, m. Orig. n. ? vn. of 1 claidid. The form cluide regarded as incorrect in bardic verse, IGT Decl. p. 39.19 and: a gclais chluidhe (lochtach), ex. 51 . an cloidhe (ón tochailt), Verbs § 111 . See Ériu xxii 191 .

(a) act of digging, digging out, trenching, building an earthen rampart : c.¤ mianna, Laws v 474.5 ; .i. tochailt na mianna, y Comm. im c.¤ alla for rud `for piercing a cliff for iron ore', i 184.12 . luachair . . . a scris no a c.¤ , 170.26 Comm. torcc ic c.¤ in talman, Three Hom. 12.22 . oc c.¤ ratha = facientium rathi, Lat. Lives 14.7 . aidme claidi in talman, Trip.² 921 . oc cluidi na toedini digging the millstream, LL 284a41 . in sliab do chlaidi ┐ do letrad rempi, LL 8917 . in talam do claidhi . . . oc iarraid uisce ann, CCath. 2505 . lucht a claidhi `miners', 2513 . muir . . . do chlaidhe ina n-iomthacmang, Hugh Roe² 302.16 .

(b) ditch, trench, excavation ; hi claidi (? leg. hi claind Celtica xviii 83 ) (gl. in planta) in a cultivated place(?), Sg. 35a8 (`in a digging'). brucht cacha c.¤ , Laws v 486.18 . a glentadha, a claidedha ┐ a inada diamra, 328.16 Comm. claidida no muineda d'iaraid `to search ditches and brakes', iii 224.20 Comm. ní c.¤ ro clas rempe (of a hole for planting a stake), LU 4813 (TBC). in Temair do athnuidhed . . . eter taigi ┐ claidi ┐ cumdaigi, Ériu xvi 84.106 . ba samalta ria deiredh snechta i claidib, SG 329.10 . do c[h]uir dā gualainn a n-agaidh in c[h]laidhi ar mūr imeallach na hoibre hī, ML² 25 . cloidhe do dhéanamh idir Bhreatain ┐ Albain, Keat. i 6.10 . i gclaidhe an chlóis, Hackett xxiv 7 . triúr ón chloidhe chomhranna closely related(?), Dán Dé xi 12 (tr. `from a common stock'). Cf. clad comronna s.v. clad.

(c) Of hair `waviness': ní bhean t'fholt cam as [a] chloidhibh / tocht dá bharr fad throighidh tíos, Magauran 1481 .

(d) In comic n.pr. R ama mac Rochlaidhe, Anecd. ii 55.16 .

Somet. confused with clad: dobhadar . . . ar in claidhe na rátha; . . . do íarr . . . in chloch do chur assin chlaidh . . . dochuaidh É. isin cluidh, Cóir Anm. 40 .

n ā, f. cloch f., IGT Decl. § 39 . clach f., § 40 (forms claich, claiche proscribed).

(a) stone, rock; stone (as building etc. material): beim a cinn fri cloich, Ml. 139c3 . dambidc Semei di chlochaib `pelted him with stones', 58c4 . din chloich dorigne saland, Thes. ii 338.1 (Hy. v). borg Emma ro tetha, / acht mairte a clocha, Fél. Prol. 194 . c.¤, trī anmann lé .i. onn a īarmbērla, c.¤ a gnāthbērla, cloech a bērla n-airberta, Corm. Y 213 . lapis lasin Laitneoir, c.¤ lasin nGaedel; petra lasin Laitneoir, ail lasin nGaedel: sropula lasin Laitneoir, carrach lasin nGaedel, Auraic. 1086 . c.¤ (no ael) ┐ onn ┐ ailcne . . . is iat sin cenela c.¤ , 1088 - 89 . ro-dluigit na clocha (= petrae scise sunt), PH 3367 . doberat cloich cach fir leó do chur chairnd, LU 7029 ( BDD 67 ). dolleici a cend immon cloich co n-derna brúrig dia cind, IT i 82.3 ( LMU 19 ). c.¤ for fott, no fott for carruig, Laws v 270.26 Comm. (as a fence). c.¤ tarsiu fa tri fiad fiathnaisib, ii 118.10 Comm. (in distraining dry cattle). di chlochaib ┐ carrgib ┐ ailénaib in mara, TBC-LL¹ 1330 . bale i mbia fa chloich, LL 18899 (`where you will be buried', KMMisc. 264 § 22 ). a ch.¤ thall for elaid úair, 19325 . línaiter na builg sin do minchlochaib, RC xiii 68 § 72 . ag tuarcain na Cloichi Barraighi ┐ na c.¤ tuinidhi eile do bī isin trācht rocks, ML² 430 . c.¤ i ninad ugi (prov. of a bad exchange), Cog. 100.24 ; cf. Caithr. Thoirdh. 11.16 . ticdis croind ┐ clocha ua cheol a chruiti . . . co teigdis aran múr (of Thebes), TTebe 851 . co scenaib ┐ clochaib . . . do-rónad ind imdibe, PH 5746 . fuarumar cloich . . . ┐ na hanmund-sa i scríbend indte gravestone, 1581 . samail gach cloiche (of hail-stones), RC xviii 150.y (see c.¤-ṡnechta s. compds.). a c[h]rannghal sa c[h]. aolta `its timber and its lime-washed stone', Ériu v 60.121 . dá cloich tsalainn lumps of salt, Lism. L. 2408 . sirbualadh na tonn fo na clocaib, Ir. Astr. Tr. 42.5 . c.¤ chinn na huilleann corner-stone, Acts iv 11 . ro benadh a chend de for Cloich an Chommaigh i ndorus teampaill Focháirde, AFM i 330.5 (an. 732). Fig. of a chief: ní tráth aithreachais d'ḟuil Conaill / a gc.¤ chúil an gcéin do mhair, DDána 110.1 .

Attrib. g s of stone , less frequ. g pl. composed of stones : for corth[e] cloche, Thes. ii 343.43 (Hy. v Comm.). ata comrar chloche imbi and hi talam, LU 10991 . ail chloche mór, IT i 82.2 ( LMU 19 ). risin carraic clochi, MU² 669 . coro mara choidche / amal choirthe c.¤ , LL 18911 . nertlia cloche, TBC-LL¹ 1570 . colomna c.¤ do thócbáil . . . eturru ┐ in snechta , MU² 309 . ar n-osgladh don iomdhaidh c.¤ (of a tomb), Dán Dé iii 27 . cinnlitir chloiche áille / dúna[dh] flatha Fionngháille `the fortress . . . is a capital letter of beauteous stone', Ériu v 60.109 . rath an Spirata Naim do-rat . . . uisce asin carraic cloiche, Grail 3649 . an cladh clach `stone fence', Studies 1924, 244 § 20 . do chuir . . . a chenn ar adhart cloichi bigi `on a small stone as pillow', Stair Erc. 1910 . .u. ced dég ceim cruaidhdaingen cloichi `stone steps', 633 . cláir chloiche . . . ┐ dligheadh stone tablets, Exodus xxiv 12 . pertaining to stone: duileasg crann nó c.¤ lichen, Párl. na mB. 587 . saoir chruinn ┐ ch.¤ carpenters and stone-masons, 263 .

(b) Of stones used as missiles, sling-stones, etc.: gaibthi cloich isin tailm, LU 3277 ( SCC 7 ). c.¤ throthail . . . i llaímh gach ḟir, IT iii 97.6 . foceird C. cloich assa thabaill, TBC-LL¹ 1558 . do-teilctís lucht in leithi-si na clocha for lucht in leith[i] aili, Sc.M² 17R . gebid lamchloich do lár thalman darbo lán a glacc, LL 8576 (TBC). bolc lán (sic leg.?) di chlochuip d'orcoin, ZCP viii 120.13 . na clocha cruindi comdibhraicthi, TTebe 1984 . Cf. in ti no cinnfedh ar aei cloichi `the winner of the stone-throwing', Stair Erc. 202 .

With defining gen. c.¤ áeil limestone , see s.v. 1 áel. lia .i. corthe . . . .i. in c.¤ criche `boundary stone', Laws iv 8.7 Comm. clocha fothraicthe stones heated in the fire and used for heating bath-water: clocha fotraicthi, Trip.² 873 . ro marb Fergus Durn don cloich fothraicthe, Laws i 68.17 Comm. Cf. fotracud forsin clárudh cen tincur o dhune acht na clocha ind ┐ ass, IT iii 195 § 36 . lothomur . . . cona clochaib, MacCongl. 11.23 . Cf. also: clocha derga red-hot stones, Laud 610, f. 8c (Plummer MS. notes). clocha hi tenid samna (prov. phrase?), LU 7045 (here perh. used for cooking. See O'Kelly, JRSAI 1954, 105 ff. ). na liacc lamh ┐ na c.¤ nglaice hand-stones, CCath. 5859 . iccon cloich impóid itir croiss ō Adrad Moturu súass `turning-stone', BColm. 84.32 . c.¤ marmail, Stair Erc. 1963 . cloch na cloich mheóir 'pebble', Irish Texts i 31 § 50 . clach (sic leg.) ina loighe a ḟlaith Cheóil / ar in claich meóir oile üaibh, IGT Decl. ex. 1123 (incorrect because of form claich). c.¤ muilinn mill-stone : doronta cetheora clocha muilinn di, AU an. 999 . fúaim chloichthe muilinn, Rev. xviii 22 . Cf. c.¤ uachtair upper stone (of a mill), Laws i 140.17 Comm. m'aghaidh amhuil cloich thineadh `flint', Isaiah 1 7 .

(c) Med. c.¤ isna hairnib `a stone in the kidneys', Rosa Angl. 188.7 . clocha na narand, 330.10 . in uair bhenmuid na clocha fuail as an lamhonnán le gerradh, ZCP xviii 274.9 . a riocht na cloiche fuail pro calculo vesicali, O'Gr. Cat. 113.24 . c.¤ no ydoripis, Reg. San. 23.y .

(d) precious stone, gem (somet. c.¤ búada, c.¤ úasal): caoga gemm carrmogail do c[h]lochaib tíre na hInnia, ML² 1481 . c.¤ crisdail gl. cristallus, Ir. Gl. 552 . do cloich búadha re n-abur sardínés, Maund. 249 . feilm áosda chlach ccarrmhogail, O'R. Poems 199 . clocha cuaigh `[stones] suitable for (adorning) goblets', O'Hara 2380 . c.¤ medóin do dhornchla dhét, IGT Decl. ex. 80 . a chorōin . . . ier n-a himchengal do dēmont ┐ do c[h]lochaibh uaissle, Fl. Earls 172.28 . a gcomhraid airgit go n-imat gc.¤ lonnradhach, 80.7 . is c.¤ uasal tiodhlacadh a radharc an tí agá mbí sé, Proverbs xvii 8 .

(e) Hence perh. of the beads of the rosary: is mise Oisín . . . / . . . ag cóireamh c.¤ `arranging stones', Oss. iii 276.10 . Paidir air na clochaibh móra ┐ Fáilte an Aingil air na clochaibh beaga, Donlevy 448. 3 , 4 .

(f) a construction of stone, esp. fortress, stronghold, castle: giodh áille an chlach don taoibh thall `though the fort is lovelier within', Ériu v 60.115 . daingean c.¤ an dúnaidh dhe / loch ar cúlaibh na cloiche `the fortress is strengthened by the lake which lies behind it', 111 - 12 . da ralaig . . . comard ré cloich na cathrach `the stone-walls of the city', TTebe 4224 . c.¤ Corcaigi do loscudh, Ann. Inisf. 1230.1 . c.¤ angcaire an anchorite's cell, AU iii 288.24 . tú do rad dár gcionn an cholann / i gcloich nduaibhsigh `into a gloomy dungeon' (Gloss.), Measgra D. 61.70 . a muir ┐ a mórclocha, Stair Erc. 909 . na franclochaidh ga folach / a n-ardchlochaibh allmorach, IGT Decl. ex. 714 . daingni ná clach áelta íat, ex. 183 . le Cloich Insi na tTorc ar Loch F., AFM iii 360.6 . C.¤ Locha hUachtair do loscadh, 536.4 . ? dar let is c.¤ ar na cengal / an tech os loch lachnach, IGT Decl. ex. 268 . Cf. Luimnech na c.¤ cengail, Caithr. CC 10 .

Frequ. in nn. loc., see Hog. Onom.

Compds. With noun. clúas re clochadhart `a stone pillow', BS 92.y . a tōebaib clochadba, ACL iii 217 § 3 . clochalla glassa . . . ┐ cairrci rocky cliffs, CCath. 3413 . clochall cairrgidhe, Hugh Roe² 46.15 . lé fúaim chloichbhéimnigh bhonn a each láidir ` stamping ', Jeremiah xlvii 3 . clochcaop lump of stone , Anecd. ii 53.y . do mhaothughadh do chlochroidhe hard heart , Mac Aingil 1134 . ferr beith a ccloch-dinibh ceall stone shelters , ZCP x 30.23 . im ócbail droichitt .i. cid cloch droichit, Laws i 134.25 Comm. in clochdrochat (sic leg.) ō tigh cech clērig dīb dia chēile, MacCongl. 123.22 . a róimh chlaichfhinntreabh Chonnacht of white-stone houses, DDána 68.28 . lottar . . . tré cloch-ród Coradh Finne stone-paved road(?), AFM v 1668.5 . cloch-sairsi ┐ crann-sairsi art of building in stone, Laws v 92.z Comm. cith cloichṡnechta do ferthain hailstones, RC xviii 150.x (Tig.). gaoth tre chlaichshneachta chiothmhar, DDána 113.15 (cf. na clocha sneachta, 2). maith ro cumad in cleathbhaile / sa clochtaighe, IGT Met. Faults § 58 . ? adinnim deargain / a druith chail ar chlochtaigh, IT iii 90 § 119 . ic córgud chastíal fo churadaib di chlochthress, LL 32238 ( TTr. 1427 ). tuitim isin clochtres tíar, ZCP xiii 12.35 .

With adj. do athairg . . . / mhachaire clachaird Conuill, IGT Decl. ex. 9 . legga corra clochbana of white stone, Fen. 188.21 . flaith corn gclochbhán white-jewelled, Top. Poems² 613 . is o cairgib clochdaeraibh Slebi Chugais rod-coimbris . . . `rock-bound', Aen. 829 . cathair clochdaingen, Grail 3286 . scīath clochdond go ccomhraibh óir, ZCP viii 223 § 18 . ar lámhachadh lann gclochdhonn `bright-jewelled(?)', O'Hara 4035 . do mhionn clachórdha cloichfhionn, DDána 97.38 . crios . . . clachghorm, Rel. Celt. ii 262.5 . 'sin charn chlochthrom, LL 29862 .

With adj. derived from noun. droichett clochaelta do dhenamh la Cathal of stone and mortar(?), AFM iii 618.5 . cuirt clochaolta, Hugh Roe² 216.13 . na coirigh chlochaigeantacha bhíos . . . ag leanmhain dá lochtaibh féin stubborn, TSh. 10492 . a chathbarra caem clochbuadhach set with precious stones, Stair Erc. 735 . an rí co coroin . . . clochbuadhaigh fura cenn, ZCP vi 52.7 . gremaigiss . . . an c[h]loch . . . dia coicēilip comadhus[a] cloch-chomharsnach[a] oile `adjoining', Fl. Earls 148.4 . ¤órda: cinnbhirt clochórdha, Oss. vi 128.11 . With Part. an cheinnbheart chlochfhoirfe (1 foirbthe) crowned with jewels, O'Hara 1502 .

adj io, iā (cloch) made of stone, stony : altóir clochtha (altare lapideum), Trip.² 1042 (clochta, v.l.). do slebhtibh c.¤ cenn-gharbha, Leb. Gab.(i) 116.17 . snechta cruaid clocda coimsiltec, BB 240a48 . na delba c.¤ ┐ umai, PH 1732 . isna taiblib c.¤ i sleb Sína, 6637 . ag dluthubadh na comlad n-adbal n-umaidi ré doirrsib clochta comdaingne na cathrach, TTebe 4103 (clochdha, v.l.). eclais clochdha, Lism. L. 3790 .

Fig. as c.¤, ní coindercel, cridhe miadhach mac duine, AFM i 524.x . an croidhe clochdha (cor lapideum), TSh. 10502 .

n f. fleece : cnai ... .i. olann bliadnæ bis for cairib, O'Mulc. 845 . huan ch[n]ai gl. uellere, Ml. 81c13 . fri fleuchud hi cnai gl. conparatione (ref. to sicut pluia in vellus), 89d2 . 89c15 . di(a) cnai `two fleeces', Bretha 13 . uellus sericum .i. in cnái sericda (a s.), Lib. Hymn. i 40 gl. 50 . cnai olla `fleece of wool', Laws v 80.12 . diri ninoil cna (,) olla cu fuil lethscrepall arin cnai thall, ┐ go fuilet ceithri cnai arin leth-screpall sunn, O'D. 2309 ( Rawl. B 506, 31ab ). ar is fri cnai n-olla ro samlaigestair A. na slama snechta , IT ii2 101.30 . dia fer broen for in cnai ṅglain / dia mbai tart forsin talmain, SR 5304 (cf. Judges vi 37 ) = dia rosfer in broen fleochaid fris in cnóei n-olla, LB 126b25 ( BB 245a50 ). ? ní bhraithfe mé i gcraobhchoill cnaoi `shelter(?) ... shall not fail me', Dán Dé xxvii 23 , perh. `I will not notice (another) nut', see cnú.

n o, m. (Lat. cucullus). Also -chull, -cal(l). IGT Decl. § 17 .

(a) cowl, hood, hooded cloak (cf. Du Cange s.v. coccula ): cocal. quasi cucal ab eo quod est cucul[l]a , Corm. Y 262 . gerrcocholl co mell a ndá lárac, LU 6960 (BDD). ? hi cocill chumucc for echaib sengaib, 5505 (TBC rhet.). bratt toillcend .i. c.¤ , Three Hom. 18.4 . c.¤ Clothrand (a magic cloak), O'D. 955 ( H 3.17, 668 ). airligud cochaill cleirig (one of seven borrowings that incur honour-price), Laws v 372.18 . hi cochlaib findaib, Vita Br. 2 . cochaill gerra aigreta impu, LU 2180 ( FA 26 ). c.¤ etech imbe, TBC-I¹ 2573 . iarna cumrech . . . / dichocholl huillnech Aróin, SR 4510 . C.¤ fliuch mac Maic Senain `Wet-Mantle', RC xviii 54.2 (Tig.). a ch.¤ sirecdai, Alex. 80 . aged chāin a cochlaibh srōil, ACL iii 307.2 . i gcaoileirr an chochaill (of cowl used as pocket), DDána 6.5 . scaoith na mban gc.¤ `hooded women', O'Rah. 22.11 . ar chochlaibh áille aifrinn 'as well as lovely mass-cowls', Giolla Brighde 192 § 11 . Note further: c.¤ gl. cassula, Ir. Gl. 121 . c.¤ do línanart glegil imbe a cosmailes tsacairt `surplice', Grail 2155 .

(b) Other applications: amál chócúll dercon no chno husk , Thes. i 5.38 . ? na tri cochuill . . . / isna criolaibh maithib, Ériu ii 227 § 4 . grainne buidhe ag cur a chochuill shedding its husk, KMMisc. 172.y = IGT Decl. ex. 397 . cochvill ālainn, snaic-ar-daraigh `beautiful hooded birds,' K. and H. 26 = cochuill alaid `with pied plumage', Murphy Lyrics 8.26 . i líon tarraing tig a lomlán ... gabhair ag Gofraidh | cabhair shluaigh i gcochlaibh cuir 'into the dragnet comes a full catch ... Gofraid catches in casting-nets that which delights the host', Giolla Brighde 56 § 14 . fascad do berar for cochull iascaig fisher's net, O'Dav. 1592 . oc telach al lin ┐ a chocholl, BB 405a33 . snechta mór . . . go raibhi c.¤ dhe immón mboith, BNnÉ 13.9 . fa chochlaibh a ciabh `matted tresses', PBocht 2.35 . gur thuit mór-fhearg Dé ionna ch.¤ , Trompa na bhF. 3061 `head', Gloss. an c.¤ doichill uhī ina c[h]roidhe shell of surliness, Feis Tighe Chonáin 1448 . i gcochal a chlí istigh, Keat. Poems 825 (see Celtica i 378 ). Restraint (hood) for poultry EIF 141, 494 : an coimet adeir dliged orro .i. cochaill impa, CIH i 73.28 . Meaning uncertain: da cornd . . . / co cochluib óir, Acall. 3938 . do gab an talam trochull / do ghab cochull cend n-enaig, 2414 .

Compds. With adjj.: air a mbeith cochal-árd cúmhachtach haughty, De Imit. 17.y . t'fhonn / cochollghlas gcoll `with its blue mantle of fruitful hazels', Magauran 350 .