v also loig-, luig-, lig-. See Wagner,
ZCP xxv 163 ff
.
Later as weak vb., generally luig-. Indic. pres. 3 s.
laigid,
LU 2940.
AU i 144.3
.
i llaig
,
LL 1565.
rel.
laiges,
LL 16335.
Impf. Indic. 3 s.
nolaiged,
RC xx 168.2
(ACC).
Metr. Dinds.
iv 184.5
. 3 pl.
-lloigid,
YBL 169a14
.
-legat,
Fianaig. 30.30
.
Subj. pres. 1 s.
i-llius,
Thes. ii 357.17
(see Watkins,
Celt. Verb
26
,
56
,
GOI 391
). perfective 3 pl.
-dellset,
O'Dav.
694.
-deilset,
Laws iv 78.9 (80.9)
. Impf. subj. 3 s.
noco
lessed
,
Metr. Dinds. iv 66.3
. Perf. 3 s.
dellig,
LL 204a28
.
co n[d]eillig
,
BB 368a30
.
deilligh,
396a15
.
deillich,
YBL
140a13
.
i ndellechuir
,
Trip.² 2847.
3 pl.
dellgetar,
LL 6189.
Fut. 3 s.
-lee,
Imr. Brain 25 § 51
(con-laig). 3 pl.
-leasad,
TBC-I¹ 3449
(for
lesat,
GOI p. 410
). Vn. lige.
IGT Verbs § 74.
I
lies
(somet. with cogn. accus. lige, crólige).
Absolutely
(a) gets into lying position, lies down
:
dellig . . . / in gerrán
buadach Patraic,
LL 204a28
. co deiligh a dela iarna thaemad
`his drinking cup fell down',
Dinds. 93
(
RC xvi 44
). for Maig
Ailbe dellgetar `fell on Ailbe's plain' (Strachan
Phil. Soc. Trans. 1895, p. 62
),
LL 6189
. noco lessed lige líuin / i n-óen
na n-íath-mag n-aníuil till he should lie down forwearied in a
meadow-land unvisited,
Metr. Dinds. iv 66.107
(lige líuin cogn.
accus. or cheville).
dellid (dellig, MS) ind [ḟ]idbad forlar,
SR
1389
. roloigset croind ┐ fidbuid Parthuis co lar thalman ar oirmitin in duileman bowed,
LB 111b9
=
MacCarthy 56.26
.
rolaigestair for croicnib na caerach sin,
Aen. 1512
. cach laech
nolaiged fon lind / atraiged suas (`every warrior he laid').
Metr. Dinds. iv 184.5
. gur luidestar . , . re himarcaid na
hesláinte `took to his bed',
Caithr. Thoirdh. 58.14
. cur loigsetar
atai na bolga subsided,
Laws iv 16.10 Comm
. teas ar áth ar
oighibh ónna / loighidh ó thráth nóna anund dies down,
IGT
Decl. ex. 891
. ro luig fo chossaib prostrated himself,
TFrag.
102.9
. a sgarthain an uair do b'ál / . . . ar a leanb do luigh an
ógh `cast herself' (on dead body of Christ),
PBocht 13.17
.
a shamhuil ní léir gur luigh died,
L. Cl. A. B. 276.123
.
do luigh cóir ar leinbne `the debt due to our dear Child set',
Aithd. D. 95.22
. glé no laiged isin ganim / inna ligu iar
mórsaeth lie flat,
RC xx 168.2
.
Of night, darkness falls:
o laiges ind ḟíradaig,
LL 16335.
go ro laig inn adaig bar feraib hErend,
TBC-LL¹ 6164
.
ro
laighset landorcha na haidhchi forro,
CCath. 2688.
Of sun
sets:
loighidh grían is sí ar slighidh,
L. Cl. A. B. 75.136
.
éirghidh an ghrian . . . ┐ luighidh sí,
Corp. Astron. 20.18
.
Cf.
laigis Medb a heinech fa damdabaich sciath,
TBC-LL¹ 2742
,
where laigis is to be referred to fo-luigi.
(b) is in lying position, lies, sleeps
:
senteg coisrectha don
choimdi alloigid daine galair,
YBL 169a14
.
no laigdis da
ingin . . . immi cach n-aidchi comad móide in cath dó fri
Demon,
Fél. 40.16
.
laigid C. an aidchi sin for lepaid Mobí,
BColm. 82.4
.
do loighsit an oidhche sin co subhach,
Ériu
iii 170.11
. na coimsig loighios ó ló `that loll on after daybreak',
O'Gr. Cat. 479.15
.
ni luighim ar leabaidh,
Keat. Poems 1432.
laighid croligi lies sick,
AU i 144.3
(croligi cogn. accus.).
flaith laiges tren-lige for seilb a ceile `who lays a heavy burden
on his tenant's possession',
Laws v 358.6
. In transferred
sense: daoine luigheas . . . ar an loise laomdha `settle down'
(Gloss.),
TSh. 6970.
Cf.
cia dú i llaig funiud grene,
LL 1565.
nilóeg ilige lobordaimm laiges,
IT iii 59 § 114
(
dam laides,
B 97 § 157
).
II With follg. prep. or prep. phrase. l.¤ fo
yields to:
an
t-éasga lán nar loigh fa ainbhfine,
DDána 109.8
.
loigh co
h-umhal fona smacht,
ITS xxix 111.29
. Cf. luidh fa tharm
(leg.? th'arm) ┐ admhaigh go bhfuilir claoidhte lay down your
arms,
Luc. Fid. 4312.
l.¤ for. In lit. sense: d'eilligh a chotluth fair, he fell asleep
IT i 126.6
. deillich fuírri lay with her,
YBL 140a13
.
Usually in fig. senses.
Affects, blemishes
:
ro laig senordacht
for Athirne,
LL 13616
. ar nár laig lagadh `on whom no
depression had come',
MR 298.1
.
nā luigedh úamhan nā
imeccla oruibh,
ZCP xiv 250.12
. ar Lúcās do luigh cumha
(i.e. at Mary's death),
Dán Dé xv 25
. dá lóchrann ar nach
luigh smál (i.e. the sun and moon),
xxvii 10
.
do luigh
ortha . . . / orchra re h-ucht a éaga,
PBocht 11.19
.
luidis
tamh air 'com fhaicsin,
Irish Texts i 59 § 41
.
do luig na lic ar
mo lár,
O'Gr. Cat. 361.17
.
go luigheann néall náimhdidhe
na locht ar rosgaibh a réasúin,
TSh. 9254
.
lucht ar nach
luidh m'ealadha,
L. Cl. A. B. 163.50
.
go luighfeadh
daoirse na breithe . . . uirre féin,
TSh. 3249
.
Muircheartach
ar nár luigh tár,
L. Cl. A. B. 116.36
. giolla ar nár luidh
iomarbhé `on whom no blame was ever laid',
Duan. F. ii
352.61
.
Oppresses, presses hard on:
leoman mor laiges for
préid na for mart,
Alex. 1069
(
BB 500a10
).
delligh anfforlann
an eccarat for a mbaoi isin Espain do Gaoidelibh,
Leb. Gab.(i)
234.2
.
do loigedur sersenaig imdo air,
Ann. Conn. 1230.6
.
do luid (leg. luig) orra Cairbre,
Fen. 398.16
. níor luigh ar
leith a mháthar he encroached not on his mother's share,
DDána 96.29
.
do luigh a' nāmhaid oruinn,
Cín Lae Ó Meall. 21.10
.
do luidh an oiread sin de ghorta air,
Eochairsg.
82.23
. In proverb: luighidh iolar ar uathadh the many
overcome the few,
AFM vi 1940.x
=
loigenn ilar ar uathaid,
Caithr. CC 74
=
luigidh iolar for uathadh,
Hugh Roe² 64.23
.
In different construction: ní loigh m'intinn ar ábhocht
dwells not on,
Aithd. D. 6.7
. ra ghréas laoidhe ar ar luigh
san to which he devoted himself,
Content. xxii 13
.
na tolcha
ar ar hoileadh inn / go loigheadh orra mh'intinn,
DDána 88.30
.
Legal: laidig ail for naesaibh, l.¤ imna for giallna, . . . laigidh
feith for fintiud takes precedence (the prior claim `lies upon'
the later claim, so that the latter cannot come forward till
the former is discharged, Plummer MS. notes),
O'Curry 1868
(
23 P 3, 20c
). l.¤ ail for naesaib quoted
Laws iii 220.21
,
25
,
226.21
(all Comm.).
loigid finntiu for imna,
O'D. 2283
(
Rawl. B. 506, 26a
).
ni laig aimsir for rainn sochraite na dochraite,
O'D. 580
(
H 3.17 col. 444
).
Note also: an tan do luigheadar ort, do bhris tú `leaned
upon thee',
Ezekiel xxix 7.
l.¤ i fiadnaisiu
prostrates oneself before
:
ra-s-loigset uile i n-a
fhiadnaise,
PH 191
.
luidhigh (loigis v.l.) an mac eccailsi ic
prostrait i fiadnaisi Mocuda,
BNnÉ 310.9
.
rolaigset 'na
fhiadnaise,
RC xiv 34.21
.
ro-loigset uile i fiadnaise hin
fireoin,
PH 244.
l.¤ imm. Of garment: ciasu fili immali[g] tugen cona llí
is worn by,
RC xxvi 14.10
.
l.¤ le
lies with, espouses
luigh liomsa,
Gen. xxxix 12.
luighis Cormac ré hEithne gur toirceach leis í,
Keat. ii
4732
. Of mystic espousal: na loidedh a leaba goill / feithed
fós ar Cloinn Conoill (of Ireland),
Irish Texts ii 56.52
. luighid
an t-óg 's an sean le ar siair `young and old wed our sister'
(of Mary),
PBocht 2.5
. an chomhairle as ar luigh leis / dár
ngonaibh-ne is luibh leighis (of the Incarnation),
DDána 6.11
.
mar budh fear do luigheadh lé `he was as a spouse to her',
Aithd. D. 84.6
.
Rarely in trans. use:
go nach luighfeadh Dia lámh air,
TSh. 5419.