n
ā, f. (see
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 199
). Note also n.
pl.
tri stéill
,
LU 8731
,
TBFr. 74
.
strip, panel, slat, zone, border (consisting of cloth,
wood, metal, etc.).
(a) Of clothes, etc.:
sdīall .i. is dī īall idi
.i. dī lēinid. Uel quasi stiad .i. is dī īadtar in muinchille,
Corm. Y 1182
. ?
`stiall' fúathróg ro fionnadh,
Metr. Gl. 15 § 35
.
stēlla dubglasso impu ┐ bruit līn dark grey bands (?) (of crotbuilg harp-bags),
ZCP iv 36.4
=
sella,
TBFr. 103
.
(b) Of the structure of houses, furniture, etc.:
sdiall .i. clár,
go sdiallaibh airgid .i. go gcláraibh,
O'Cl.
tri stéill chréduma
i taulaich in taige three bronze slats,
LU 8731
(
FB 55
).
trí
stéill chrédumai i n-aulaith cecha imda, secht stíalla umai ón
damdabaich co cléithe issin tig,
TBFr. 74
(`rods',
Études Celt.
ii 3 § 7
).
imduí Conchobair i n-airenuch in tigi co stiallaib
airgit . . . cona steill airgit uasind ríg . . . inum (sic leg.) no
búaled Concobar co fleisc rígda in steill contoítis Ulaid uli
fris,
LU 10124 ff
. sdiall airgid aenghil a timchell na corudh
sin `a border' (of an enclosed weir),
BCC 386.28
.
(c) Common in phr. s.¤ ar chopur, apparently some kind of
panelling or wainscoting used in the construction of houses:
stiall ar capar d'airged `a wainscot of silver',
RC xxvi 136 § 10
=
ix 18 § 15
.
stiall ar chapur d'argad glang[lu]air,
Snedg. u. Mac R 9 § 10
.
stiall ar capar do deircibar cach teach,
Anecd.
i 1.5
. stiall ar chopur do derggibur a teg ┐ na imdada `a
wainscot of red yew',
Ériu iv 30 § 21
.
tuilg umpa d'iobhar .i.
sdiall ar chapur,
TFrag. 8.10
. s.¤ ar chapur hé íar n-íchtur ┐
tugi slinded íar n-úachtur (a house),
LU 10122
.
Ref. perh. to land, territory in:
treb Zabuloin na stiall
ng[l]an,
LB 124a51
= treabh Stabulon na stiall nglan (`of the
bright girdles'),
Keat. iii 2035
(cf. the compd.
¤phortach
infra and
Joshua xix 10 ff
. ). Perh.
torn strip
in:
do ní strócach
┐ stialla dhíobh,
ITS xxiv 74.4
(or leg. stiallad?). Cf. stíall,
strócadh `rent',
Eg. Gl. 544a
(cf. stíallaid).
Note also:
cro a ssdiallaib,
Laws i 152.26 Comm
. , etymol.
gloss on:
im criol,
150.9
.
Compds. ?
¤acra:
stiallacra cach ropach ferge dogniat
carait,
O'Curry 228
(
H 3.18, 124
).
¤bán having white strips (ref.
to clothes?):
tri meic Beóain meic Stairn stialbain,
LL 7b18
(
Leb. Gab.(i) 90.18
).
¤chleth
panel, stave (?):
ceand esgrach
na naballgort | adbha dona hiathbheachaibh | muine lucair ara
lar | ata sdabh do sdiallcleathaib,
IT iii 89 § 113
. ?
¤chúis:
eachtrannaigh eatortha le stiallchúis (sic MSS.) áir,
Hackett
xvii 3
(Ed. prints stiallchas = stiallachas tearing, rending).
¤phortach possessing land in strips (? cf.
LB 124a51
supra):
in tres crand . . . la treb sdialportaig Zabulon,
BB 244b37
=
la treib Zabuloin,
YBL 295a25
.