n
n
s.
gilld,
Corm. Y 676
,
1059
(
p. 93.11
) ; also
gille,
IGT Decl. exx. 1136
,
1405
,
2130
; cf. gilli (: fīrindi),
ACL iii
246.7
; gille (: imme),
MacCongl. 69.30
. n
p. gailli (subscript a),
gaille,
ZCP xxvii 43 (B)
. io, m. A word of
pre-Norse origin, prob. from Latin. See Pokorny,
ZCP xii
298
ff. ; Marstrander,
ib. 309
ff.
(a) a youth of an age to bear arms ; one who has arrived at
the third of the six ages of man (for which see gillacht) :
Dauid
in gille dáne,
Hy. i 12
.
gilla oac amulach,
LU 3825
(
SCC
§ 37.14
).
TBC-LL¹ 265
.
do gilli no óclig,
Mon. Tall. § 41
. v
s.
cucainn cetna thanacais do chétgasciud, a gillai,
IT i 103.9
.
a gilli,
LU 3535
(
SCC § 29
).
a ghille ... doní uaill as do ghile,
A. Ó Dálaigh xliii 2.
As a contemptuous mode of address :
creud as creidemh dhuitsi, a ghiollaidh thall,
Luc. Fid. 182
.
pl.
a ṅgillai óca,
CRR § 34
.
gilde ┐ ócláoich,
Mon. Tall. § 48
.
a gillu Connacht,
IT i 106.21
(LL).
chethirn ṅ-gilla,
TBC-LL¹
5762
. gialladh do ghillaibh óga giving youths as hostages,
AU ii 540.17
.
tri chet do gillib occa,
TTebe 1468
. tuc Ráp
... aeghaidhecht do ghilladaib Israel (of the spies),
ZCP ii
52.9
(
Maund. § 90
).
atconnarc gillu glána,
LU 3767
(
SCC
§ 34
).
(b) Sometimes (with or without `bec') used as the equivalent of `mac,' a male child, a boy :
in gilla bec mo dalta sa,
TBC-LL¹ 842
,
gilla,
TBC-I¹ 514
=
mac bec,
TBC-LL¹ 1015
. Cf. also
TBC-I¹ 508
,
537
with
TBC-LL¹ 989
,
1046
respectively.
ba gilla
bec,
LL 226b28
(
TTr. 700
).
PH 1366.
(c) Used of a pupil :
gilldæ .i. is fri gil is cosmail. ... issē
dono bēssad in gilla tosugud (do ṡugud, LB) forcetail do
t[h]engaid a fithidire,
Corm. Y 676.
(d) a servant, a gilly, a messenger :
gilla a cillus, graece
manus unius, ar is lām do cach áon a gilla,
Corm. Y 702
.
Cf.
O'Mulc. 654
.
a gilla laiss .i. ēcsīne ēiside co menmuin
fithidire lais,
Corm. Y 825
.
ro chuir in gilla na eocho hi
fergort,
LU 8514
(
FB § 36
).
TBC-LL¹ 3295
.
TBC-I¹ 2468
.
ro-fhóid tra Iacop a gilla,
PH 2193
. C. giolla gradha do
Brian `confidential officer,'
Cog. 102.19
. gilla Crist (gl.
Christianus),
Ir. Gl. 523
.
gilla ... nó timtirid,
Mon. Tall.
§ 37
. pl. ferr lais feis la gillib to sleep with his servants,
Laws v
292.22
. daescurṡluag ┐ gillida fedma `drudges,'
Acall. 5627
.
CRR § 28
. gilli na sluag `horse-boys,'
Cog. 82.7
. giollaidhe
an tsluaigh `camp-followers,'
Keat. iii 3199
. daill iad
┐ giolladha dall = duces caecorum),
Mac Aingil 401
. With a
defining gen. of the work allotted or the service performed :
g.¤ adhairce (gl. cornicen),
Ir. Gl. 1018
. g.¤ con a kennel
attendant,
Laws v 72.29
.
ZCP xiii 254.16
. g.¤ cupáin
cup-bearers
,
1 Kings x 5
. g.¤ na-n-each (gl. mango),
Ir. Gl.
946
. Cf.
Ériu iii 141.196
.
BColm. 102.2
.
IGT Decl. ex 2130
.
g.¤ an eich,
TD 22.17
. gille echraide
grooms
,
RC xliii 26 § 25
.
g.¤ na fi[d]chli chess-board attendant,
Acall. 1344
.
g.¤ na filed
.i. g.¤ urraith .i. i cometecht caich bis a bailiu i mbailiu,
Laws i 106.10 Comm.
; 'baggage-boy'
UR 133
. g.¤ gái
a spear-gilly
,
SG 66.1
. marbus g.¤ in gái .i. in callaire
sergeant (?),
76.9
. g.¤ glomair
horse-boy
,
Laws v 72.29 Comm.
g.¤ an ghobanno the boy who feeds the smith's furnace : fuaradh
ghiolla an ghabhann (prov. saying),
TSh. 6206
. g.¤ scuir
a stud-groom, a stableman
,
Acall. 778
. g.¤ tened one who
attends to the fires,
SG 354.33
. g.¤ turusa a messenger :
cursúr
.i. gilla turusa,
PH 2601.
Laws v 72.29 Comm.
g.¤ urláir
a household servant,
Laws v 72.29 Comm.
Cf.
echlach urláir,
Ériu ix 15.
(e) Commonly used from the close of the 10th cent. as the
first element of masc. proper names, foll. by gen. of npr.
(saint or other), see Marstrander,
ZCP xii 313
.
Gillacolaim,
AU i 488.16 (an. 976)
.
G.¤ Patraic,
492.22 (an. 982)
.
G.¤ Ciarain,
Caithr. CC § 53
.
G.¤ na Trinódi hUa Dálaigh,
RC xviii 270.1
. For further exx. see
AU (Index) :
AFM iii
2-3 n.
and
Heldensage (Index). Also (accompanied by a
descriptive adj. or gen.) used as npr
m. or sobriquet :
G.¤ Bec,
Rawl. 159a14
.
G.¤ Luaithrindi,
Lec. 57rb16
. In
G.¤ Leithderg O Concobair,
RC xviii 276.25
. See also Dubgilla,
Crōngilla,
Gormgilla,
ZCP xiii 1
-
2
.