v (ON leggya, Greene,
Celtica iv 45
)
(a)
lays out, sets,
places; lowers, lets down; extends, stretches
:
curaid . . . se
traigid .l. legtair i fot cacha delba dib,
Ériu ii 128 § 98
(Tenga Bithnua). ata . . . muir legthair [is]in fairgi deis
indsi E. `is set',
112 § 35.
legtair asna nimib .ix.
ngaetha,
§ 33.
leagar libsi . . . ichtara bar n-eirriud,
MR 176.y
.
leagur lais . . . / sleagh glas re hais n-ursann,
IGT Decl. ex. 474
. le dubhadh eagla mon-uar / don chur-so
ní leagar lámh arms (raised in lamentation) are not lowered(?),
DDána 79.15
. innstruimint . . . le legfadais he (of the descent
from the Cross),
Smaointe B. Chr. 4298
.
seach ar leagadh
riamh i gcré,
Keat. Poems 611
. do leaccadar é le hiomarcaidh
lūthghára lifted him down (from the ass),
Beatha S. F. 2659
.
leag mo bhata ar aghaidh an leinimh,
2 Kings iv 29
.
(b) Of lowering sail, etc.:
do leagad leision a sheóil / a
bportaibh díleann,
Duan. F. ii 222 § 6
.
mar leagar
bréid longa ar loch,
DDána 91.53
=
IGT Decl. ex. 2131.
Fig.
seol an chogaidh leagthair leo,
PBocht 10.21
. leag
seol do mhéada meanma abate,
21.2
.
leagfaidh seólta a
thoile,
TSh. 877.
Cf.
lecait uadib hi tír,
LL 287a2
.
(c) l.¤ láim ar
inflicts (chastisement, etc.) on:
go leaga láimh
ar fhear mh'agra,
PBocht 18.34
.
do leag Dia a lámh air
leith re heasláinte . . . do chur ar a chorp,
Beatha S. F. 153
.
For the phrase l.¤ uille ar see s.v. uilen.
(d) Implying the use of violence, throws to the ground,
overthrows, prostrates, lays low:
cid fa lecai na clocha
/ a Muirchertaig,
RC xxiii 414.1
.
leagais Laogh Idh,
┐ easonoraighis co mor é,
TBC-LL¹ 3897
(Stowe).
cuiris
cloich . . . ina thaphaill gur leag ocht n-eona dib,
p. 163 n.5
.
gor' leagsat in rīghbili,
ZCP v 22 § 13
.
mór mbarr bentur
don chruine / lecthar crann le casnaighe,
IGT Decl. ex. 85.
do lec se caislen Atha Angaili `razed',
Ann. Conn. 1270.8
.
go ro leccadh, ┐ coro láinbhrisedh an baile leó go talmhuin,
AFM vi 2312.2
. a ghnúis Dé . . . / cur riot do leag Lúisifear
was the downfall of,
DDána 60.38
. co ro leac dia eoch he
unhorsed him,
ZCP iv 383.4
.
sul do leagadh an teagh ar
chách dá marbhadh,
TSh. 5661
. leagaidh iomad toirtheamhlachta an gort (segetem nimia sternit ubertas),
6992
.
ro leagadh an barūn isin ffiaprus,
Fl. Earls 238.17
.
Vn. lecad, part. lectha.