n
o and u, m. (orig. neut.? see 2 ól) orig. disyll., cf.
óol fíno oíngrindi,
Imr. Brain 13
(7 syll.);
d'oöl huile do Chaeḯn,
SR
1944
. In Glosses only in d
s.
óul,
Ml. 94c12
,
118c9
,
129d14
.
ól m., g
s. óil,
óla,
IGT Dec. § 38.10
.
The act of drinking
: used as vn. of ibid `drinks'.
deug mór
du óul,
Ml. 94c12
. it mathi inna ganema oc óul ind lenda
imbibing (absorbing) water,
129d14
.
is geis dúib . . . ól nó
longud nó chotlud,
FB 26
(
LU 8387
). is e ro bo mo ool do
lind ro bae inn[a] aimsir who drank most liquor,
Rawl. 147a19
.
ro mbiad mór fina do ól,
SCC 11.
di óul meda,
ZCP xii 237.4
(
B. in Scáil 57
). cách 'ca hól-si dara hor drinking of her (a
river) along her bank,
Metr. Dinds. iii 180.179
.
conḟacca si in
fiach oc ól na fola,
IT i 71.16
. g
s. tec[h]t ar cend usci oóil ┐
innalta water for drinking and washing,
TBC-LL¹ 1555.
ro-íta oil,
MacCongl. 125.13
.
ri tindenus ola inn usci,
TTebe 1799
.
Esp.
drinking strong liquor, carousing
:
bátar Ulaid oc ól i
taig Fh.,
IT i 67.2
.
bith oc ol tria bitha sír,
ZCP viii 108.17
.
iar trummi óil,
FB 17
(
LU 8224
). i n-am óil (i.e. at banquets),
BNnÉ 260.3
. dúana da siorghabail 'na grianan in n-am ólae,
ZCP xiii 18.10
.
tar éis óla no aonaigh,
ML 90.10
. tech n-óil
a banqueting-hall,
CRR 11.
teach óla,
TSh. 10341.
clann
Ébha a n-áointigh óla,
IGT Dec. ex. 1051.
inad ola `drinking-
seat' (of a chief at the festival of Tara),
Leb. Cert. 6.17
.
éc Ennai 'na
imdaid óil,
LL 33a54
. ól fleide to partake of a feast:
mani
thísat do ól mo flede,
FB 6
, cf.
TBC-LL¹ 986
,
1029
. cen fleda d'ól,
PH 8127.
ic ól fesi Temrach,
IT iii 185 § 2.
v
s. a ol iar n-
ítaidh! drinking in excess of thirst (i.e. swiller, toper, of a
person),
IT iii 91 § 127
=
Bruchst. i § 60
. ? In concrete sense,
drinking-feast
:
ól is cuirm Í Chonchubhair,
ITS li 166 § 17
. do-bhéara sgiamh ort gun ól 'it will confer dignity on you at the drinking-feast '
Sages, Saints and Storytellers 167 § 21
.
A draught (ration, amount consumed) of liquor:
int ól no
ibed Mugaeth,
ZCP viii 302.25
. tri chét ól isind ól-sin `three
hundred draughts there were in that vessel' (? in that draught,
ration),
Metr. Dinds. i 32.67
. Cf. 2 ól.
By extension: do chíghe d'ól to suck,
Dán Dé xv 7.
ól an
chuirp-se (of the Sacrament),
xviii 4
.
mo bheith gut ól mar fhear ngrádha 'my drinking away your substance like a lover',
Giolla Brighde 110 § 14
.
As allegor. npr. m.: Ól (name of a harper),
BDD 119.
Compds.
¤tech a banqueting-hall
: i n-oiltigh ┐ i n-oireachtas,
AFM v 1788.2
.
¤togairm: ag óltoghairm a milis-deoch
(= propinans dulcia),
TSh. 8341.
See also follg.