n Earlier teclam, o, [n. ?] (cf. teclamad, tecmallad): a teclam , LL 280b26 = in teclam , YBL 120c19 . hi teclom , LU 5346 . iar teclam (teclamad, v.l.), Anecd. ii 49.9 . teaglam, Hy Fiach. 320.7 . Metathesis of tecmall, vn. of do-ecmalla, prob. infl. by 1 teclaim ( Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 510 ). Cf. n.pr. Tecmall, Tecluim, v.l., IT ii2 195 § 10 . g s. teagluma, Aithd. D. 46.12 .

(a) collecting, gathering (trans.): t.¤ ubald `gathering of apples,' Mon. Tall. 145.17 . t.¤ na fertas gathering the shafts, LU 5258 . is é a less | t.¤ sluaig, Trip. 542.37 . ic t.¤ ┐ ic tinól cethri n-ollchóiced n-hErenn, TBC-LL¹ 217 . eocraind ... do t.¤ leis, CCath. 1390 . a suim ... triallfaidter sunn a tecclaim co cert `to collect a summary of them' (accounts of a battle), 4410 . treise iarsuide fri teclaind (? leg. teclaim) fer fire, H 5.15, 5b ( O'D. 1573 ). ag teaglaim ┐ ag teaccar na hedala sin, Cog. 114.25 .

(b) a collection; a crowd (of people), force (of soldiers): forácaib Patraic in t.¤-sin huili i nArd-machai (of a collection of relics), Trip. 238.19 . doinolat a mbái di mnáib ... hi teclom co mbátar a Findabair uli, LU 5346 . bid mór a slóg ┐ a teclam bias and, LL 280b26 , cf. YBL 120c19 . ní hí so locc aimsir an leabhair si acht teaglam do chuireas leis athaidh iaramh a supplement , Hy Fiach. 320.7 . teaglaim ┐ tiomargadh do dhaosgar-shluagh, TSh. 6649.