o, n. Freq. also aircetal. For delenition of -rch- see
Ériu xxxii 81
. Later m. Vn. of ar-cain.
(a) metrical composition, poem; poetry:
bailir .i. urcetal,
Goid.
78 § 202
(Dúil Laithne).
iomchomurcar dath ┐ tothacht . . .
in gach airchedol,
Ériu xiii 14.z
.
dlegar do cach filid nemdiubairtce aircedail,
Laws v 458.24
.
ro facaib [Patraic] acu . . .
genelaige fer nErenn, aisti cach aircedail ┐ duili sluinnti,
Laws i 44.19 Comm.
asi sin in bo dochuindgeas ar is bithblicht in t-aircetal,
Anecd. i 50.13
.
a.¤ doroindi seom do D. . . .
airg . . . co n-[a]irchedal do rig Erenn,
Anecd. i 8.8
(
SCano
234
).
fri snádud neich dothíssad co n-airchetul,
LU 5081
(TBC). is dorcha a fidrad inn airchedail the interpretation of
the poetry is obscure,
Ériu v 32.7
. raind espai ┐ airchetail
`idle staves and songs',
RC xiv 418 § 35
(
LL 12833
).
buár
suád .i. airchetla beca ara tabraiter bae do suid,
xxvi 22 § 66
and n.
(
LL 187a33
).
et doriṅgni in gló[ṡ]náthi airchetail seo
iarsin,
TFerbe 99
.
d'immbud ēcnai ┐ eōlais ┐ aircetail,
MacCongl. 21.17
.
istu[d]loc toghaidhi do ecna Dé ┐ día a.¤
amail Pól apstal,
BColm. 104.26
.
saoi . . . hi senchus ┐ hi
filidheacht ┐ i n-airchetal
,
AFM ii 870.9
.
is don chanaid sin
atá in t-arcetal sa,
Fen. 194.5
. In sense of tairchetal:
ro
aisneidh doib uili aircetla in catha catharda,
CCath. 1062
.
Perh. name of a class of metres (descr. as having trisyllabic
line-endings):
do aistib ind aircetail i coitchinn indso,
IT
iii 67
.
trethsillabach in t-a.¤
,
105 § 208
. See p. 127.
toimsiter
aisti inn aircetail fri haltaib na ndaeni,
Auraic. 1509
. Name of
a type of satire:
cis lir fodla aire . . . a tri .i. aisnes ┐ ail ┐
aircetal,
BB 299a6
(=
Jn. Celt. Stud. i 201
).
aircetal aíre
dano ataait .x. fodla fair-side,
25
(ib.). do labhair an Tighearna ar tus i ngach uile aircheatal trid na faidhibh teaching,
ITS xxix 166.11
. (b)
ability to compose poetry
: in fili nád ḟrithgnai, ┐biid airchetal oca … mani bé airchetal la mac ind ḟiled 'the poet who does not attend a course of study, and has ability in poetry … if the son of the poet does not have ability in poetry'
UR 106 § 8
. eter frithgnum ┐ airchetal
'both with regard to having pursued a course of study and having ability in poetry'
106 § 10
. fer lasa mbí airchetal n-án ┐ filedacht án 'a man who has splendid poetry, and splendid poetic standing'
114 § 22
.
As n. pr.
maic Ollaman Airchetail,
Anecd. ii 47.18
.