Earlier -ál ā, f., vn. of ad-gaib.
(a) In legal sense of the process of recovery of debts,
etc. by distraint. See the tracts in
Laws i 64,
ii 122
and
the account in
Laws i xlvi
. Also in concr. sense of the goods
so taken. For meanings with qualifying words see these.
do cetir slict athgabala, heading of tract dealing with
seizure,
Laws i 64
. atait secht n-athgabala gabar la feine
nacon toibget lesa cia ro nasaiter cia ro gaibtar . . . athgabul
airach laisi mbi aithach fortha, etc.,
v 254.1
.
atait secht
sealba . . . na gaibter athgabail . . . ina teallach .i. noco
dlegar athgabail . . . da techtugad,
iv 6.6
,
14 Comm.
gaibead
imme .i. gabair a.¤ aire conderna ime `let a distress be made
upon him',
128.19 Comm.
apad ┐ troscadh do thabairt air,
┐ a.¤ da gabáil de iarsin (in the case of a person who cannot
or will not perform the services of `fubu' and `rubu' for his
land),
134.1 Comm.
atait secht foruis . . . arachuille coir
n-athgabala . . . otha suidiu dligi cach forus n-athgabala
dia faithce fodesin i.e. there are seven illegal pounds for
cattle . . . these apart anyone may detain them in their
own green,
v 266.19
. a.¤ ar fut distress after delay,
i 208.19
Comm.
contrasted with a.¤ tulla immediate distress,
24 Comm.
athgabail toxail itir crichaib imdergaib,
74.x Comm.
toxal
.i. athgabāil ind fir fine do gabáil ō c[h]inaid in c[h]intaig,
Corm. Y 788
.
mad áil donti geibes in na.¤ daeine do gabail i
nathgabail,
O'D. 2271
(
Rawl. B 506, 23c
). más comdliged
gabthar an athgabháil cid cindti na fiacha is aisic na athgabhála ┐ dilsi na fiacha the article taken in distraint,
O'D. 915
(H 3.17, c. 652). apadh ┐ troscadh for in flaith ┐ aithgabail
do gabhail don aithiuch fortha i.e. distress is accepted by
the `aithech fortha' on behalf of the king,
908
(H 3.17, c.
648).
daine di-neime[d] . . . no gabait som forru in athgabail
do gabail um cinuig in rig,
Laws v 254.x Comm.
rucus
slān fuaslaicthi di a.¤ . . . ba deithbir ar ba athgabāil gabtha
fri indliged .i. nī acclaid fuatach na hathgabāla dina-daimth[er] dligid na cirtt i.e. the taking back of the article by
the person distrained against, Thurn.,
ZCP xv 364 § 48
.
rucus forus n-athgabāla i n-alachrīch I decided that it was
lawful to impound beyond the territory,
§ 49.
(b) With similar meaning in less specialized texts:
do-bádi [fingal] a greit ┐ a a.¤
pledge (`Pfand'),
ZCP xi 85 § 38
.
crō ō inn dano, is hēisidh[e] saighes fine ar urradhas ar ath-athgabāil
(sic),
Ériu i 214.27
. athgabhail .i. cró aighe,
O'Cl. cía fuaitges in n-a.¤
`who seizes the pledge',
Metr. Dinds.
iii 212.30
and Corr. ní lamar la graifne in gáid / élud, aithne,
a.¤
,
18.224
. di marc hi n-athgabāil
in satisfaction,
ZCP vii
305.14
.
(c) In phr. fo-ácaib a.¤
leaves, gives pledge, security (in
compensation), leaves possessions: ni ḟaicfed dano a.¤ túath
nó chenél lasa mairfide som the people by whom he should be
slain would die destitute,
RC viii 50.5
(`no folk by whom he
would be slain would get reprisal', Stokes). ní ba mór itir
faicebtha athgabāil
`thou shalt not leave any great inheritance(?)',
Ériu viii 157.y
.
nocon(on)faicebsa a.¤ latt intan
immosceram,
RC xiii 436 § 4
. So also: na ricfa a anim
nem ┐ na biad a a.¤ i talmain he will leave no goods on earth,
LL 354d8
. cen athgabail nime na talman ūadhibh should
leave neither spiritual nor worldly inheritance (?),
Cáin Ad. 31
.
nambad iarfasti a chiniud la cách / ┐ nad mbíad a athgabail
día chiniud co bráth that none should ask after his people
and that he should leave no inheritance to his people,
Trip.²
2515
.
(d) In phr. co n-a.¤
including
, cen a.¤
excluding:
na huile
cneda . . . otha bas go banbeim go nathgabail an bais ┐ gin
athgabail an banbeim,
Laws iv 232.11 Comm.
coruicce
ard-airig .i. co nathgabail in airig aird,
v 402.27 Comm.
o ind in méoir co n-a.¤ maethan a n-imdha,
Thr. Ir. Gl.
17.20
. in lin . . . airimther o dialt co bricht cona n-athghabhail diblinaib inclusive,
Auraic. 904
. can athgabail Ṡlainge
not including S.,
Fen. 46.1
.
(e) In general sense of
plunder, booty:
cloc ┐ salm do eclais
geill do rígaib . . . aithgabáil do fennethaíb,
LU 9787
.
do
thabairt braite ┐ athgabala esti,
TTr.² 386
. coblach do
thecht . . . ┐ a.¤ do thabairt uadib coro[b] buide leo assec
E. dar éis na hathgabala to take spoil from them,
LL 229a47
(
TTr. 898
). athgabhail .i. creach, O'Cl.
(I) act of receiving again: nách éidir an baistteadh . . .
d'athghabháil one cannot receive baptism a second time,
Desid. 4960
.