n o (cf. ceilid) concealment(?), dissolution, extinction, death: ceal .i. bās, Corm. Y 316 . O'Cl. Met. Gl. 3 n.2 . c.¤ . . . ic sluind epilten, RC xx 170.14 (ACC). ceal .i. ceilt, O'Cl. snāidsiunn ar ch.¤ `Untergang', ZCP viii 287 § 3 . silis in c.¤ / mac na hingini the Son of the Virgin will slay death, Snedg. u. Mac R 13.4 . is am sgithach . . . o ciol na deise, H 2.15A, 105 marg. cited Plummer MS. notes. do chuaidh [ceal] ina chuid conáigh dissolved, A. Ó Dálaigh xlix 5 . giodh bé ceal chuirfios an Tighearna ina n-inntin[n] do dhēanamh dá ccuid = ut libere faciant de rebus suis quidquid Dominus inspiraverit eis, Rial. S.F. 1369 .

Sense not clear in chev.: Colum Cille ba gein glan / brathair dil dam acht mo ch.¤ (: nem), LL 4813 = acht ma cheal, Rawl. 84a8 . is eol dam-sa acht mo c.¤ (acht mádch.¤, v.l.), Anecd. iii 47.10 . acht mad c.¤ , Metr. Dinds. iii 124.50 . Note also: gan cheal without fail, Celtica iv 136 § 85 . adbal ceal `a vast dissolution', Ir. Review 1912, 250 § 18 .

V. freq. in phr. téit for c.¤ dies : dochuaid for c.¤ , SR 3685 . dul for c.¤ , LU 3047 . ar ndol do rígh C. ar ceal, IGT Decl. ex. 1033 = Bard. Synt. Tr. 39.20 . Note also: do chuaidh an t-aingeal ar ceal uatha `became invisible', Keat. ii 619 . créd é an ceal a ndeachaidh how it was spent (of means), Mac Aingil 2055 .

With other verbs: cach mac ina cinaid / cingid ar ch.¤ , Laws i 10.26 . diambadh ina chennadhaigh céin rocesiodh ceal should perish(?), Ériu xiii 19.29 . ? C., cing crúaid ar ch¤., Metr. Dinds. iv 178.19 ; 'towards extinction (?) ' Peritia v 33 . not-chuirfe in Fhlaith ar c.¤ , Ériu i 70.7 . do laoi ar [ceal an] comhardha `removed the stain', A. Ó Dálaigh li 23 . an tí chuireas ar ceal toradh = qui . . . distulit, TSh. 3997 . na sagairt . . . léigeas tar ceal an ghuidhe sin neglect, 4513 . léig ar mhaithmhighe mé ar cheal grant me a respite, Dán Dé xxvii 15 .

? ní nascthar mo chlú ar ch.¤ , Misc. Hib. 19 . arannaisc a chētgnúis [c.¤], RC xxvi 32 § 144 . dimecfit— Medb ilgnūisi archel arrōib rindechaib, TBC-I¹ 1018 (rhet.).

n expld. as heaven (appar. in inference from phr. téit for c.¤ , see 1 c.): ceal .i. nem. ut dicitur: gar cīan co tīas ar c.¤ , Corm. Y 315 . Metr. Gl. 34 § 29 . ceal .i. neamh, O'Cl.

n in etymol. gl.: cen bes ┐ a c.¤ for a hor gl. oircel ( Laws iii 242.13 ), O'Curry 947 ( H 3.18, 411 ) = cael, O'D. 502 ( H 3.17, 406 ). See oircél.

n [u? Cf. célmaine and Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 57 ] omen, augury, portent : c.¤ gl. Augurium, Sg. 69b6 . omen .i. cel , Lib. Hymn. 44 gl.1 . Nás .i. cēl ar is ann fognītis Lagin a cēlmaine, O'Mulc. 826 . ni do cel carsam .i. nī caraim t'ḟáisdine, H 3.18, 531.1 . c.¤ .i. faisdine, O'Cl. inc.¤ comlan, SR 3090 . Nessu célaib (n. pr.?), RC xxvi 20 § 48 . noasta cēl , K. and H. 13 `glorious augury', Murphy Lyrics p. 13 . cel tuindi lais he saw an omen in a wave, Anecd. i 12.15 ( SCano 381 ). ar milid, ar macrad, / co rachobra in cel-sa (: sén-sa), Ériu x 93 § 9 . ni comga in c.¤ , Metr. Dinds. iv 334.65 . torchair a each . . . faoi, ┐ ba cel olc dosom sain, TFrag. 200.16 . Of the `fácbála' left by saints and others: foracaib Finn cel doib, ni biad cin caillig n-amra . . . dib, MacCongl. 208.13 .

Compd. dít chúain chél-bind (: Hérind), Metr. Dinds. iii 8.92 . Cf. mac A. find frithir-ch.¤ ` ill-omened ', iv 78.18 .

n c.¤ .i. bél, O'Cl. O'Don. Suppl. Appar. an inference from etymol. gl. on oircél, see under 3 cel .