n
iā, f. (1 cerd. Cf. cáe)
IGT Decl. § 7
(g
s. -ad, n
pl.
-ada). Later also n-stem.
workshop, smithy
: cerddchae gl.
officina,
Sg. 51b3
.
cerdchae gl. conflatorium
,
Études Celt. xxii 212 § 64
.
cāi .i. tech, unde dicitur cerdcha .i. tech
cerda,
Corm. Y 365
.
būi G. goba isin c[h]erdcha og dēnam
na n-armm,
975
.
aith, ceardcha,
Laws v 160.3
.
cerdcha in
goband,
iii 190.y Comm.
do mindlestraib na cerdcha
workshop,
192.1 Comm.
cerdcha gl. fabrica,
Ir. Gl. 218
.
dothaet in goba . . . assain cherdchai,
LU 1877
.
drem . . .
dib i cerdchaib ic dénum arm,
TTr.² 601
.
re cerdcae ciormhaire,
TFrag. 222.y
.
lan do thigibh amhail cherdcadaiph,
BNnÉ 71 § 123
.
lucht na cerdcha,
Aisl. Tond. 131 § 4
(cf.
lucht an dara cerdcha, ibid.).
caor i gceardcha,
Dán Dé
x 9
. ar Choin na ceardcha Cú Chulainn,
DDána 92.31
.
i gceardchain 'na raibhe ceard chorcán gcriadh do dhéanamh,
TSh. 312
.
Fig.
bámar maráon i ccerdcaib goile ┐ gaisccidh,
TBC St.
2898
. (Cf.
air fheabhus a éoluis . . . a gceardchaibh goile ┐
gaisgidh,
ITS xxiv 74.22
.
re foghluim cerdcha goile ┐
gaisgidh,
Dhá Sg. Art. 852.1165
.) ceardcha an áigh `the
smithy of slaughter (i.e. battle-field)',
Bard. Synt. Tr. 9. 197
§ 7
.
ríniadh ceardchan an chleasraidh,
DDána 117.28
.
Of a prince:
ceardcha goile,
73.20
. Cf.
na deighfhir . . . /
ceardcha einigh na hÉireann,
Top. Poems² 410
.
teóra
ceardcha 'nar chleacht sinn / áineas d'fagháil dom intinn /
teach meabhraighthe . . . / teach luighe ar lochta . . . /
teach breithibh gach gréasa gloin,
Ir. Review 1913, 594 §§
4
-
7
. trí ceardchadha congmhála / do dhreamuibh dile re
dán `three forges that sustained',
§ 8
.