n
f. (1 cobach,
Bürgschaft 44
). coibthi caibthi coibde
caibde f.,
IGT Decl. § 3
.
(a)
bride-price
(paid to father of
bride or to bride (cf.
ZCP xvi 218 n.4
) or divided between
them):
cach athair a cétchoibchi,
ZCP xvii 49 § 17
(
ACL
iii 226.18
).
coibce techte for cedmuindtir comcineoil,
Laws
v 284.z
.
mad c.¤ fri bein do-rata . . . is dilis don c[h]et-muintir in c[h].,
Stud. in E. Ir. Law 49 § 23
.
leth-eneclann
in airec dessen (leg. airech dēssa) in (leg. im?) c.¤ a inghine,
123 n. 2
.
forcraid c.¤ fri eachlaid,
Laws iv 56.x
.
fer do beir
c.¤ mor fri baidsig,
z 0
.
ben . . . taircius i fein ar coibhche
ingnadh no doiligh .i. tolc di tetaibh timpán,
O'D. 379
(
H 3.17, 288
).
slabhra is ainm do bócethraib . . . c.¤ is ainm
di étaighoib,
H 3.18, 6
marg. inf. c.¤ congeire ngnúsa marriage-
gift,
O'Dav. 1163
.
O'Mulc. 180
. is mé ra chunnig in coibchi
n-ingnaid . . . .i. fer cen néoit . . . (spoken by Medb),
TBC-LL²
27
(cf. n.).
ní tuc tindscra no coipche dhi,
TBC St. 4209
.
ro tṡirestair coibchi ar . . . Ḟind .i. leth . . . n-etála do
thabhairt di,
Acall. 2772
.
is í cobchi do iar[r] sī fair, léim
an aill-si,
Feis Tighe Chonáin 175
.
fúair ót abhra choibhthi gclúimh / le
toirrchi úir Bhanbha Bríain,
IGT Decl. ex 1265
.
grádh
na coibhche mheallas mná,
Aithd. D. 28.2
. bean choibhche
prostitute
,
DDána 10.37
(so Gloss.). Later a dowry, which the father gives with his daughter at the time of the marriage or promises to pay subsequently. Finally a simple dowry given by the father of the bride, to be the wife's property within the marriage. See
Ériu xlix 25
,
Stud. in E. Ir. Law 79-80
.
(b)
bargain, contract; payment
in general (original sense,
that in (a) being specialization,
Bürgschaft 13 § 44
):
coibchi
.i. cendach . . . ut dicitur Tulach na c.¤ i n-Aonach Tailten,
Corm. Y 385
.
O'Cl.
ata fo choibchi chaire / cen toirthi,
cen tarbaige (of Cain) vengeance(?),
SR 2007
. is astaigthe
coibce in da gaoth the bargain of two rational persons is valid,
O'D. 800
(
H 3.17, 573
)
.i. is astaithe an comoighe cuir ┐
cunnartha,
O'Curry 1750
(
23 Q 6, 33 b
) =
2400
(
Eg. 88, 31b
).
is dithir cach [fer(?)] loighi iar fuaslucadh a c.¤ aire after
mortgage is paid off,
2486
(
Eg. 88, 39(40)c
) =
Ériu xiii 29.4
.
ní ṡaidh saoithedh . . . for a coibhche cirt lawful bargain,
32.4
cited s.v.
coibchi .i. cunnradh,
O'Dav. 565
. i ngalar . . . / . . . /
céin baí a caibche chuca `as long as the union . . . lasted',
Metr. Dinds. iv 212.28
.
cor ┐ coibchi,
TBC-LL² 40
. nī c.¤ tuislid
rosgab `dispensation of misfortune',
Ériu vi 122 § 14
. fáisdine
do chionn coibhche `for sake of pay',
ML 120.29
. cach
coibchi a certugud `to every transaction its settling',
ZCP
xvii 52 § 33
. (cf.
Anecd. iii 14.17
).
coraigecht cen coibchi,
ACL iii 241 § 9
. c.¤ an ghrāidh `the reward of love' (Gloss.),
O'R. Poems 3940
. ní thiubhra coibhthe = hire,
Ezekiel xvi
41
. Cf.
Eg. Gl. 189
.
aon laoidh iarras ar chách coibhche,
Ó Bruad. iii 206.13
. tugasa dho í ar coibhthe, . . . ar a
fāghail slán `upon certain conditions',
Oss. ii 160.10
. As
vn. oc c.¤ bíid ar arget buying,
Laud 610, 97a
cited Meyer
Contribb.