n
io (Lat. puteus) g
s.
na cuithi
,
O'Curry 1643
(
23 Q 6, 19 a
).
n
p.
cuitedha,
Laws iv 222.4 Comm.
See Vendryes,
Études Celt. iv 327
-
9
.
(a)
pit
: c.¤
gl. lacunar,
Études Celt. xi 130
.
c.¤ .i. cūa ┐ tē,
ut dicitur cūad cōi-fid .i. fid cūa co cāe fās and,
Corm. Y 338
.
putte a putteo .i. cuthe,
1060
. do chuithiu ref. to
inferno
,
Ml. 49a27
. cuidi tirmaidi `dry pits',
123d3
.
búi c.¤ isin dún,
LU 9391
. cúithi salaind `saltpits',
ZCP xvii 232.21
.
slocaidh
amal chuiche,
Ériu iii 6.15
.
méit cuthi cach lattrach léig,
LL 29443
(
Four Songs 18 § 3
).
for ur in chuthi,
PH 1225
.
a cuithi = fossa,
Smaointe B. Chr. 4254
.
ar ch.¤ nó ar chuas
an chroidhe,
TSh. 1855
. assin chuithi leoman `den of lions',
Fél. Ep. 500
. a cuthi na leoman (Daniel),
SR 7378
. cenn i
cc.¤ leomhan (i.e. a risk),
Hugh Roe² 286.14
.
Fig. of hell:
isin mor-chute nísel,
Lib. Hymn. 101.6
.
a broid an ch.¤ chríonúrlaigh `the fagot-fringed ancient pit',
Ó Bruad. i 22 § 6
.
(b)
pitfall, trap for animals
. See Plummer,
Ériu x 117
.
a seillacht bir no c.¤
`looking on at cattle on the brink . . . of
a pit',
Laws i 272.35 Comm.
a fochruibh ch.¤
,
ii 58.6 Comm.
ma ruc in fiad leis in cep no in cuichi as a inad `trap',
iii
456.14 Comm.
ma rucastar in tos in cep no in cuithi les as a
inad,
O'Curry 1643
(
23 Q 6, 19.a
). da chuichi cuchairi `two traps
of hunters',
Laws iii 456.17 Comm.
on cuithi cuchairi
etechta,
O'D. 1514
(E 3.5, 53a).
in ceap, ┐ in c.¤, ┐ in
slabradh co pein,
O'Curry 2384
(
Eg. 88, 30a
).
(c)
prison, dungeon
(see
Ir. Recht 77
):
gola .i. c.¤, ut est
fuidir crui ┐ gola .i. o cuithi donesairg, ┐ dom doigh is e sin in
prisun,
O'Dav. 1052
.
on ghola, on c.¤
,
Laws iv 246.19 Comm.
o gebind co cuthi ó chuthe co croich,
PRIA xix 552.41
(
LL
18645
).
tria . . . carcair ┐ cepp ┐ cuthi,
PH 4201
.
cuiritt hi
cc.¤ na ngiall he,
BNnÉ 4 § 5
.
(d)
well, pool, whirlpool
: toichredh a chenn 'sa ch.¤
`he
would plunge his head into the well',
ZCP i 66 § 113
. C., hi
lomaind do cum c.¤
`approaching the pool',
AFM i 480.13
=
dochum cuithi `zu Grabe',
Bruchst. 46 § 103
; cf. demersus
est in lacu crudeli morte,
AU i 358.14
.
Coire da Ruad . . . /
is mor bruitheas a ch.¤
,
Anecd. i 12.z
(
SCano 403
). isna
saebchuthib in die Strudeltiefen,
Alex. 680
. eol dam senchas
na sruithe / for trebthas in trén-ch.¤
`of the mighty whirlpool's
home',
Metr. Dinds. iv 82.34
.
(e) Various: dariṅgned a cluchi caíntech. im chuthi
grave
,
LL 32601
(
TTr. 1805
). ar bru mona no chuithi morass (?),
Laws v 330.13
.