n In Corm. (see below) apparently pl., sg. deil.
(a)
teat, dug:
deala .i. sine no ballán,
O'Cl.
o d.¤ co droind,
IT iii 246
(LL);
cf.
bruchtaid in buar bódela,
ZCP viii 105
.
deil .i. sine bó,
Corm. Y 430
.
sinethæ dianat anmanna d.¤
,
431
.
ar son delae
.i. uithi,
Dinds. 46
(
RC xv 439
).
boinine fo d.¤ (delai, v.l.),
Anecd. ii 75.9
.
roselai delai fir muaid .i. ro denusa sini ind
ḟir . . . ica rabatar móini na hecisi,
RC xxvi 16 § 18
. ?
co
deiligh a d.¤ iarna thaemad,
Dinds. 93
(
RC xvi 44
). deal
fola a bloodsucker or horseleech,
P. O'C.
(b) Fig.
affection, kinship
(see O'Rahilly,
SGS ii 16
,
Celtica i 369
):
deala .i. gáol no cairdeas,
O'Cl.
deal `
kindred,
friendship, affection
',
P. O'C.
alainn in tír i tánac | mochen rí
dámad dela (: feda),
SG 346
. ?
Mag Fea, ní d.¤ do deir,
Metr. Dinds. iii 198
.
athair ┐ mathair Hisu ┐ dream da lucht gail
┐ deala,
YBL 148b23
.
gar, a Mhuire, dhaoibh mo dheala,
Celtica i 29.1
.
ná diult mé gidh créad mo cheana, | a Dhé, 's
méad mo dheala dhuid,
DDána 25a
.
20
. ? Cf.
dall cíach deala
┐ dubha,
L. Cl. A. B. 143.143
.
(c)
meet, proper:
deighmhein as deala don druing,
Top. Poems 60
(=
Hy Fiach. 187
). dún ris nar dheala dhún druim,
DDána 74.59
`the fort we ne'er should have left',
Ir. Monthly
1919, 343
.