n
o, m. and ā, f. gabhal (ā, f.),
IGT Decl. § 12
; gobhal,
gabhal, ā, f.,
§ 192
. Gender seems to vary sometimes with
sense. n
s.
gabul
,
Sg. 45b20
.
LU 4804
.
gobul,
LU 401
. g
s.
na gabla
,
LU 4800
;
4811
;
9193
.
TBC-LL¹ 683
.
goible,
Laws v
360.15
.
gaible,
LL 193b52
.
gaibhle,
Tribes of Irel. 58
.
in
(mur-)gabuil, ,
Metr. Dinds. iii 194
(
LL 196a38
).
gabail,
Fen.
120.18
. d
s.
gabail,
Anecd. i 57 § 59
.
RC xxvi 12
(
LL 186a56
).
TBC-LL¹ 2360
.
gabul
,
LU 9061
(
FB 81
).
Ériu ii 194 § 9
.
gabhal,
RC xiv 52.19
. a
s.
gabail,
LU 4796
.
TBC-LL¹ 673
.
LL 142a39
.
gabal,
CCath. 2960
.
gabol,
LL 284a16
.
gobol,
ib. 11
. n
p.
(muir-)gobuil,
Ml. 45d12
.
gabail,
Laws iv 282.13
. a
p.
-gabla,
LL 172b26
.
gábla,
Thr. Ir. Gl. 36.38
(s.v. prull).
cetheora gabla
,
TBC-LL¹ 5645
(St).
gablu,
Laws iii 78.20
. g
du.
Mag Dá
Gabul
,
LU 8508
(
FB 36
).
(a) a fork: gl. furca,
Sg. 45b20
. librither gabla a láma
as long as pitchforks,
Thr. Ir. Gl. 36.38
. Fig. of wreaths
of steam, etc.
scaiblín ... cona gáblaib gaile,
MacCongl. 35.1
.
g.¤ dluta some sort of a tool, pincers (?):
gulban .i. gobul dlūta
la sāiro,
O'Mulc. 675.
(b) a forked branch of a tree:
for cethora benna na gabla,
LU 4800
=
co tuc gobal ceithri mbeann fo a cinnu,
Dinds.
144
.
crichiditi limsa in gabul
,
TBC-LL¹ 781
.
topacht gabail
cethri ṁbend,
673
.
i tóeb na gabla,
LU 4808
(
TBC-I¹ 316
).
TBC-LL¹ 683.5030
.
co ngabail chain ina lamaib,
Anecd. i 57 § 59
.
Used of a larger branch than the `cráeb,' the `
gabul
' being
prob. a bough direct from the trunk
and the `cráeb' a
branch of such a branch: colpach ina ngablaib, dairt ina
craeba, a `colpach'-heifer as fine for cutting their `gabla,'
a `dairt'-heifer for their `cráeba,'
Laws iv 146.23
. Cf.
i 164.1
Comm.
Of behaviour in horses that can cause injury to humans: cenn a ngabal, 'putting its head in the fork of a tree'
CIH i 266.7
,
EIF 153
.
(c) the fork of a gallows, a gibbet: riag no gabul
(gl.
patibulum),
Sg. 53a20
. fer soerus di gabail `a man whom
he frees from the gallows,'
Laws iv 338.3
(
Críth G. 579
).
daer gabla an unfree person whom his patron has redeemed
from the gallows:
doer-ḟuidir .i. in daer aigenta noco n-e
deirim acht daer gabla no crai,
Laws v 518.18 Comm.
Cf.
however:
in daor aicenta .i. fear gabar do ... gabail he,
O'Curry 1212
(
H 3.18, 485a-b).
in deoraidh .i. daer aicenta .i.
[daer] gabla,
Laws i 106.7 Comm.
fuidir gola (.i. gablai .i.
crucis),
Ir. Recht, p. 65 § 7
(see also
ib. pp. 25
,
76
ff.,
79
).
fuidir goible (.i. gabar o gabail na croici .i. tar bragait),
Laws v 360.15
.
na manaig nuna ┐ gola ┐ gabla,
iii 10.24
.
furail gabla arda do breith ann `order high gibbets to be
brought there,'
Fier. 148.
(d) a (forked ?) beam, support or shaft (for diverse uses):
(1) a beam, a rafter (of a house):
dolluid ... co rrabi inna
sessom i mbun na gabla roboí hi ciund tened,
LU 9193
(
FB 92
).
luid is tech ... co mbaí forsin irlár ┐ a lám forsin
gabail,
RC xxvi 12.22
(v.l.
tuirid,
H 3.18, 543yb
). Cf.
rosforbair in gabul ... uas in tig cona torad forri,
PH 1315
.
gabhla ar ttighe `beams,'
Canticles i 17
. gréas gach gallghabhla `the ornament of each foreign arch,'
DDána 119.33
.
ar bhun na gaibhle `on the rafter's end,'
Tribes of Irel. 58.
(2) a support (a crook ?) for hanging a cauldron:
in coire
fiuchus for a gabluib,
Laws i 46.26 Comm.
cuit in tslóig
... ni berbther é ar oengabail,
TBC-LL¹ 2360
.
as iad ba gabhla
dá ccoiredhaibh cáirn do chorpaibh na Lochlann,
Thr. Frag.
124.1
.
ra chuirset [in banb] forsin gabail i cionn na teined,
SG 88. 18
,
21
. nech do chur fo ghabhail (an) choire (a
mark of contumely):
go gcuirfedh ... Fiond fo ghabhail an
choire,
Duan. F. i 4.8
.
cur Cormaic mic Airt d'Fhiacha fo
ghabhail coire,
Content. iii 27
.
Cormac fo ghabhail do
chor,
vi 119
. Cf.
xv 50
;
xviii 107
.
(3) a pillar; with or
without fulaing (g
s.) a prop, an undersetting: cf. gabhalfulaing, posd[a], úaitne, más, `a base, pillar, undersetter,'
Eg. Gl. 365
. co tugdais leo gabla oir ... i mbidis cu[i]g
troigti fichet ┐ co scribdais a uili ... gnimrada ... intib
(memorial pillars ?),
IT ii2 105.8
. flesc for dib ṅgablaib
lasin conair immetiagat `a rod on two forks' (a rail-fence ?),
Ml. 45c9
.
airdither slegh curadh cach cathgabal diobh agus
rosuidigsetar cetheora gabla fo cech roth,
TBC-LL¹ 5645
St. =
da
cathuaithne dec,
5643
. (Prob. props fixed under the wheels
of portable besieging castles to act as brakes ?) Cf.
cliatha
iomdha do ghénamh aca, ┐ gabhla do chur fotha, ┐
tolladh an mhuir fotha,
TFrag. 232.14
. Cf. in Carr B.D. [i.e.
a spear] ... amlaid nobid, ┐ gobal fo bragaid `with a fork
under its neck' [i.e. supporting it],
Dinds. 14
. Of supports
of the heavenly bodies:
fúaim na ... rann ... ac tuitim ...
da gablaibh fulaing,
RC xxiv 382.17
.
tuitfidh grian ┐ éasga
dá rothaibh ┐ da ngabhlaibh go talamh,
Uncat. MS. Cashel Lib.
tuitim ó gabhlaibh don ghrein | go talmhuin,
24 L 5
(RIA.) 2.12
.
go buain a gabhal ón ngréin,
Timth. 1917.8
§ 10
.
1 Kings vii 34
. Fig. upholder:
Banbha ... ga chloinn |
gabhla foirtille fulaing,
IGT Decl. ex. 1918
.
Giolla Criost
... gabhal fulaing chogaidh ┐ cosnamha Cenil Conaill,
AFM ii
834.14
. Cf.
ALC i 40.1
.
AFM vi 2348.13
.
na trí subáilche
díadha ... as uaitnedha ┐ as gabla fulaing fán mbethaidh
sbioradálta,
Ó Héodhusa 13
.
gabhla Thighe na Teamhrach,
TD 9.3
.
gabhla caomhChaithreach Cröoinn,
4.13
. fa
gabhal de ceithre ghabhlaibh na hEagluise é (of St. Jerome),
Eochairsg. 31.9
.
(4)
yards (?) of a sail:
corr-gabla siúil,
CRR 11.4
.
(5) a weapon, a pronged spear (?):
gabhal .i.
sleagh,
P. O'C.
gabhla .i. sleagha,
BB 191b
sup. marg.
O'Cl.
la hiolar a n-éidedh n-allmharda ┐ a ngabhladh nglaisiaroinn,
Hugh Roe § 31
.
(6) Of a pair of compasses
:
gabul ina laim ┐ da beind eisti ┐ doforni oen na n-aisill isin luaith,
Ériu v 72
.
hi catraig choéimchumaide fo gabulrind gábla,
LB 130a56
. See also gabulrind.
(e) the fork of the body, the thighs:
bá fodeirc dó folés na
farrci foa gabul
,
LU 9061
(
FB 81
).
ecnach nem ┐ grían fo
[a] gabal ara ḟot,
Ériu iv 138.26
.
co tuc glun ina gabal do,
CCath. 2960
(Inguina ... insertis pedibus ...
Luc. Phars. iv 628
).
is ech tened bís hi n-gabul (inna gabail v.l.) a marcaig a n-iffirn,
Ériu ii 194 § 9
.
each teneadh am gabhal,
RC xiv 52.19
.
caeca cubat 'na gabul
,
Dinds. 23
.
fer na ra leic leithet da
gabail bhadéin ... dit ḟerand dait,
TBC-LL¹ 5997
. ech gabail ┐
sliasta, a riding-horse,
Fen. 140.17
; cf.
120.18
. coslomnocht ┐ a (sic leg.) leinte a ngobhal gc aon aca, their shirts
tucked between their legs,
Rel. Celt. ii 200.13
.
maith a banscal
roriastrat drochdoíne do gabol,
ZCP xviii 92.8
(
LL 284a16
).
ib. 91.22
(
LL 284a11
). a ndluigi in-a ṅgablaib na mna (as a
mode of execution),
LB 154b52
.
urthach saer dobeir in ben
fri uaitne, no a brisid oc a gabal,
Laws i 180.12 Comm.
(alternative gl. on:
im sarurrach mban fri uatne,
176
).
gabul cumung na clainne,
O'D. 81
(
H 3.17 c. 69
) =
Laws i
180.27 Comm.
(f) a bifurcation or angle in a glen, pass, etc.; the spit of land
between two rivers (?):
i ngobhal na ngleann,
ZCP ii 362.38
.
gabhla gruaid-fhliucha glenn,
O'Gr. Cat. 459.4.
In Laws
some kind of enclosed land with special privileges (?):
tar cro
no tar gabail tire,
Laws v 258.21 Comm.
dar cro no gabal
tire,
i 98.20 Comm.
Cf. geni goba acht lethgabail de
`though it (the water) should pass through only half a step of it,
AL iv 212.2
.
(g) a branch of a river, an arm or inlet of the sea
forming a
creek or river estuary
(see muir, Compds.):
gabhal do sruth
Órt[h]anain,
Anecd. ii 29.3
.
coneracht g.¤ fairrge etarru,
Trip. ii 486.21
(LB).
gabhal mhara,
Ériu iii 164 § 20
.
Lism. L.
1486
.
gabhal (sic leg.) mhuiridhe,
Ériu iii 168 § 24
.
tar
gabail mara,
Laws v 440.29 Comm.
ised is gabhol mara
ann cach bail na fetar cen luing no cen snam,
iii 318.4
.
(h) Fig. a branch or ramification of a family; of a genealogical tree:
fodla ┐ ilgabla mac Noe,
Rawl. 72a48
.
ben ... o
dib gablaib, is de a athair d'Ulltaib ocus a mathair do feínib
Temrach,
Laws iv 18.2
gloss. ni cuirithur cuaird for gablu
fine, ... on the branches of the `fine,'
iii 78.20
.
riasiu ranntar
a lín cenn ngabal
,
O'D. 549
(
H 3.17, c. 437
).
ar a lin do
gablaibh i fodlaither gra[d] tuathe,
Críth G. 3
.
RC
xxxii 392.2
.
sech flaith, sech eclais, sech ilgobhlai fine,
ZCP xii 365.22
.
aenfine iat ... ┐ ragablaighset iat ... in
darna gabul ... in gabul eile,
O'D. 2259
(
Rawl. B 506 21a
).
roiadus gabail Chaim, I closed up (i.e. completed) the genealogy
of C.,
LL 142a39
.
gnáith-bérla na ngabal ngrinn | cétna
tharla for Eirinn,
SG 348.4
. a gabhla gaoil, those of her kin,
A. Ó Dálaigh iii § 4
. ite fodlai fine cacha flatha; a fuidri, a
ciniud, a gabail fodagniat, his branches (i.e. his dependants)
who serve him (?),
Laws iv 282.12
.
(i) a branch or division of a subject :
atait secht ngabala
a-ra-fognad brethemnacht an betha .i. a secht do gablaib,
Laws v 364.1
, 3.
(j) Metr. term: gobhal imairnd deínd for ardchassbairdní
(name of a metre in which there is triple alliteration, but see
EIS 231
),
IT iii
103 § 198
.
is gobul dí .i. recne dechubaid .i. dá son nó a tri
do thinscital ó oen fid ... ┐ son o fid ecsamail ina ndiaid-sede,
ACC 146 Comm.
(k) Of the angle at which a horse carries its head: da mbia an t-ech gobard ┐ gabail granna aice 'if the horse is high of muzzle, and has an ugly head-carriage (?)'
Celtica ii 46 § 7
. dligid ech na gab(ala crom)a beith mi-luthmar. Dligid ech na gabala airde a beith garg mer 'the horse that carries its head bent (?) should be lacking in vigour. The horse that carries its head high (?) should be fierce and giddy'
48 § 11
.
In n.l.: Fid nGaible ... nó comad Gabal ainm na haband
do taot trit or G. may be the name of the river that flows through
it,
Dinds. 11
.
Fid ṅGabli ... is aire ainmnigther Gabal dind
abaind ...,
LL 159b12
(see remainder of passage, cited s.v.
gablaigid).
in Gabol glan,
Metr. Dinds. ii 58.1
. Cf.
tri
Guare Gabla,
TBC-LL¹ 5939
=
Gaible,
TBC-I¹ 3494
. Cf.
rig Gaible,
Metr. Dinds. iii 16.204
. Abhainn Ghabhla, the Forked River,
Iar Conn. 102, n
.
a iath na trenḟer tigba | úaim do thriath
(sic leg.) glegel Gabla,
LL 5142
.
reidfid Dubgilla delbda | dín
mo debra mind ṅGaible,
193b52
.
Compds.
¤chless game of slinging (?): cia clessat for gabulchless 'whomsoever they may hit (?) while engaged in a game of slinging (?)'
Celtica viii 148 (Mellbretha)
.
¤chos
fork of the leg, leg :
gur amuis idir an dá ghabhailchois ... é,
ITS xxiv 126.30
.
¤dub: Ingen Chonmaír ...
inna gorm-daíl gobul-duib `that dark-forked terror,'
Metr. Dinds. iv 26.5
.
¤fada
long-shanked :
Aed G.,
Laud 610, f. 39e
.
¤fine branching `fine' :
senathuir senathur is esidhe athuir
na gabal-fhine,
O'Curry 361
(
H 3.18, p. 201
).
¤gicce a pronged
pole (?) : (of Conaire's swineherds)
tri gabulgici úasaib hi toíb
fraiged,
LU 7585
(
BDD 112
). (of the Dagda) gabol gicca
rothach
(sic leg.; gicc aroth, MS)
feidm ochtair ina diaid ... gonad dei dogaror Slicht Loirge an Dagdai,
RC xii 86 § 93
. See also
¤lorg.
¤gorm: coic eich ... gabalguirm `
grey-riding
,'
Fen. 368.8
. Cf.
BB 275b11
¤lorg a forked or pronged pole
or shaft:
gabollórg íairn (sic leg.) inna láim,
LU 6825
(
BDD 38
).
RC xliii 78 § 78
. briugu, filed, ┐ fer do-airgair
a bith-erchuiliud; are sruithiu di-suidib a ngobol-lorgga
olldate a n-airm `
supporting-staves
,'
Laws v 420.11
;
`
walking-sticks
,'
17
gloss. tri .l. gabal-lorg ina lámaib (of a
`brugaid' and his retinue),
Acall. 2442
. ?
¤rind: fo treith
gabail-rindedh (-dech ?) a fork-pointed trident (?),
O'Curry 573
(
H 3.18, 286
; see 2 gabair, supra).
¤ṡliasait
thigh
:
conbeicidís as a broind ... rodusmhuch fo gabalsliasaid,
BB
257b33
.
¤ṡreng a plumb-line :
Ni heasbhaidh don bhláith
bháirrṡlim | ríaghail ghrinn nó gabhailṡreing,
Ridgeway Essays , p. 6
.