1 rót
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2019
Forms:
rout, root, rout, róit, rota, rota, rótu, róot, ród, rád, róid, róide, róda, róide, rót-bla, rót, ró-ḟot
n
o, m., occas. rout, root. d
s.
rout,
LL 316c12
. n
p.
róit; ?
rota,
IT i 100.11
(
LL 112b31
, perh. n
s. rota `
bog-stuff
').
a
p.
rótu,
Fél. Prol. 29
. ? g
p.
róot,
LU 8633
(
FB 47
). ród
rád m. (n
p. róid, róide, a
p. róda, róide),
IGT Dec. § 88
.
A road, highway
:
rōut .i. ro-ṡét .i. mō oldās sēt . . . Rōut .i.
da cubat [= cuat] carpat ┐ dā ō[ e]nechdae imme. Dorōnath
fri hechroeta nō frī hecraite mennota,
Corm. Y 1082
; appar.
the `
rót
' came between a `sét' or
path, track
and a `rámat' and
admitted of a chariot being driven on it with a mounted
horseman on either side. It has fences or dykes:
ramat .i.
mor; rot, .i. bec, .i. ima mbi clad,
Laws i 232.17 Comm.
crich
son incoisce rod righ no tuaithe, no rod ímfeagna [= imfedna],
iv 144.13 Comm.
cach rot ríadas do charpat-su,
FB 34
.
segda
cairptech docing rot
,
SCC 37
(: óc). na fail . . . lia for tilaig nā
chend-róit nā sliged bar crīg Breg . . . nach lán d'á ṅgraigib
head of a road, road-end
(?),
CRR 28
.
slighe shocair . . . ┐ ród
cobhsaidh coimhreidh, tresna sleibhtiph,
BNnÉ 227.6
.
mōirthimchiol in prīmh-róitt,
Fl. Earls 40.16
. pl. róit romra
the
ocean-roads, sea-tracks
,
LL 17a46
.
fada na róide gu Róimh,
IGT Dec. ex. 1631
. ?
fri . . . fidbotha ┐ róitiu,
Anecd. iii
23.7
. ránic mór rót
traversed many roads
,
Metr. Dinds. iii
242.11
.
for ródaibh raoín-ndírghe na Midhe,
AFM vi 1920.18
.
Of hair: rōut na māile ōthā ind ētan . . . corricci in mullach a strip (?) of baldness,
Corm. Y 1091
.
a fholt na ród 'o hair of the furrows',
Giolla Brighde 112 § 15
. See also imrót. Fig. ród imais (of the r. Boyne),
Anecd. ii 2.7
.
ród na haithrighe,
TSh. 9294
. Cf. rád (: atát),
Trip.² 1320
(
Wortk., 79
. see
2 ruibne below).
Compds.
¤bruiden
road-hostel, caravansary
: ? (fig.)
go tī a
purt bhfind | na hēg-bethad rim rōtbruithean,
ACL iii 235.3
. In the compds.
rót-bla,
Metr. Dinds.
ii 26.5
and rótblad rígrátha,
iii 410.8
Gwynn explains
rót
as
ró-ḟot, `far-extending'; but cf. `sa rāith rōtgloin os Breagmaigh
`mit glänzenden Pfaden',
Sitzungsb. Pr. Akad. 1919,
v 92 § 16
; in poetry the roads approaching a fort or residence
are freq. emphasized as a mark of its importance.