n
o, m. (Lat. scripulus, see
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 211
)
sgriball,
sgreball,
IGT Decl. § 17 (71.18)
. a scruple
:
screpul
quasi scripul, ab eo quod est scripulus
,
Corm. Y 1150
. ?
dee
.i. screbal,
O'Mulc. 336
. ?
scrupul .i. cloch fil a muir ruaidh
.i. comthrom screpaill, conadh uaithi aderar,
O'Curry 1466
(
H 3.18, 651
).
(a) in Laws a unit of value, ⅟24 of an ounce or milch cow and
equal to 3 pinginn. See Thurn.,
ZCP xiv 342
,
xv 254
. uair .ui.
grainni .x. ┐ .u. ced ┐ .lx. comtrom uingi. Uair cethra graindi
fiched cruithnechta comtrom in screpaill airgid 576 grains
make an ounce . . . 24 grains of wheat make a scruple of silver,
Laws v 18.8 Comm
. ó she lethpendingib gabar inotacht in
tomhais; na sé lethpendinge is trí lán pendinge, na trí lan
pendinge is screpall, ┐ is amhluidh so ro soich in tricha scripall
on aig the three full pinginn make a s.,
O'D. 903
(
H 3.17,
645
). ro suidiged a fochraicside for seot (sic leg.) deich screbul
a sét of the value of ten scripuli,
Laws iv 212.x
.
ro suidiged for
seot (sic leg.) .ui. scripall (sic leg.) a fuillem,
v 378.5
. colpach
ocht scribull (sic leg.) acht cethoro pingeinne a heifer of eight
s. less four pence,
172.2 Comm
.
molt . . . .i. s.¤ a fiu,
ii 226.11
,
see
ZCP xiv 342
.
in screpall (sic leg.) .i. log fir fognama ┐
meich,
i 212.16 Comm
.
doní saorus in breithemh . . . don
screpall deolaidh,
O'D. 559
(
H 3.17, 439
).
naidm fri tri
certle is fiu screpull,
O'Dav. 617
(cf.
Ériu xiii 43.19
).
scripul
i turorguin uire iar trib druchtaibh,
677
. For s.¤ indracuis see indracus. In non-legal documents: sē scripuil
for unga an ounce and six scruples (a fine),
Cáin Ad. 44
.
inna
da sill is da scripul co leth,
RC viii 368.3
.
co rirfe in fer uallach
a enech ┐ a anmain ar lóg ōenscripuil,
xxvi 44.5
.
gach
teine . . . do bhíodh screaball nó trí pinginne ag rígh Múmhan
do chíos uirre,
Keat. ii 3819
. Note also: cuitbide . . . .i. ní ferr
lethscripul `not better than half a scruple' (i.e. valueless) gl.
fribolus,
Sg. 49b10
.
(b) the s.¤ óir probably represented a different value (not
found in Laws):
nī rogaib A. acht . . . screpald óir cecha
bantōsigi,
Cáin Ad. 24
.
screbal óir gach fhir,
Acall. 1432
. a
chís rigda . . . .i. screpall óir . . . .i. cethraimthi uinge óir
a scruple of gold, i.e. ¼ of an ounce,
LB 132b3
.
achtmad oen-screpul óir no argit,
LL 304a11
(
RC xiii 86.12
,
SG 379.20
,
Lism. L. 307.27
).
(c) in general sense of
fee, contribution, tribute, cess
(freq. of
the sum paid to a cleric for the exercise of his office, etc.):
roddet o manchaib na túath | . . . | in screpol issin cendfhathe
the s.¤ and (`in', Ed.) the bequest (?),
Ériu viii 68.24
(see cennaithe). screpul doberar do gilli no óclig `a groat' (as a reward),
Mon. Tall. 143.8
(
den scribul,
12
).
screpul fóss is cūairt is cāin
| duit, a C[h]olmāin,
BColm. 48.30
. da n-ícat mo screpul-sa
(said by Moling),
Anecd. ii 34 § 2
. Mael-Isu, comarba Patraic,
for cuairt Muman . . . co tuc a lanchuairt, eter screpal ┐
edpurta `both cess and donations',
AU ii 20.2
, cf.
76.12 ff
.
tucsad screball cumaili cacha tuaithi do cacha bliadna .i. tri
ba ┐ timthacht cach rig dogebad rigi da cloind they gave him
(St. Cormac) a s.¤ of the value of a cumal for every túath,
Irish Texts
iii 4 § 10
(=
BB 234a25
). sgreball caethrech a tribute of sheep,
Hy Maine 80.6
. With qualifying gen.: do orduigh screaball
baithis Pádraig ar gach neach da ngabhadh baisteadh san
Mhumhain .i. trí pinginne Patrick's baptismal fee,
Keat. iii 377
.
Cf.
doberar screaball dó ara bhaisded .i. sect pinginne oir,
Lism. L. 2832
. dorat Ciarán a clog do Caeimgen i comurtha
a n-oentad ┐ i screpul a chomnae as his communion-fee,
4470
.
an sgreaball ongtha fee for unction,
Hy Maine 80.1
. doberatt
bale . . . dō ina screpul soscēlae `gospel-tax',
BColm. 42.13
.
screpall soiscéla, a airdrí Muman . . . Cá screpall sin, a chleirig?
. . . Crich ┐ ferann don chleirech, ar Beineoin,
Acall. 5393
(`gospel-penny', Gloss.). doratt . . . na hImlecha i screpall a
thodhuisci do Dia ┐ do Chiarán as a fee for his restoration to
life,
RC xxvi 370.27
=
ACL iii 226.2
. ? Cf.
screpall ar feoil |
eoinmhet ar eoch mall (screpul ar feoil naige, v.l.),
IT iii 84.11
.
(d) as a unit of weight: nī fuirecht cid óen screpul ba mo
tríun arailiu `that one third was greater than another by a single
scruple' (of a piece of silver broken into three pieces),
Hy. v 80
(
Thes. ii 346
).
ro cuiredh a chorp a comrair fo iadhadh, ┐
tucait secht scribhaill de ór fora ucht,
RC xlvi 248.30
. See
scrubul.
(e)
piece, morsel
: screapall beg don chiaraigh `a little piece
of the wax',
Fl. Earls 34.17
.
ro tescadh screpal beac dieroile
chloich ndīp,
164.28
. Cf. scrupul.