(gabul)
adj
I o,ā
branching, forked, pronged: hi crund
gablaigh (leg. gablach)
Anecd. i 66 § 135
. tír na cliath ṅg.¤
LL 136b13
. dá ech gablaich
sinuous (?):
LU 8593
(
FB 45
).
10200
(TEm.). bruid ... gablacha peaked (?) cloaks,
RC xxi
152 § 8
. ín gae sin gabhlach, forked (?),
IT iii 97 § 156
. Of
hair. ód chéibh ghéagánaigh gabhlaigh `waving, parted locks,'
TD 14.21
. Fig. Críth Gabhlach (name of a law treatise):
cid ara neiperr C. G. ? ... ar a lin do gablaibh i fodlait(h)er
grá[d] túathe,
Críth Gabl. 1
. glan gablach | aue Luircc rich in
descendants was the grandson of L.,
Ält. Ir. Dicht. ii 23
.
? long lúaichet fer ng.¤ fíangalach,
LU 6791
(=
BDD² 305
).
Mor ua Dubthaig drongo[blaig] (i. ... dronchoibnes[saig nó
dron-]diglaig),
ZCP iii 224.1
(
LB 241a53
).
See also dé-gablach, fo-gablach.
II n
ā,f. a forked branch; a javelin; the forked shaft of a sling (?) (see
SCano 29
and
Anecd.
below): ber lat in gablaig-se,
Anecd. i 8.18
. sian ... na foghaid ┐ na ngabluch,
RC xii 98.20
.
gae ocus gablach, g.¤ ocus gai,
IT iii 97 § 156
. ? gabul fuarcne
.g. .i. lum gablach fuargni .i. crechtach,
O'Dav. 842.
Cf.
`gabhla,
spear, lance
,'
O'R.
Fig. Gablach gliad `a contentious
pair,'
Ält. Ir. Dicht. i 30 § 36.