adj
i In SR talc (o,ā ? but see Études Celt. xxvii 186-87
): tor tolach talc (: comnart),
SR 5077
.
co tolcaib na tor talc, tren (?: mac),
6767
. Cf.
ZCP
xii 437.1
, infra.
Strong, vigorous, firm, strict:
.i. daingen,
O'Dav. 1574.
Of persons:
fer t.¤ trebur co sonairte ballraid,
LU 6709
.
fear donn t.¤ tarbda,
RC xxiv 176.19
. tailce erlabra `vigorous
of speech,'
Tec. Corm. 16.55
. Of human body:
da dorn le
traigidh t.¤
,
Laws v 40.26 Comm.
tar taebhuib tenna tailce
... aroile,
Stair Erc. 2395
. re taoibh t.¤ ním tualang stá
`
stiff
' (from work),
Ó Bruad. iii 206
. Of weapons, etc.:
sc(éith) tailcti, sceith th.¤
, v.l.,
TBC-LL¹ 5517
(cf. tailci, tailcti,
v.l.,
CCath. 5342
). cona taulimlinn t.¤ tuinigthe (shield),
CCath. 4726
.
cona ffiodhbhacaibh tailce toinnmíne,
AFM
vi 2126.19
. Of houses:
tighthe tolla tailce talmhan,
ML
6.24
. Of places strong, well-fortified; rich, prosperous (?):
re ro met a nitad ... mon tir t.¤ torech,
Cog. 52.16
. fo dáire
th.¤
`
strict
,'
Metr. Dinds. iii 194.19
. ba talc (tailc, v.l.) tli
diar triathaib `a stout comfort to our lords,'
ZCP xii 437.1
.
As adv.:
is t.¤ ┐ is tarbech forrópartatar in tulaig sin,
TBC-LL¹
5293
. carpat Catháir ... | t.¤ rothairmcell triathu trét
`
valiantly
,'
Metr. Dinds. ii 82.30
.
Equat.
talcithir ... seólcrand prímlui[n]gi móri,
LU 6474.
Compd.:
triathbla tailcthreibe Temra,
LL 132a39
.