75
deilm
norig. n, n. n
s. also delm,
LL 356b44
,
36b32
,
SR 31
, et
pass. (: sern,
SR 5029
, but also deilm,
2811
,
3671
,
4983
, etc.),
Ériu iv 136.3
(deilm, v.l.),
BB 400b19
,
SG 253.28
. n
s. (with
art.) a ndeilm
,
IT i 67.11
. Later somet. treated as m. or f.,
SR 5123
,
LL 43b41
,
143b29
,
delm chert,
SR 31
(but d.
¤
cert,
80
1533
). g
s. in delmae
,
FB 85
,
Fél. Apr. 7
; delma,
LL 29b42
,
126a40
,
BB 396a16
,
Ériu ii 100 § 6
,
§7
,
192 § 1
,
SG 253.27
; na
delmo
,
Ériu ii 192 § 1
(v.l.); an dealman
, ib. d
s. deilm,
LL
5b15
; delmaim,
Fél. Prol. 154
,
Ep. 127
(-aimm),
ZCP iii 22.9
,
O'Dav. 641
(-uim). a
s. delm,
SR 1767
,
drithdelm (: iffern),
85
BB 279b4
. a
p. inna delmann
,
Ériu ii 128 § 95
.
I
Loud, confused or rumbling noise or din: d.
¤
.i. torann,
Lec.
Gl. 63
.i. . . . foghar no torann,
O'Cl.
.i. foghur no grith
no gair,
O'Dav. 641
.
(a) Of thunder, sea, storms, conflict:
dochuaid torrainn-breisim isinn aer . . . asbert L. oc cloistecht
in delma . . .,
SG 253
. a nd.
¤
isnaib neluib amal fhogur torainn,
5
Ériu ii 100
. co cúala . . . amal bid fótrond fairrci dimóre. Ni
fordámair . . . cen techt do descin in delmæ móir rochuala,
FB § 85
. cen d.
¤
cen toraind,
FA § 35
. dothaet athach gaethe
móre . . . conostarat uile i socht mór mét in delma,
LL
126a40
. d.
¤
in gaeth,
254a10
. do delmaim in mōrchetha,
ZCP
10
iii 22. 9
. ria nd.
¤
ṅdílend,
LL 5b15
(cf. tan tanic diliu, delm
n-uag,
SR 2265
and
LL 6b35
). d.
¤
catha,
Fél. June 29
. inna
delmann ticfet in mbith la uath mbratha,
Ériu ii 128
.
(b) Less freq. of men or animals: ní bec a nd.
¤
dogniat ind
eoin,
IT iii 244
. co ndelmaim a ṅgretha,
Fél. Prol. 154
. ró
15grecha in lenab ina broind . . . `cid diatá a nd.
¤
sea',
IT i 67
.
mo chur fo chrithdelm chaire | i nIffern to doom me to wail and
tremble,
SR 1767
.
(c) Of noise made in the intestines, crepitus ventris, fart:
ní cumaing ben a fegad cen maidm a delma esti,
Todd Nenn.
20
202.1
=
Fél.² cxlv
(cf. verse ib.: matchí cech ben, báigid
braigid). ata ben is'tir . . . maidid essi a d.
¤
amal cloich a
tailm, ACC Bodl.,
RC xx 158
.
II
Report, tidings, rumour, fame: mór mairg mor d.
¤
ṅdio-
laiṅg,
LU 537
(ACC); hence: easbaidh choluim . . . ac sin an
25d.
¤
díḟulaing,
BCC § 364
= an d.
¤
dhiofhulaing,
O'Cl. s.v.
is d.
¤
a eolus la hErinn huili his knowledge is noised abroad throughout
all Ireland,
RC iii 345
. ? na daerclanna gan delm n-oll,
BB
279b4
. ca d.
¤
is deacra inār nd.
¤
? (.i. ca sgēl . . . ?),
ZCP v 488
(B. na f.). Cf. also: assu leiss cech d.
¤
dub dall | indá teidm do
30threnḟulang any dark mysterious rumour (i.e. disaster) seemed
to him easier to bear (?),
LL 143b29
.
III The follg. cases are doubtful: cach nd.
¤
de cen iasacht,
Críth Gabl. 179
(see notes). delm cuinnealg tuatha,
Laws ii
102
(= d.
¤
conualai tuaith,
122
), possibly a case of II.
35
Deilmenn
n.pr. gen. meic Delmend
.
BB 139a33
.
? deilmidach:
ind
adj
d.
¤
.i. imnidach,
O'C. 965
(
H. 3.18 415
).
deiltre:
n
`d.
¤
' dee draoidheachta án, | d'aos uidheachta 'na
sechrán gods of wizardry for travellers astray,
Met. Gl. 28 § 39
.
deilltre .i. dee dráoidheachda,
O'Cl.
is and iarom doluid meic
40Milead hi tír cona bad deorti in delltre,
Lec. 366a17
. acht nis
leig in d.
¤
.i. in dé draideachta i tír,
366a14
.
1 deim
adj(see Loth,
RC xlv 187
).
dark: demh i. dorcha,
P. O'C.
As subst.
darkness: ra imthig reme ra d.
¤
(dem, v.l.) na haidche,
RC xiii 88 § 106
. Cf. deime, teim.
45
2 deim
n
taking away, lessening (?): déimh . . . díoghbhail sin,
Met. Gl. 31
. Possibly intended as explanation of dem- neuter,
derived fr. Lat. demo `I take away',
Auraic. 582
, or fr. deim
similarly glossed in
ACC 105
. See 2 deime.
1 deime
n
iā, f. (1 deim)
darkness, dark (esp. of night): deme
50.i. teme . . . demi didiu fordorcha n-oidhchi,
Corm. Y 437
.
deimhe .i. dorchadas oidhche,
O'Cl.
mithig tene is'teg
n-oeged | tanic deme i treb tóiden,
RC xx 140
. co rānic
Emain Macha fo demi ind aidchi sein,
LU 10470
. dál fo d.
¤
`a darkling tryst' (chev.),
Met. Dinds. iii 128
. nír bu dál deis
55fo demi,
70.48
. cid mór mo dām fo deme,
Otia i 127
.
2 deime
n
neuter; neuter substantive: deme .i. gach neutur lasin
laitneóir is d.
¤
lasin filid ngáidelach,
Corm. Y 449
. na d.
¤
tebede ┐ na lanamna deme the derived neuters and the neuter
couples,
Auraic. 569
.
60
Deimed
n.loc. gen.
Demetia, Dyfed, part of S. Wales: hi crích
Demeth,
Ériu iii 136
= Demed,
Rawl. 132a34
.
deimes
n
o, m. (see
Ped. i 162
,
ii 34
) deimhes m.,
IGT Decl. § 53
.
f.,
§ 54
. pair of shears or scissors: demes .i. mess déde and,
uair it dá scín lais. mess .i. fæbar,
Corm. Y 438
. demess gl.
65 biceps,
Sg. 113b4
. d.
¤
dirruisc dia mberrtha,
SG 411.12
,
248.43
. deimos rígh Albain,
Duan. Finn i 22
. dorat [Pátraic]
deimess imma folt P. tonsured him,
Trip.² 1157
. demess,
RC xx 284
. rochuindig . . . altain ┐ demeas ┐ cír,
Todd Nenn.
90.6
= in dimeas,
9
. g
s. in phrase máel demis
a tonsured
70(bald) crown (?): mæl demis chírdub for cechtar de,
LL
252b16
(= mæl dub demsidi,
LU 8519
). láech and . . . suas
máeldub demis fair,
LU 9264
. corbo suas mael dub d.
¤
chas
chírdub ba forcsi fair,
FB § 27
. lān bēl in demes (sic)
tarsna ind aisle the full width of the open shears (? used as a
75measure),
Laws i 132
. na básaire . . . co corránaibh ┐ dem-
sibh . . . fri gearradh,
Aisl. Tund. ix 2
.
deimin
adjAlways spelt demin in O. Ir. Glosses. g
s f. deimne,
LL
193b50
. n
p. (as pred.) demni,
LU 2613
. a
p
m. and n. demniu,
LL 7a8
. demne,
234ay
(
TTr. 1291
) =
BB 398b48
. d
p.
80
demnib,
SR 5656
,
YBL 179a21
. deimnib,
SR 4692
. Compar.
demniu,
Ml. 112b13
. démniu,
PH 6731
. demni,
LL 182b37
.
Equative demnithir,
Wb. 28c14
,
Ml. 131d12
. See also
demein.
I As adj.
sure, certain, undoubted: amal bid Dia farid gellad . . .
85bad demnithir sin let it be as sure as if God had declared it,
Ml.
131d12
, cf.
Wb. 28c14
. rogellai Saul . . . a ingen dó, demin
scél (chev.),
SR 5839
. ni cuala scel bo demniu,
YBL 125b35
.
demni scélaib surest of tidings (chev.),
LL 182b37
. demin
forgaill (chev.),
SR 4302
. demniu idnu,
LL 7a8
. cidat demni
araile di ruinib na esergi,
RC xxv 242.2
. is demin (folld. by
5clause with or without conj.): is demin nach hepelam,
SR
2748
. is d.
¤
co mbia esergi dóib,
RC xxv 236
. is d.
¤
is derb is
airithe co nach . . .,
PH 6036
. is d.
¤
de-sin conid . . .,
2264
.
as dearbh deimhin ná . . .,
FM vi 2358
. is gle is d.
¤
is Duid
rogab na psalmu,
Hib. Min. 162
. is d.
¤
tánic mo lá,
SG 91.26
.
10
is d.
¤
écin, is e in duine-si rotsáraig,
PH 3855
. is demin lim
I am sure (of, that): is demniu liunn a n-adchiam . . . oldaas
an rochluinemmar,
Ml. 112b13
. is demhin lemsa . . . an ní
bhias de sin,
TFrag. 202
. nach ni is d.
¤
leo do dlestin dib,
Laws ii 272
. is in luc i mba d.
¤
leo in crand do thuitím where
15there were sure the tree would fall,
Lat. Lives 94
. gach inad
inar d.
¤
le Pādraig bendachad do Chairill,
ZCP vii 307
. With
FRI: ropad d.
¤
frisna hoen n-apstal déc . . . certe iam noverant
undecim apostoli,
PH 5122
. is demin dom: is demhin do
righaibh Erend . . . ni biadh tuisel . . . foraibh it is certain to
20the kings of E. that . . . they shall meet with no mischance,
BR 6.20
.
As attrib. with subst.,
certain, indisputable; sure (to come),
inevitable: iarmofuacht A. scéla demne dona techtaib,
LL
234a49
(
TTr. 1291
). a fhioss deimhin cissi haidhed nombérad,
25
SG 79
. derbfaistine demin do denum do,
MR 166
. tresna
runu rodemne,
BB 398b48
. ni hūaim téit éc dían d.
¤
,
Arch.
iii 216
. coroslig . . . díglaib demnib with sure vengeance,
SR 5656
.
genuine, real: ba dál ri dithrub ṅdemin,
LL 151b21
.
is hesin dlige d.
¤
tresa tanic ... the way...really came,
PH 232
.
30
fid d.
¤
na nduan the true tree of poems,
SG 245
.
Sure, reliable,
trustworthy: cultech ndemin,
Thes. ii 292.10
. dín d.
¤
,
SR 5798
.
cona cathrachaib . . . daiṅgnib deimnib,
4692
. fri dai[n]gniu
demniu,
LL 7a8
. lamda degmná deimne,
193b50
. a Dé demin,
183b13
. riaglóir d.
¤
,
Ériu iii 106
.
35
Adv. in demin
surely, certainly, verily, indeed
; gl. quod
quidem,
Ml. 37a13
, cf.
37a17
. cid in d.
¤
gl. iam quidem omnino,
Wb. 9c18
. Mid. Ir. co demin: de nim tra co d.
¤
doraga in
comdiu,
RC iv 248
. cuich thú, a duine, go deimhin?
Buile S.
148
. budh ri go deimhin . . . an ghen fail id bhroinn,
TFrag.
40
102
. Often emphasizing answer to a question: nach hé Cailte
. . . siút? is mé co d.
¤
, ar C.,
Acall. 3216
;
2376
,
6318
. go d.
¤
derb,
SG 245
. Defining foregoing statement, to wit, namely:
as comfocus ind aimser. aimser sin in báis co d.
¤
(= tempus
utique mortis),
PH 5089
. slicht in gói rothecht ina thoeb . . .
45.i. ina thoeb ṅdess co d.
¤
(= videlicet latus dextrum),
6780
.
isin cathraig .i. i nIerusalem co d.
¤
,
5081
.
II As subst.,
certainty, assurance, proof: doberadh d.
¤
duin an
fuil sluaigh S. ar gar duin,
Fier. 209
. tainicc deimhin a mbáis
go Saxoibh,
FM vi 2092
. acht mona a mbeth a d.
¤
acca an
50flathas neamhdha d'fagbail,
ZCP i 124
. do bo truagh les gan
a d.
¤
aicce cindus do beidis . . .,
BCC 16.34
. mar fuair S.
deimhin air sin,
TSh. 9105
. co bfionnta fein a dh.
¤
,
Buile S.
148
. muna ffághbadh féin d.
¤
an sgeoil,
TFrag. 28
. deimhin,
f.,
IGT Decl. § 150
.
55Compds.
¤
ḟorgell
sure testimony: in tan arróet demin forgell
ind imdibe o Dia,
PH 5679
. hi ndeminfoirgell esérgi Críst,
LB 226b50
. deimin forgill na scribtuiri,
Laws v 12
(perhaps
two words `sureness of testimony').
¤
scél: luid fri deminscél
cosin ṅgrianán to bear exact tidings,
TFerbe 69
. nogo faghthai
60deiminsgel o R.,
Fier. 175
. Note also
¤
máthair
mother
(compd. analogous to derb-bráthair,
¤
ṡiur): Callech ingen
Dunlaing . . . demin máthair Bráin,
LL 141b11
(
RC xlvii 314
).