An Irish-English dictionary - National Library of Scotland

tei LEI Ua LI A
LeAcfAú, lecpA-ó, to cut. R.I.A. 35-5, p. 29
b. See leA-ojAA-ó.
LeAc-CA5)AA-ó, half pleading, witliout hearing
the other side. H. 3. 17: O'D. 538.
Lécuró, oo lécu-ó for the modern 130 leigeA-o,
T30 leigeun to allow, suiler, or permit. See
example at ll]\Áilim.
téic. " Coleíc.i.sAiipon". H. 3. ]8,i).538
b; H. 3. 18, p. 36 f; C. 777. It also means
as yet, for the present, still, yet. H. 3. 17;
O'D. 532; O'D. 39; at once, CAlteic, coLleic.
C.808, 827.
l/éicpn, letting. " A téici-in eluo", to permit
an escape. H. 3. 18, p. 182. " Cé ]\o téiji
An iriAC eLou", though the son should
abscond. Rawl. 487; O'D. 2153. "1n
AcgAbAiL -00 técAn iro cAiit". K. 3. 5
O'l». 1483. "ITIa ]\o leigepcAin elo-o".
Egert. 8i ; C. 2297. " Leigen po caiII", or
" leijen Af", to let free. Ei/ei-t. 8:!; C. 2682.
LéijeAt). "Ua-ojiiiac Ao-óa,iiiacCacaiI Chi\oboepg
T)o ieicceA-o o'Ua IxAijiblig". 'I'eige,
son of Aodh, son of (latlial Croblidhcarg, was
set at liberty by O'lleilly. O'Couor, ad ann.
1243.
LéijeAn, to reject, to dismiss, divorce, repudiate,
"go 0-CU5 Ain mjeAn Hi UA151II15
•ooléijeAn Ajup AitigeAn yein 00 CAbAijic",
whom he prevailed upen to reject [put
away] O'Reilly's daughter, and marry his
own. O'Conor 1.565. " "OiAp JAb AtiiAnup
Oibill 11Á]» bo bei]' in clAun ipbe^c pi
SAt)b UA cib|ie-o -00 óume eile iAt) acc
w'Oibibb Oluni, UAip po ici]A cup bo bei)-:
béicip OitiLb SAT)b iAp pn ia]» péimró via
cbAint)e". H. 3. 17, p. 849. "In cau
tigiup pep 4 cecmumncip «gAp At)boin-o
riAC cuca", when a man puts away his first
wife, and prohibits her being espoused [by
another]. O'D. 485.
l/éuti, when applied topographically, the rush of
waves between rocks or clefts (Erris).
l/emiinic, salax. Z. 1. 97.
Leipg, a field, a battlefield.
" O'TJonnAbAm oiob x>o buAin
"Oo junneAU a ii-aiii a ii-aiiiIuato ;
Laoc ciipce 50 5-cuinn liiipnij
teiiAj b)\i]-ce -oo'n bui-óin pin'.
O'Dahj Cairbveacli , on the Death of
ODonovan in 1660.
l^éip, gen. sing, of biAf ,
q. v.
teip, the thigh; " ubAÍb nA beipe", the hip
joint; "beip CAOijvpeolA", a leg of mutton
(county of Sligo). See beAp.
Leic-Aipoe, Inequality.
ieic-cep-o, a half poet. Rawl. 487 ; O'D. 2077;
O'D. 494. This was a name for the unxritth
poet, because he had half the knowledge of
the OLlamh. O'D. 1221.
oeice, stirabout, puU, hasty -pudding. " Lice
.1. iocce .1. ÍAtrÁn a\\ cije 1 ocupcep innce".
Cor Glos. St. JLTonic mentions this as tho
food oi'the Irish in the fourth century. Speaking
of a Scot (Celestius) who abused him, ho
says that he was " Scotorum pnltlbns prwgravalus".
It was also the food of the Romans
at an early period. " Romania olim pro pane
flat pnls". Pliny.
Leicip, s. f. gen. leicpeAc, the side of a hill; a
steep ascent or descent ; a cliff. The name of
some places in Ireland. W., the same. P.
OConnell. This meaning seems doubtful.
"lecii\ .1. cipim AbecAcopplic An bee nAile".
i. e. drij its half and wet the other half. Cor.
Glos. " been Con AjAp Cecen i]-in beici)\ 1
coniA]\-ot)ui' IvACA pig piAp". Lib. Leo. fol.
188 , col. b. " AcA LAcpAC nA cucc)\ac Cop-
111AIC pop A b]\u ipm beinp op bAej AnAip".
Ibid. " AcA)\ bmi AC puibni puADjAipcro
AJAp Am bAlll pOCAl-Oe AC ClU -OA]! leicc]\ilD n&
liApbuAcpA AnAi]!". Book of Leiitster, t\t[ 105.
LeicoAC, a flounder; also a losset or kneadingtrough.
" becec, 'oé'óe pop •omgAip: Aintn
cecAiriAp •00 cmeb eipc a]\ a bece ocup Ap a
CAnAiTJecc, Ap ip mop ah lecec bip •oe in
0CIAIU1. Lecec TiAn, Aino bopAic, Ap
ui-oi becAJcep bwpgen poip]\i". Co>: Glus.
in voce.
Lec/f/w. Z. i. 22.
Li, pi. bice a colour ; external appearance of anything.
" .Ap A bÁine ip copiiiuib ppt bii bÁip,
óip ní bí ní oepge inn, quasi exsauguis morííííí.s".
Cor. Glos. "Co nAbí .1. couACAicnerii".
H. 2. 15, p. 72. " pÁcpAic x>o bAicbip co bi".
H. 3. 17; " Ap bí", propter ploriain vultús.
Z i. 24. "'0'ionncoi5pémobiceionnAm", he
made me change coloius (county of Kilicenny).
LiA, follows. C. 1887 ; O'D. 2485. " Lia o'pip
.1. bcAn -oon pipinne". C. 2181 ; O'D. 2485.
LiA, many; "to biA cepcA CAUome, ic biA "oopcA
-oúib". O'D. 2213.
LiA, astone; gen. bee. " Upi Ii-Aumon-OA bee
.1. onn A hiA]imbépbA, cboc a jnAc-bepbA,
cboec A bépbA n-AipbepcA .1. a]i in ni cboep
CAC pACc". Cor. Glos. in cboc ; " cos, cot is .1.
bie". Cor. Glos. in cocatj. "biAe ab eo
(]ubd ext XiOoQ, Irpis inlerpretatur £,ati.iié\
Cor. Glos. " Oguni ibbiA, biA UAp beAcc".
Book of Leinster, 25 b.
LiA, more. " tlopcAp biA AmmApb innÁ ^