adj (? -e-) io, iā
I
(a)
lucky, happy, fortunate, favourable,
propitious
: `ní segda dam' ol Eogan, `dubenat mu bráithir
imm ainech mu étchi' I am unfortunate,
Trip.² 1765
. ni segda
dúnn namma na fil lestrae linn but unfortunately we have no
vessels,
Irish Texts i 7 § 23
.
ní segda ar cor ol si amser chomperta
damsa inso,
LU 1655
.
ní s.¤ . . . in leth donroacht dind imirgi,
5397
(TBC).
segdai ratha fil ar Lagnib | . . . | ratha retland rath
escai | ┐ grene,
LL 36a38
. `bidh marb Dond', for se, `┐ ní
seghdha dund congbail im athgabail an ghalair. Ar día
ructhar Dond i tír, bíaidh an galar-sa co brath a nErinn' `it
were not lucky',
Metr. Dinds. iv 310.22
.
ni segdo dunn or in
Dagdo na cumcem do socht,
RC iii 346.1
.
ba segda in fectus
diar gonad in fer,
RC v 203 § 26
.
(b) hence in more general sense of
pleasing, fine, goodly
:
segdaib suilib sellglassaib,
IT i 69 n. 4
(
LMU 4
, YBL; ségdaib,
LL; segaib Eg.).
seng cach sēgdæ,
Corm. Y 1171
.
con ḟacca
in mnái, mín a dath, | segda, suaichnid, sochrutach,
SR 1068
(of Eve).
dá chlar dec ségdai (: ērgna),
4232
.
cach súi segda
slán,
7441
(: ērgna). segda cairptech docing rot,
LU 3798
(
SCC
37
).
maccōem tuchtach . . . co clesaib sēgdaib,
TBC-I¹ 1180
.
it ségdai ┐ it áildi na cáera,
TBFr. 227
.
Colum Cille . . . |
clerech segda soidhelbha,
BCC 355 d (394.2)
. seaghdha .i.
ealadhanta `learned',
O'Cl.
In chevilles: segde chlú `fair the fame',
Thes. ii 292.20
(
Ml. Poems II 7
).
segda máin,
LL 168az
.
segdo in dail,
Irish Texts i
54 § 16
.
Adv.
finnaid úaim, co ségda suairc, | aní dia n-abar Slíab
Fúait,
Metr. Dinds. iv 166.1
.
do-ronsat na hingena éladna
inganta co ségdu saethrach,
PH 898
=
segmar,
ZCP xiv
149.11
.
gebh in tsaltair mbic . . . | a fuil innti gu segda | cuir
dom meabair is dena,
Ériu xi 199.13
.
II As subst. io
(a)
favourable circumstances
: dia mert a ben
Coinrói, | ba holc in gnīm dogēni, | sech nī thērna hi sēgdu
`unscathed',
ZCP iii 42.11
. a Chríst ní sccérmais hi seghdha |
manbadh Fiachra `in happiness',
AFM ii 756.20
.
? To this: (b) a kind of metre:
segda,
IT iii 16 § 37
;
44 § 62
;
cf.
154 § 44
.
caide dethbir etir soss ┐ segda ┐ aircetul. Nī:
aensillab i sos. . . . Da sillaib i segdha,
104
-
5 § 206
,
§ 207
.
forber cach ái dib sem [sc. grad filed] sec alaile i nimud sóis et
segda, cenmotha fidu ┐ deachu ┐ remend ┐ rl.,
6.4
. fer doni
segdu (glossed:
dan oglachuis) et occlachus,
Fen. 310.18
.
rann (.i. sedha),
Ériu xxxii 84 (The Caldron of Poesy)
. ? To this:
sēgdae .i. cosmail fri sēigh é ar a fēige ┐ ar a glicus
┐ ar a gabāilchi,
Corm. Y 1165
.