n
i,f. Also slíasat.
(a) the thigh
: sliassait gl. poples,
Sg.
66b5
. sliasit gl. femen,
101b2
.
cum femoribus .i. cusna sliastaib,
Ir. Gl. 141.62
. doid, rig, sliasat, lugga,
Laws v 354.5
. batar . .
sleamongeala na dí ṡlíasait,
BDD² 29
. ro-lēcus-[s]a gaī . . .
co-ndechaid tret ṡlīasait ┐ tre hūachtar do macraille,
Sc.M.²
13
. benaid . . . sleg . . . co ndechaid tríaa da ṡliasait,
LU 1575
.
is amlaid dognítis sin a claidib fora slíastaib,
3234
(
SC 2
).
colg dét iarna chossliasait chlí,
TBC 5287
. go m-ba metithir
ri cend meic mís cach thothocht . . . dobeired cách díb de
gúallib ┐ de ṡlíastaib ┐ de ṡlinnéocaib araile,
3706
. co ngabtais
o innaib a traiged co remhar a sliasat,
CCath. 4664
. amal da
urbuinne builg goband a lurgne ┐ a ṡliastai,
Irish Texts i 33.6
.
do gerr a slíasat,
RC xix 48.11
. mac gheinfes on cethramadh
fer do torudh do shliasta sa,
BNnÉ 24 § 9
. ó na háirnibh go
nuige na slíasta roitheochuid síad,
Exod. xxviii 42
. in sliasait
nar fhoscclais frimsa i tTemair (a mark of respect wanting
from Diarmait mac Cerbaill to Ruadán),
BNnÉ 325 § 42
. an
tsliasait na ro thócbhais romhamsa fria coimhéirghi,
SG 70.1
.
As defining gen.: cairdes slíasta
sexual intercourse
: cardes
mo [s]liasta-sa,
TBC 97
. cairdes sliasta Medba,
108
. Cf. ingen
Aililla do oen-mnai dait ┐ comaid dom sliasaid-sea dia ris a
leas,
p. 443 n. 1
. atchonnarc-sa caim-chele sliasta i snim sruth
ḟola consort,
LL 116a12
. ech slíasta
horse for riding, saddle-
horse
: ech slíasta[e] comadas co srían arggaitt,
Críth Gabl.
345
. ech do sliasta `thy riding-horse',
RC xx 142.28
. ech
gabail ┐ sliasta,
Fen. 140.17
. orba slíasta `land given as a
marriage portion (or morning-gift ?)' (Plummer MS. notes): orba
craib no sliasta a mathar,
Laws i 148.5 Comm
. mad orba
cruib no sliasta no dilsigthi d'athair dia íngin,
iv 44.14 Comm
.
tarb slíasta the thigh where it thickens at the top, loin, buttock,
see s.v. tarb.
(b)
side, ledge
: tuitis . . . in ttoirrchim suain ar sliasuid na
fuinneoicce the side-post of the window,
Ériu iv 53 § 16
. cloi-
dhemh . . . ata ar sliasait na fuindeogi úd,
ZCP vi 103.5
. for
sliastai sadbai lit. on the thighs of a goodly abode (an obscure
kenning),
RC xxvi 28 § 118
.
Compd.
¤cholptha: imma dib sliastcolpthaib `round his
two shanks',
CCath. 5206
.