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.M²
13
.
benaid . . . sleg . . . co ndechaid tríaa da ṡliasait,
LU 1575
.
is amlaid dognítis sin a claidib fora slíastaib,
3234
(
SCC 2
).
colg dét iarna chossliasait chlí,
TBC-LL¹ 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,
Exodus 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-LL¹ 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 G.
345
.
in Craebh-ghlasach, .i. cloighemh sliasta Find,
Acall. (Leabh. ó Laimhsgr.) i 267.23
. ech do sliasta `thy riding-horse',
RC xx 142.28
.
ech
gabail ┐ sliasta,
Fen. 140.17
. orba slíasta
land which a parent has acquired through his or her own exertions and which may be given to a son or daughter,
EIF 416
:
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
.
cloidhemh . . . 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
.