dligid
vOn the forms see Bergin,
Jn. Celt. Stud.
i 183 ff
.
IGT
75
Verbs § 35
.Cf.also
§ 18
.
In O.Ir. the general meaning is
(a)isentitledto, has aright
to, isowed(as adebt), passing into the kindred sense
(b)
deserves,merits
.
The construction is:dligim x do y
I am
entitled to x(thing)from y(person);y owes me x;I deserve x
80from y
; the corresponding pass. being:dlegair x do y
x is due
from y.With Lat. dative (hence Ir.DO):dlegair discipulis
orare,
Wb.
26a32
. In Mid. Ir.DOwas confused with and
ultimately supplanted byDE, the prep. being felt rather as =
Lat.de,cf.
Thes.
ii 347.41
:amal rodlecht de misero
as (much
85as) was due from a poor fellow.
I
Act.
(a) WithDO:dligim ní duit
I have a claim on you
(refers toquod . . . mihi debes),
Wb.
32a20
.ní asriad do
feichemain rodligestar ní do
who had a claim upon him,
Ml.
36a29
.meni dlessad fhíachu do neoch
unless some one . . .
owed him debts,
TBC
2988
.lind rodlecht rí Lagen do ríg Ua C.
5
ale to which the king of L. was entitled from the king of Uí C.,
Thes.
ii 347.34
. Without prep. :dligsius Feradach
F. possessed
it as a right(obj. `bith'),
Rawl.
116c20
(
Ält. Ir. Dicht.
i 17 § 7
).
síl . . . notlessad ríge forn`that would have a right to reign over
us',
Fél.
132.30
.iss mé dliges fiachu,
BDD
70
.gébat-sa a
10tech issin ní nondligim
I will take the house in requital of what
is due to me,
73
.ní dlig laech a enecland dia mbé i n-ecmais
a arm
no warrior is entitled to honour-price,
TBC²
1671
.a
curathmír do Loegairiu uair iss é nondlig,
FB
14
.ni dligthi
comardad fris
you have no right to put yourselves on a level with
15him,
41
.in rí ac ná bia sin uile | ni dlig āirim rigraide,
Arch.
iii 223.26
.
merendo pretium stupri.i. dligid si fiach a saothair
(explanation of `merdrech'),
Corm. Y
140
.bargen trichat
ungae . . . dlegait in bráthair im nóin,
Ériu
iii 102
.ni dlig
demun dilgud,
Laws
i 8.23
.magh bec as na dlig giall
out of
20which he is not entitled to a hostage,
82.10 Comm.
indlighid don
fechemuin . . . troscad . . . um ní nar dligustar,
88.22 Comm.
dlegait beich iii bliadan suire
bees are entitled to three years
exemption,
iv 164
.cidh urrunnus nodleisead int athair don
coibche
whatever share of the nuptial present the father might
25be entitled to,
60.24 Comm.
dleaghaid Muscraidi trian cach
turchairthe dochuirfead tond hi tir,
Lec.
126b36
.dleaghaid
aigidh a riar
guests are entitled to attention,
Hy Fiachr.
40
.
dodligh Ua C. an marbadh ísin i ndioghal mharbhtha a
dearbhrathar
O'C. had a right to slay (him),
FM
v 1770
.
30Folld. by dependent clause:di mnai . . . dlegtae a mbreith
for otrus
who are entitled to sick-maintenance,
Ériu
xii 30 § 37
.
dligim a lethid sud do rada`I have a right to say such a thing',
RC
xix 144
.ni dleagaid a ngabail a fhiadnaisi
they are not
entitled to be accepted as evidence,
YBL
142a52
.dlegait flaithe
35fonuaslaicter a ngella
chiefs are entitled to the redemption of
their pledges,
Laws
iii 24
.
With pers. obj.:ail dún descin ríg nondlig
the king who has
a claim on us(i.e.whom we serve),
Met. Dinds.
ii 36
.
Absol.:sech gach baili a ndligim
every stead in which I
40have rights(?),
ZCP
xii 387
.
Folld. byDE:dligim dít-su .i. marbad mo chomcheili
I have
a claim on thee, namely, for the slaying of my comrade,
RC
iii
184
(
LL
122a46
).atat ar commáine fair . . . dlegmait de ar
foirithin
we are entitled to help from him,
Hib. Min.
p. 65
.
45
millsen dliges rī Caisil dib,
Corm. Y
140
.nach forbech dliges
rí Locha Léin de Chorco Tri,
ZCP
viii 316
.corr in bass do-
dligis dind
shapely the hand which we owe Thee(of the hand of
Christ),
Arch.
iii 243 § 23
.an rí is damhna an rígh arís | dá
mharbhnaidh dím do dhleisdis,
Bk. of O'Conor Don
260a27
.
50
má dhligheann tú éinní dhe,
Philemon
18
.Cf.also
Luke
vii
41
,
xvi 5
, where the prep. used is probablyde.
Folld. byó: (of a wound)ni dligh focruic leada on fir
fodadfich
is not entiled to (i.e.does not give the injured party
a right to) payment of the leech from the man who inflicts it,
55
Ériu
xii 16 § 19
.croidhe eile dhlighim uaidh, | an croidhe-si
uaim do bhris,
Dánta Gr.
50.3
.
(b)
deserves,merits:
ni dlig digail
he does not deserve punish-
ment,
Wb.
4c23
.ni dligi bennachtain,
Goid.
180
.dligid ecna
airmitin,
Tec. Corm.
§ 15
.dlegat péin ┐ damain forru,
PH
60
4076
.dlegat onoir ┐ oirmitiu mor (leg.oirmitin móir?) doib
(wheredoibrefers to subj. of verb),
1505
.dlegait tríst ar
techt ó Chríst
(men) deserve a curse when they depart from
Christ,
Met. Dinds.
iii 12
.ni radligiusa diultud frim i Tem-
raich,
LL
51b9
.nach tuc as acht drong do dligh
he brought out
65only those who deserved it,
Ériu
iv 118
.ón dammain dliges
tria chomchétfaid n-imarbais,
RC
xxv 242
.ernifes do chách
amal dlé,
248
.is mo . . . m'indirgi inas mar dligim logad
(=quam ut veniam merear,
Gen.
iv 13
),
Lec.
531a31
.dlighidh
gach maith a luaighidheacht,
TSh.
4875
. Folld. byDE:ni
70holc rodlecht dím do ben
no evil hath thy wife deserved of me,
Met. Dinds.
iii 388
. Byó:ni dlegait fiach o Dia o nach do
doniat saethar
they deserve (earn) no recompense from God,
ZCP
iv 389
.do dhlighis achmusán uaim,
KMMisc.
346
.
II
Pass.
dlegairx do y
(a)x isdue fromy; yowesx, (b)x is
75
required of, isincumbent ony(where x generally a vn. or
clause). In O.Ir. the construction is felt to be personal, as is
shown by the use of pl. form; later it comes to be impers.,
esp. in cases of type (b).
(a)ní dlegar ní duibgl.nemini quicquam debeatis,
Wb.
6a24
.
80
manud dlegar ni dogl.si aliquid . . . debet,
32a18
.dlegtir
féich dúib
you owe debts,
4a10
.cia no-dlestá miach óir do
cech ḟir díb
though each man of them should owe a bushel of
gold,
TFerbe
31
.
WithDE:ni dlegar cimbid dim c[h]iniul
a captive is not due
85from my tribe,
TBC²
2142
=dom,
TBC
1579
.imin mbiadh
a ndlesta in cumul de
for which the c. would be due from him,
Laws
ii 268 Comm.
Absol.:i ndlegur no na dlegur in cin
whether the debt is due or not,
Laws
ii 52 Comm.
(b)dlegar dom
I ambound to,ought to; absol.it is
due,
right,necessary:
dlegair domsa precept do cáchgl.debitor sum,
5
Wb.
1b8
.dlegair do comalnad ind huili rechtogl.debitor est
universae legis faciendae,
20a12
.dlegair doibministrare
gl.
debent m.,
7a8
;
13a17
.dlegair do neuch attlugud buide do Dia
gl.debiti est,
Ml.
55a7
.a coic cach lae d'fhiss . . . dlegair do
cach intliuchtach,
SR
262
.ised dlegur don aite in marcuigucht
10do munadh dho,
Laws
ii 156 Comm.
ised dlegair don rig
cuindrech cáich,
PH
4099
.mar dlegar don cleir in chuing,
Hy Fiachr.
240
.go ndleaghair dhúinn bheith i n-oirchill ar
an éag,
TSh.
886
. With depend. clause:dlegair do flaithaib
donimairget cach dib
it is incumbent on princes to levy,
Laws
15
iii 20
.dlegar don rig nach derna fell,
YBL
168a15
. Absol.:ni
dlegar accubur inna ndrochgnimae,
Ml.
90d11
.dlegair ón con-
dib inducbal do Dia aní as inducbal dia muntair,
90b13
.dlegtair
samaisci móra bale na bít tairb
heifers must needs be big where
there are no bulls,
IT
i 72
.nico dlegar tuaslucud for feoil
20
there should be no relaxation as regards meat,
Mon. Tall.
§ 51
.
dia peccaige i nDia dleghar a chlochad,
PH
2749
.do foill-
siugud in neich dlegair do dénum hi tempul Dé,
4533
.ni
dligther snámh a mhúnadh dhóibh muna raibhe uisce a
comhfochruibe
there is no obligation to teach,
Laws
ii 156
25Comm.
ní dlegar coindmed do dénum . . . forru,
BColm.
64
.
ní dleaghair cion staire do thabhairt ar a scríbhinn,
Keat.
i 56
.
dleagur an fual do toghairm isna tedmannaibh so,
23 P 10,
29a33
.Perf.(esp. in chevilles):feibrodlecht
as was due,
SR
1301
.fuair a aidid, mar rodlecht,
Met. Dinds.
iii 6
.ruc uan
30degrand mar rodlecht,
LL
153b15
.iar n-imarbus doib nir
dlecht,
Lec.
533a32
.
Folld. byDE:dlegair duin (nó dín) dul do'n glan-rúin,
PH
5216
.mna delbda . . . a ndermat ni dlegar dím,
LL
137a12
.
ni dlegur de a foirithin
he is not bound to give him relief,
Laws
35
ii 58
.airlisi . . . ni dleghar de dire`is not entitled (amenable?)
to a fine',
70.25
(III (c)?).dlegair de a crod uile do breith ind
it
is required of him to bring,
iv 20 Comm.
cach comaithech asa
tir dotroich, dlegar de a glanad,
Corm. Y
1082
.ni dlegar dím
acht oen-ailgis isind lo sa
I am not bound to grant more than
40one request,
RC
iii 179
.dlegar dínn ar n-imcaissin do thimor-
cain,
PH
6869
.is ed dlegar dib-sium co rocharut he-sium,
4098
.do chinn tslōighidh nāch dlecht diobh
to which they were
not bound,
ZCP
viii 116
(dlecht?).ni dlegar dim gāi do rād,
Lec.
84b15
.malairt do dligheadh dínne
the exchange I should
45have made,
A. Ó Dálaigh
xxiii 3
.ní dleaghair díom scéala do
thabhairt duit-se,
Keat.
ii 6347
.a mharbhnadh ní díom
dlíghear | ním ollamh re oirfideadh,
Ó Bruad.
ii 150
.
WithAR,ó:dlegar ar in dar[a] fer ni dlegar on alaile
it is
required of,
Laws
ii 272.22 Comm.
In follg. cases there is an
50ellipse:erlam grind [is] manach min . . . combrugaid is
deorad De | uadaib dlegar apdaine
it is from these that the
office of abbot should be filled,
ZCP
xii 385
=gabthar,
Wortk.
212
;cf.
ZCP
ix 470.7
.is o Muscraidi dlegar ollam i Caisel
dogres,
Lec.
126b41
.
55
IIIIn Mid. Ir.dligidis often used in act. voice in sense
ought,is bound to,owes
, a meaning developed from above use
of passive, but which is implicit in some cases (esp. in neg.
sentences) which strictly belong toI:ní dlig comraind
curadmír
the champion's bit is not entitled to division (i.e.
60should not be divided),
FB
68
.trí dorchae ná dlegat mná do
imthecht
into which women have no right to go,
Triads
100
.
dligid óg eladha
it is the part of a young man (to acquire)
learning,
ZCP
vi 261
.hiteat sin lín dath dligiuscach cochull
oiffrind ann,
LB
108a62
.
65(a)Of moral or legal obligationought, isbound to,must; in
late texts the condit. is often used ofmoral
obligation
(cf.Fr.
il devrait):an t-ollamh cuinghes gach ní . . . dligidh a bhron-
dadh amhail chuinghes,
ZCP
viii 109 § 3
.ni dlig ollamh
ainbfeile,
§ 2
.cecha marbt[h]ar diobh . . . dlighid a íoc rí
70Temrach
the king of T. is bound to pay for him,
116
.dligid
na righ . . . besa . . . do mhūna da gclannuibh,
Ériu
v 132
.
dlighidh seanchaid seneolus na n-airdrigh d'aisneis,
MR
96
.
dligid eascob oirned crismad coisercad,
Lec.
341a49
.dligid
in fili gorob feallsam
the f. ought to be a philosopher,
313a25
.
75
ní sinne dlighus Eireannaigh do chabair,
CF
241
.dlighidh
eól ar uile chumhachtuibh connsuineadh
he should have
knowledge of,
IGT
Introd. 2
.ós ann dhlighim biad (bead,
MSS.) dod réir
since it is my duty, I will obey you,
Content.
xiv 5
.gurab eadh do dhlighfidís smuaineadh,
TSh.
153
.go
80ndligheann sé a choguas do bheith glan aige
he ought to have
a clear conscience,
Eochairsg.
36
.níor dhlighis mo dhíon
you
were not bound to protect me,
A. Ó Dálaigh
xxvii 8
.gan rún
bréige . . . do dlighfeadh triath Banbha breagh
ought to be
without,
Bk. of O'Conor Don,
255bz
. Of logical necessity:
85
laidaightur an teas nádúrdha acu . . . dá réir sin dlighid bheth
meta
consequently they are necessarily timid(of inhabitants of
hot countries),
24 P 3,172.14
.ca dobheir gach uili allus ar
bíth co ndlighenn sé blais sailti do bheth air
why must all
perspiration have a salty taste,
173.24
.
(b) Impers. construction:is aire sin nach dlig a lecud ass
it
5is not right to release him,
PH
2817
.da marbad De gin cor
dlig
though it was not right,
Arch.
iii 245
.Breaga ┐ Cuailgne
. . . ni dlig a ndearmad,
Lec.
356b8
.cūisi eile rothógbattur ar
aird as a ndleisiod a mharbhadh
for which he ought to be killed,
TFrag.
170
.is maith do dlisfidh a n-ulc do denam, uair is
10adbul a n-ecoiri
it would be quite right to do them injury,
TTebe
2628
v.l.(amae dlestis, text).
(c)
Owes, withDOofcreditor:
dligid cech rí réil | ēric Nēill
ón Nás
every king of N. owes Niall's eric,
KMMisc.
272
.cert
cech ríg . . . do chlannaib Neill . . . acht triar ni (ná,v.l.) dlig
15cert,
260
.dlestis sin onoir ndeolaid duit
they would owe thee,
Fen.
358
.an gradh do dhlighmíd d'ar gcomharsain,
Donl.
80
.
Similarly in pass., O.Ir.dlegar x do y
x is
due from(owed by)y
coming to meanx is
due to
y:
im cert cach fenneda .i. cach set
dlegar don fennid,
Laws
i 206
.dlegar d'Ultaib (dlegait
20Ulaid, LL)tabach gēill
it is the right of the Ulstermen to levy,
KMMisc.
272
.dlegair do lind locha Léin | athchomarc,
Met.
Dinds.
iii 260
.dleaghair do shluagh shíol Luighdheach |
sreathnughadh cath sluagh Muimhneach,
Keat.
iii 3074
(poem). Rarely withDE:nach airlisi . . . ni dleghar de dire
25`every "arlis"-enclosure . . . is not entitled to a fine' (?),
Laws
ii
70
(II (b)?).ag seo in glacc-sa a nguin do glaicci, | a maic De, mar
dlegar dit
as is due to Thee,
Arch.
iii 243 § 24
(construction due
to rhyme withícc?).