n
m. and f. n
s. also ráith, freq. in law tracts,
Laws iv
140.21
,
v 342.24
; d
s.
a raith
,
348.4
; g
s. and n
p. in Mid.Ir.
rátha. g
p.
inna rath
,
Ml. 127b1
.
ráth (ón tṡlánoighecht),
IGT
Dec. § 38.9
(m., g
s. ráith, rátha). See
Bürgschaft 3
,
34
,
35 f.
;
ZCP xviii 364 ff.
;
Críth G. p. 102
.
(a) a surety, guarantor
:
inna rath ł inna fecheman, gl. creditorum,
Ml. 127b1
.
sequester medius .i. ráth,
Sg. 97a4
; cf.
Thes.
ii 231.21
.
slúag ro-maith . . . tar a cenn am ráth-sa
I am
surety on their behalf
,
Fél. Ep. 164
.
ní ba ráth ar neoch
do not
become a guarantor for any one
,
Tec. Corm. § 19.35
.
ba rāth
┐ fēchem oc saigid dligid,
ZCP xv 327 § 18
(
Rawl. 113a32
).
cach disli i láim ratha. cach rāth co forus,
ACL iii 227.59
.
pl.
na rāthai,
Cáin Ad. § 23
.
ni rag-sa gan rátha | do chluchi
na n-ātha,
TBC-LL¹ 3060
.
ratha eturru secht ṅdruid, secht filid,
Dinds. 161
(
RC xvi 280.3
).
ocht maic Galaim . . . rop iat-sin
rátha ind óenaig,
Metr. Dinds. iii 10.101
.
gab Cairpre cethri
ráth riss,
ib. 442.27
(ratha, ráith, v.l.); Thurneysen,
Bürgschaft
34
, would read:
cethri i ráith. it é na ratha . . . dodechatar fri
laim Emine
the guarantors who went security for E.
,
Anecd. i
42.18
.
raithi Laighen . . . a n-oghlesaigte Emine
guarantors
for the full satisfaction of E.,
ib. 13
.
ni techta nach foessam ar
na tegat ratha fine `no "foessam" is lawful which is not supported
by sureties of the tribe
',
Laws iv 206.17
.
ní ó ráthaib
tuc [ríge] acht a rrói chatha,
LL 20b22
. ?
bad bláith cen olc
i n-airi, | bad ráith [rait MSS.] a bríathar airi [aire v.l.]
let his
word be surety for him (of his good faith
)?
Ériu iii 96 z
(Rule of
Ailbe). See also
Ériu xiii 28
-
29
.
(b)
suretyship: a guarantee, pledge
:
`rath' cor,
Metr. Gl. Eg.
22
.
rath .i. cor,
Lec. Gl. 552
=
roth,
346 M
.
imnedach cach
ráth [raith v.l.], ar is écen dí dían-apud im cach ngell dobeir
`troublesome is every security, for it is necessary for it to give
sudden notice as regards every pledge which he gives',
Triads 235
(glossed:
gach urrughas,
p. 43
).
rucus rāith ar macc ṁbeoathar
I decided that surety may be given for the son of a living father
,
ZCP xv 311 § 7
(
Rawl. 113a10
).
dobert aen a raith tar cend
Conaill,
Laws v 348.4
.
dobreth Geer . . . hi rráith fri Ingcel
im orgain no thogfad i nHére dó `G. was given in pledge
(?
as surety) to I. for such destruction in Ireland as he should
select
',
BDD § 168 App
. (
LU 8029
).
dan-far-gabat far cuir ┐
far rátha
if your compacts and pledges hold
,
TBC-LL¹ 2133
.
atnagar rátha ┐ nadmand tenna . . . for muintir Chorccaige
fria comall, `pledges',
MacCongl. 23.3
.
co tardad ratha ┐ cura
Coluimchilli fris co tisad slan ar culu,
RC xxiv 46 § 3
.
ro
ronsat sídh . . . do réir ratha ┐ miond,
AFM ii 1132.16
.
Natural forces were often offered as securities or pledges
and were supposed to wreak vengeance on those who violated
a promise:
nī rogaib Adomnān co tarta rātha ┐ gremand fris
im ṡō[i]re ban dó. It ēat ind so na rātha hī sein: grīan ┐ ésca
┐ dūle Dē arcenae; Petar, Pōl . . . ┐ reliqui apostoli
,
Cáin Ad. § 22
.
dobretha ratha fri Laigniu .i. gréin ┐ esca, usci ┐
aer,
LU 9797
(
RC vi 165
).
duli De adroegaid rāith | tucsat dāl
báis forsin ríg
which he invoked as sureties
,
LU 9810
(
RC vi 165.30
)
(of death of Laegaire m. Néill).
gumadh a rata ri Laighnibh
grian ┐ gaeth ros mharbhsad (of same event),
AU 462
.
it é
ratha tucsat ind | nem talam ésca grian grind,
ZCP xi 57 § 10
.
tucait rátha frisin ríg | grian is esca is muir is tír,
LL 207b41
.
do cheangladar rátha gréine ┐ éasca orra féin,
Keat. ii 1787
.
tugadar rátha na n-uile dúl ré híoc na héarca,
3580
. Cf.
Ériu
vii 227 § 61
,
FDG 5
(
MR 2.5
),
Content. iv 35
.