12600.
Arbuthnot
(Sharon J.): Only fools and horses:
dá n-ó bill
and
dá n-ó pill
in medieval Irish texts.
In
CMCS 65
(Summer, 2013), pp. 49–56.
Suggests the phrase
dá n-ó bill
(in the glosses to
Félire Óengusso
3 July and
Sanas Cormaic
Y §179) represents phonetic spelling for
dá n-ó pill
‘two ears of a horse’, and was mistakenly associated with OIr.
bill
,
bell
by early Irish glossators.
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Indexes:
Words/Proper Names:
bell
bill
bille
dá n-ó bill
pell
Author/Textual Sources:
Cormac’s glossary
Félire Óengusso
Martyrology of Óengus
al
. Félire Óengusso Céli Dé
Sanas Cormaic