utmall

Old Irish

Etymology

Some derivative of mall (“slow”), with an uncertain prefix.

Adjective

utmall

1. unstable, fickle
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 24^b5

     .i. ni cumme cach cáin-chomrac aris irchride utmall cach caínchomrac condid ticci.

     i.e. not equal is every benevolence, for perishable and unstable is every benevolence until thou comest to it.

   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 4^b3

     ar ni cóir in fotha utmall

     for the unstable foundation is not fitting

2. restless
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 26^b14

     .i. nírbommar utmuill oc foigdi inter vos ɫ. nírbommar tromdi.

     i.e. we have not been restless in begging among you, or we have not been oppressive.

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 127^c12

     .i. amal ṁbite in euin utmaill sin.

     i.e. as those restless birds are wont to be.

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle Irish: utmall
  • Irish: udhmhall

Mutation

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “utmall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language