Old Irish

Alternative forms

• coicle
• coicne

Noun

coicéile m ‎(nominative plural coicéili)

1. (originally) vassal, bondsman (compare céile)
   • 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. 51^a9

     cocéle glosses cliens

2. companion, fellow, friend, comrade
   • 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. 161^b9

     ni arddu feisin quam a chocéle

Inflection

Derived terms

• coicéilsine ‎(“comradeship, friendship”)

Descendants

• Irish: coigéile

References

• “coicéile” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.