n
io, [n.]. Later f. a.¤
f.,
IGT Decl. § 3
. Vn. of *
aith-ben,
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 461
. See also
LEIA
(cf. taithbe).
(a)
ebb, reflux (of sea):
tuile ┐ a.¤ .i. tempestas et tranquilitas
,
Thes. i 3.30
. in aithbiu gl. remeat,
Thes. ii 24.35
(
BCr. 34c4
).
muir . . . dicsi[gi]dir a thuliu la cetemun co tet for aitbe la
gemredh. Leith-bliadain for thuiliu, al-leth aili for aithbhiu,
Ériu ii 112 § 35
.
is tuile ┐ a.¤
,
Anecd. ii 22 § 4
.
céin no bíd in
muir for línad . . . céin ba ha.¤
,
LL 21088
.
an tan ba ha.¤ an
muir ba forreil an tor uaisti,
Leb. Gab.(i) 72.16
.
co rangattar . . . taran ffersait, ar ba ha.¤ ann an tan sin,
AFM v
1610.33
.
tond a.¤
,
Metr. Dinds. iii 104.7
. a.¤ .i. trághadh no
laghdughadh mara, O'Cl.
Hence decline, decay:
a.¤ flatho Oengussa,
AU i 212.16
; 'the ebbing of the power of Ó.'
Seanchas 139
.
tuile a.¤ elta nemtiger deoghbuire,
O'D.
2209
(Nero A vii, 144b). aithbi oll a[r] [t]h'airmitne `may thy
honours ebb utterly',
Dinds. 21
(
RC xv 319
).
ra bítis a tigi / i
tilchaib cen aithbi,
LL 6594
.
sai gan aithbhi néinígh,
AU ii
518.15
.
nocha léir tairthe ós tealaigh / léim aithfe dá n-imdheadhuil,
Gleanings from Irish manuscripts 19 § 32
. a tairthi mar an g-craeibh
g-ciníl / do sgaeil aithfe d'Eibilín `have come to an ebb with E.',
Miscell. Celt. Soc. 348.24
. bái trí tráth forsind ḟaithchi /
Temrach co trumma aithbi (cotromaithbi v.l.) greatly wasting
(of an exposed child),
Ériu iv 94 § 9
. ?
prímdae bréo nád
athbi (aithbe, aithbi v.l.),
Fél. Apr. 15
(Plummer, MS. notes
considers this and follg. ex. as finite forms of a vb. *aith-ben-).
co cléir nóib nád athbi,
Aug. 12.
? Of defeat in
battle:
corrabatar fó sár theichle iarna a.¤
,
Arch. Hib. ii
62 § 46
(
LL 183a35
). Of decline in old age, death:
a.¤ dam-sae
bes mara / senta fomdera croan,
PRIA lv (1952-53) C 88 § 1
.
ní frescet a.¤ na éc,
Imr. Brain 11 § 18
. a.¤ Loegaire meic Néill
the death of L.,
LL 6090
.
rí crúaid Cnucha i cath Aichle /
fúair trucha ┐ trena.¤
,
LL 15176
. ?
dá n-anadh rem' aithbhi-sea,
MR 306.10
.
(b) act of avenging (sense of aithe):
do-chuaidh dá aithbe ar Ultaibh 'went ... to avenge him upon the Ulaidh',
Giolla Brighde 30 § 5
.
go ro dheónaigh Dia a
dhíogail ┐ a aithbhe for na gallaibh . . . an míimirt . . .,
AFM
vi 2252.4
.
ac díghailt a sháraigthi ┐ ac aithbhi gach uilc,
SG 24.15
. gé aithne oirne gan fhíoch / do dhíoth a.¤ a coindi
(sic
MS.) ar chách thy death makes everyone [wish to] avenge it
when he contemplates it(?),
Dán Dé xxvi 10
.