adj
io, iā. (núe, núa+ suff.
-de,
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 28
)
O.Ir. núide, a
s
f.
nuaidi,
Ml. 17b5
.
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 28
refers the form
nuie,
Wb. 4b29
,
7c7
, to this word. In later Mid.Ir. the development is twofold: (a) núide, nuaide: nuidhe (: glúine),
IGT Dec. ex. 1233
; (: rúine),
1264
. (b) nuíde > naoidhe
(always disyll. in poetry).
In O.Ir.
newish, rather new, novel: amal bid nuide, gl. velut
novella [seditio],
Ml. 18d5
.
núide,
Sg. 59b14
. a
s
f. nuaidi, gl.
novellam,
Ml. 17b5
. d
s
f. i comairbirt núidi
in a new way of
life,
Wb. 3c16
.
Late, recent: (superl.) cid as nuidem tucsat?
what is the latest thing they have carried off?
LL 252a13
(
TBFr.
388
), cf.
ZCP iv 45.16
.
In later Mid. and Mod.Ir. used indifferently with núa in
various senses of that word:
(a)
crann nuaidhe nem-arsaidh,
BNnÉ 191.7
. dreachnuaidhe `fresh-faced',
Content. xxix 33.
Baile Lithbhir na learg núidhe `of the bright lawns',
TD 11.40
(: uaidhe; naoidhe, nuaidhe v.l.). ár nuaidhe timcheal na
Traoi fresh (renewed),
26.34
. dlighthe nuaidhe new laws,
30.7
.
nós nuaidhe,
A. Ó Dálaigh liii 16.
maraidh si go nuaidhe
aniogh `remains in freshness',
TD 25.31
. tainic go nuaidhe an
tan sin i nEirinn had recently come,
ITS xvi 12.28
. go nuaidhe
anew, again
,
Content. vi 268.
(b) fearann naíde nua-thoraid
`
fresh
',
Hy Fiach. 266.6
(: saíre). a bhen náoidhe
young
,
Duan. F. i 15.11
(: -maoile). a ghnúis naoidhe `
bright
',
TD
i 28
(: saoile). ar chloinn naoidhe Néill `
vigorous
',
3.48
.
sliocht peinne caoile . . . naoidhe,
Ériu v 62.8
. As subst. g
p.
mian na nuighe
craving for novelties (change),
23 K 42, 166 z
(symptom in illness). ?
daur co ndla co núaidib,
Studi Celtici iv 252
.