v (Lat. benedico). Later also bennaigid.
bendachadh,
IGT Verbs § 106.
Cf. also bennachtaid.
I
(a)
blesses: mani bendachae gl. benedicite,
Wb. 5d23
.
hóre nonbendacha-ni,
11b7
. indatbendachub gl. nisi benedicens benedicam té,
33d11
. nobendachthar (= nobbendachthar, edd.) gl. si uultis benedici,
Ml. 33d23
. bennach, a
Dé . . . / dot laim deis in cule sa `bless, O God . . . with Thy
right hand this store-room',
Thes. ii 333.18
(Hy. v Comm.).
sēnta (*sénaid-i, edd.) .i. bennachais,
337.34
.
rodbendacha
int athair ┐ in mac ┐ in spirud nōeb,
ZCP xii 371.21
.
náim
Hérend and . . . / robennachsat in óenach,
Metr. Dinds. iii
12.8
.
gach fert no bhennaighfedh (bennochadh, v.l.),
BNnÉ
295 § 22
. beinneóchar i ló a éaga é (= benedicetur,
Eccles.
i 13
),
TSh. 1145.
maille les na huile bhendachtaibh . . . le
mbendeócha Athair na trócaire = shall blesse,
RSClára 48b
.
With DO: ro bendach do Dróbéis (= Drobaicam autem bene-
dixit),
Trip.² 1693.
consecrates a church, etc.:
Siluester pāpa
issē ru-s-bennaigh in naoimh-eglus sin,
Fl. Earls 194.29
.
Ruadhan d'ár beannuigheadh Lothra `to whom L. . . . was
dedicated',
Keat. i 154.3
. beinneochuid íad féin = shall
consecrate,
Ezekiel xliii 26.
(b)
greets, hails, salutes: bennaichmait gl.
admunemar,
Thes. ii 349.4
. nob-guidet .i. nob-bendachat gl. salutant,
Wb. 7b21
.
condambendachtais in maicc,
TBC-I¹ 587.
With
DO: tair round ar co mbennachat in maccrad damsa wish me
well (Wind.),
TBC-LL¹ 1136.
bennachuis cach da chele dib `each
of them saluted the other',
RC xiv 50 § 60.
II Of a cleric exercises ecclesiastical functions:
Cluana
Boirenn, in ro beandach Caireach Dearccain,
AFM ii 630.9
.
robhennachsa is Rónán / isin chill,
Ériu v 94.28
.
Fiachraigh,
dithrebhach, ┐ do bendaigh fos is in Frainc,
Mart. Don.
Aug. 30.
beann ar ar bheannaidh in Táilghionn `a hill which
the T. blessed by dwelling on it' (Gloss.),
Duan. F. ii 372 § 7.
part. is dia bendachthe isna bithu gl. benedictus,
Wb. 4c4
.
is bendachda ainm Ísu Crist,
PH 2329.
an bhuighean
bheannaighthe bhláthchóir `the blessed . . . band' (of books,
harp, etc.),
Studies 1923, 599 § 18
.
As pl. subst. the beatitudes of
Matthew v 3
-
10
:
do na hochd
mbeannaighthibh,
Parrth. Anma 3253.
vbl. of necess.: bendachdai gl. benedicendi,
Ml. 138a1
. is
bennachda dún Dia (sic leg. ?),
ZCP ii 135 § 10.
Vn. bennachad.