adj i prompt, willing, alert, quick, eager; speedy, swift (cf. esceth .i. nepscith, Corm. Y 521 . esced .i. es[s]cith .i. ni scith ar aurlataid, O'Mulc. 435 ): am escid-sea for atha, FB 35 . laech alaind escaid, TBC-LL¹ 5335 . intí is laind ┐ is escaid, gresed in lesc ( = alacer et impiger) PH 5825 . laind ┐ escaid iar toil ┐ iar comairle a menman 4744 . athlum i n-imguin ┐ esgaid a n-eangnam, Fianaig. 76.11 . ní ba roescaid ar ná ba dáiscuir do not bustle too much (be not over-officious) Tec. Corm. 19.33 . IT i 214.10 (roescid). oclaich escaidhe uretroma utmalla, CCath. 5371 . re sliasdaibh eich ésgaidh of a swift (or spirited?) steed IGT, Decl. ex. 1225 . for a ngabraibh escaidi, D IV 2, 57 [55]vb11 . le taidhlibh each n-ésguidhe, IGT, Decl. ex. 838 . dá mbeinn éasgaidh n-aigeanta `if my spirits were nimble' Ir. Review 1913, 624 . ná bí éasgaidh ar h'aimhleas, Dánta Gr. 105.2 . eusgaidh fá na gcuid do thabairt uatha, 1 Timothy vi 18 . grása le a ndiongnam toil Dé coimhéusgaidh re hainglib nimhe, Parrth. Anma 125.5 = Luc. Fid. 77.4 . an rosg atá aneasgaigh | geárr ó budh easgaidh isi a short time since it was lively Miscell. Celt. Soc. 340.19 . Adv.: dunad do gabáil co hellom ┐ co héscaid, TBC-LL¹ 431 . co laind ┐ co héscaid as taburtha ind almsu, PH 6030 . bidh co humal éscaid indraic , humble, willing, upright ZCP vi 272.16 . ergid a ogu...co hescaid, MR 122.1 . do freccradar Goill go soinnimh sair-ésccaidh é, AFM iii 232.1 . aithech...gebid ar n-eich co escaid, LL 207a4 = RC vii 296.114 . Duan. F. i 29.16 (hésgaidh). ní ro étadh anísin co héscaid `was not readily got' TTr.² 1443 . docuaidh...co prap, primescaid, ZCP vi 45.15 . is é.¤ lim I am ready, eager for: nír escaidh le B. in cuid rainic do féin do roinn re nech B. was loth to share Acall. 920 . ni rabusa lá nach budh éscaid lém labra riut, 7913 . aister ba ésgaidh linn a journey we took readily O'Gr. Cat. 352.25 . adhbhar béime don taoibh theas | éasgaidh libh é mar aighneas anything dishonouring to the south you are ready to use as argument Content. xvii 9 . na heirgead uaib d'innsaigid na himreasna acht cach aen ris a héscaidh a hindsaighidh let none of you go...save such as are eager to approach it MR 126.8 . Compar.: nach éasga chríochnuigheas an reathaidhe a réim...ioná mar chríochnuigheas an duine a bheatha, TSh. 7634 . As superl.: robtar iatt...teachta robtar eallmha ésccaidhe dia erḟuagra [sic leg.] the speediest messengers Hugh Roe 290.11 (f. 76b) .