n u, m. later o, m. vn. of íadaid. g s. -iata, Ml. 46a8 . iadhaidh, DDána 32 § 12.

(a) act of closing, enclosing; a closure, an encompassing: in bith-iata hi robaid riam `of the perpetual closure in which ye were before', Ml. 46a8 . gid fó thalmain beit no i tig fo í.¤ , TBC-LL¹ 4270. a mbeit[h] i mbuaile fo iadhu an oidhche (of cattle), Laws iv 96.24 = fo i.¤ a naidce, O'D. 1226 (< E 3.5, 1a ). o turgabail greine co tráth iata tighe, O'Curry 2007 (< H 4.22, p. 32 ). dorus ... ocus comla íata fris, Mer. Uil. 225. gan iadhad n-imagallmha impe do dhénamh dóibh without the meeting of a conference, MR 314.16 . do furáil an sabhdán íadhadh ana timchill `ordered it to be enclosed all round,' ZCP ii 42 § 70. iar n-i.¤ do cach leith umpu `every side being closed against them,' RC xxiv 196.7 . do bhac mo ghníomh é d'iadhadh my deed hindered it from closing (of a wound), PBocht 21 § 6. ní théid ar feadh iadhaidh m'fhabhra | fear fiadhaigh an anma uaim, DDána 32 § 12.

íadad for act of closing upon, seizing: aithgabail bech, iadath foraib `to close upon them,' Laws ii 120.20 Comm. iada(i)d for laoga his calves are to be seized, 12 Comm. iadhadh orro da cur a n-ilpianaib ... ithfrinn, RC xxviii 318 § 34. a foil do i.¤ for mucaib, Laws ii 118.8 Comm. act of closing against: guais liom ... do theach d'iadhadh oram, Dán Dé viii 9.

íadad fri (later la) act of closing against: slige nimhe ... d'iadhadh fri Fursa, RC xxv 390 § 5. bélat ocus cricha do i.¤ friu, Laws i 160.6 Comm. act of joining with, drawing near to, catching up with: nar chóir dhúinn ... íadhadh a ccleamhnus ré lucht na gráineamhlachta `join in affinity with,' Ezra ix 14 . a ríaghal ó dho bhris ben | ní híadhadh ris do-rinneadh, IGT Decl. ex. 962. ní budh fholáir d'íoc mo pheacadh | Peadar asbal d'iadhadh linn, PBocht 26 § 27. a móid nar fhéad d'iadhadh lé `her vow could get no hold on her', 11a § 22 . iadad imm act of seizing upon?: buide lem t'iadhad 'mun ḟonn, Lism. L. 3812.

(b) act of binding, clasping: mong buide fair ... | ubull oir ocá í.¤ , LU 3673. a clasp: cor gerrastair na cnaip ocus cengal ocus iata ... batar ic congbail in cathbairr, Cog. 194.12 . ar do chris na ... ar iadha do mhuinchilli, ITS xxix 139.22 .