arsaid
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arsaid
or dil.ie/4287
Forms:
arrsaid, ársaid, airsid, airseda, airsid, airsidi, airsida, airsigha, arsighe, ársaide, airsed, áirsidh, -edh, -idh, -idhe, -idhedh, -edh
adj
i. Also arrsaid,
ársaid
, airsid.
I
Old, ancient, aged:
ni sin chomairbirt arsid gl. non in uetustate literae,
Wb. 3c17
.
innar rith arsidni gl. in nostro uetere curriculo,
Sg. 108b3
.
arsaidh sin a eoúin Accla thou art old o bird of Achill,
Anecd.
i 24 § 1
. Cf.
O'R. Poems s.v. arsaighim
. at arrsaig sin samlaid
so thou art venerable,
Ériu iv 134.21
.
tricha cet airech n-a.¤
,
LL 19532
.
roslen . . . cosin nómad nó n-a.¤
,
Metr. Dinds. iv
130.88
.
'ar mbeith dho isan aois ársa[id],
SG 16.13
.
óg a
aois arsaidh a fhos,
O'Hara 3483
.
ag malairt ban ┐ fer,
óg ┐ arrsaidh,
Stair Erc. 2380
. ughdar ársuigh `ancient
author',
Donlevy 400.6
.
atáid dá Scotia ann, a haon díobh
atá ársaidh . . . an dara . . . atá nua,
Keat. ii 5894
.
in
t-eideth arrsaid,
ZCP vi 88.29
.
fa Mhúr n-arsaidh n-Úghoine,
DDána 92.6
. combrudh arrsaidh `of long standing' (cause
of rheumatism),
Rosa Angl. 326.21
.
fín g[lan], laidir,
arrsaidh,
50.15
. Baidhbh . . . ag sléachtain dá arm arsaidh
`well-tried',
RC xlix 169 § 9
.
co n-arm ágmar a.¤
,
Metr. Dinds. iii 152.14
.
Compar.
ua hairside,
TTebe 1471
.
do dhaoinibh is
ársuighe ioná iad,
Donlevy vi 4
.
II Subst. m. g
s.
airseda,
TTebe 3294
.
airsid,
2873
.
n
p.
airsidi,
TTebe 1493
.
airsida,
4443
.
airsigha,
RC xi
319.y
.
arsighe,
LL 405a7
. g
p.
ársaide,
ML 64.25
.
airsed,
TTebe 4507
. áirsidh m. (g
s. -edh, -idh. n
p. -idhe. g
p.
-idhedh, -edh),
IGT Decl. § 52
.
Aged person, patriarch, veteran: riagol arside gl. agnotorum,
Sg. 178a2
.
áinsid . . . cetni diil la arsidi,
91b4
.
la arsaidi,
75b2
. la dligeda arside of the ancients,
207a2
. iar n-arsidib
`according to the ancients',
57b1
.
senchas iar n-arsathaib,
LU 481
.
gan dul óig uadh ná arsaidh,
Dán Dé xvii 25
.
dá mbuaile teasbach grinn áirsiodh uallach . . . `if some
eccentric fit should seize upon a bully',
Ó Bruad. ii 22.2
. As
general laudatory term warrior, hero, champion: airsid Eorpa
(of a chief),
Bruchst. i 13 § 23
.
ársid imdegla Ulad,
TBC-LL¹
1668
.
cauraid ┐ arsidi catha,
Ériu iv 24 § 11
.
a n-ársídhe
urgaile,
TTr.² 1079
.
nert loech ┐ áirsed,
LB 129b42
.
int
arsich engnuma Accíon,
TTebe 2905
.
rug tóir trom . . . ar
an áirsidh,
AFM v 1756.1
. arsaidh cródha brave champion,
DDána 102.11
.
lán d'airsidhibh iorghaile,
Butler Poems
776
.
Cf. forsaid.