(túaid). In O. Ir. antúaid (cf. Gadelica 133 ). Adv. of place stressed on second syll. In later lang. also atúaidhean, -eamhain (see Bard. Synt. Tr. p. 25 ).

(a) from the north (freq. with verbs implying motion): antúaid cach ṅdiruch gl. flat rectus ab axe `straight from the north', BCr. 19c1 . rogabsat . . . la hairer nErend antúaid, LU 6753 (or to be referred to (c)?). tic-si a.¤ , Fing. R. 16 . Of north wind: atuaid in dub gailbech, SR 71 = anair in gaeth corcra . . . atuaith an dub, Laws i 26.y Comm. corb taithne grian . . . i tuaidh do feruib betha, 22.18 Comm. tuc in míscél leo atuaid a tír Channan, LB 123b24 . a tuaidhean . . . / do smuaineadh leo a leanmhain, Miscell. Celt. Soc. 362.11 . teacht a dtuaidh, Content. xxviii 15 . buidhne thromdha a dtuaidheamhain, Aithd. D. 16.31 . táinig Féinius . . . adtuaidh ón Scitia go Maigh Seanáir, Keat. ii 73 .

(b) With FRI to the north of: friu antúaid gl. sol dexter oritur (i.e. in India), BCr. 35c2 . ata ferta Bice fri tiprait antuaid, Trip.² 845 .

(c) With idea of motion reduced or absent: indalanaí antúaid alaile andess gl. duae arcti sunt; one in the north and the other in the south, Sg. 67b22 . oc tuidecht do P. do Chlochur antúaith (where a. limits C. rather than the verb). TTr.² 2041 . baoi alaile anchoire antuaid o sláne, Mon. Tall. 159.8 (§ 77) . co n-acus . . . a n-indread anair ┐ aníar ┐ andeas ┐ atúaid , BDD² 239 . rí Dúin Ṡobairce an-túaid. Fing. R. 11 . coro fói lee atuaid , 14 . a fosta F. a.¤ , TBC-LL¹ 5253 .