vn. of ad-fen.
a.¤ n-imrime,
Cóic Con. 47 § 84
. a
s.
always aithi in Wb. (unless the obscure cenathe,
Wb. 18a25
,
contains this word); n
s.
aithi,
Sg. 111b3
,
Thes. ii 227.21
,
Trip.² 541
. See
GOI § 725
. aithi f.,
IGT Decl.
§ 3
.
(a)
Act of requiting; requital, recompense; payment, quid pro
quo:
ní ar lóg na aithi pridchimmi soscéle,
Wb. 14c8 , 9
;
15b11
;
24d1
.
precept soscéli cen lóg cen aithi,
14c10
. aithi
gl. foenus,
Sg. 111b3
. aithi usura,
Thes. ii 227.21
.
aithi .i.
cum[m]ain, ut est cach rath co n-aithi .i. biadh ┐ manchuine,
O'Dav. 168
.
caite a.¤ .i. log meich,
Laws iii 328.8
.
caiti in a.¤
cumaine
,
9 Comm.
ni fuil aithfe gin iubaile do gelluib,
O'D.
706
(
H 3.17, 516
). a.¤ n-imrime .i. in aithe comaine no logh
do-berar ar imrim int searraigh .i. ara riarugud i.e. recompense for breaking in a horse,
Cóic Con. 47 § 84
;
Laws
v 212.3
.
gin aithi gin fochraic . . . gin a.¤ .i. focetoir, gin
fochraic .i. iardain,
O'Curry 2460
(
Eg. 88, f. 37(38)c
).
a.¤ fiach .i.
ic fiach,
766
(
H 3.18, 360b
). mac duine timghair a.¤ a
mhaoeine i.e. he does not confer benefits for nothing,
ZCP xii
296.5
.
ratha fiala a.¤ ṡlána,
LL 343b55
= aithi ṡlána `full
compensations',
Tec. Corm. 3.27
.
ferr athe opad,
LL 345c41
=
ithe,
Anecd. iii 19.14
.
fuilled ro-imarcraid ind aithi,
MacCongl. 21.5
.
(b)
act of retaliating; revenge, retaliation:
nech bud ḟerr leis
dá athe no da dígail,
TBC-LL¹ 4419
.
tene . . . oc athi bar col,
PH
3637
. nech da tísad aithi na gona sain who should avenge
that slaying,
LL 244a47
(
TTr. 2051
). fear a.¤ a an-fhalta `to
revenge his animosities',
MR 262.12
.
nir-bo echt cen aithi,
TTebe 3524
.
aithi in uilc,
IGT Decl. ex. 166
. a.¤ x DO y
avenging x (an action) on y:
robo adlaic dó a aithi do
Pátraic aní dorigni,
Trip.² 541
. More usually with FOR:
d'a.¤ a n-indligid foruib to punish them for their rapacity,
ACL
iii 3.16
.
d'athi ar n-écora for Troiánu,
LL 224a6
(
TTr. 494
).
dia aithiu fair in dimhicin dorad fornd,
Marco P. 31
.
d'a.¤ a
anffoladh ar a eassccairdibh,
AFM vi 2146.15
. Of a person:
d'aithi ┐ d'fír-dígail Oilella Finn ar fheraib Erenn,
Celt. Rev.
iv 204.13
.