maidid
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2019Forms:
maided, maidid, muidid, fors[a]-maid, forsa-moith, resa-maid, máith, rumaith, maides, maiti, maitti, maidi, maidti, muitti, mutti, maidit, madit, muidit, máis, má, mæ, mai, maidsed, maidfed, con-roimsitis, memais, mebais, mmema, mema, roima, con-memsam-ne, mebusmet, mensat, memsat, memsad, mmebsat, mbebsat, memsite, con-mebsad, mebsaitis, memaid, mmemaid, mmebaid, ro-m-memaid, mebaid, rróemid, rroímid, roimidh, ráemid, rraimid, rommid, remid, remaidh, reimidh, rimheadh, raoimhidh, raeimeadh, memdaitir, memdatar, mebdatar, mebatar, mebhadar, mhebhatar, roimdeta, con-róemtatar, maidter, mater, mebais, meb-, mheabhas, mheabtaís, meba, mebat, mebaidh, meabhai, mebsat, meabhsattar, romhebadh, — mébas, — mébad, maid-, moid-, maidi, muidhi, maidfid, muidhfes, muigfis, maidfit, maidfed, maidhis, moidis, maid, maid, muidh, moigh, maidset, muidhset, moigsed, mhuigheadar, muidfer, muided, maedhed, muid-, maoidh-, maidm, ma, maidhis, maitti, maidter, maíded
v
i. s-subj. and fut., redupl. pret. Forms. Imp. 3 s.
maided,
Wb. 7c4
. Pres. 3 s.
maidid,
LU 3720
(
SCC 33
).
muidid,
LB 127a8
.
fors[a]-maid,
Ml. 115d12
.
forsa-moith,
110d10
.
resa-maid,
TBC-I¹ 3575.
ni máith
,
Corm. Y 419.
(perfective)
rumaith,
Ml. 51c9
. rel.
maides,
TBC-LL¹ 4689.
With pron. aff.:
maiti,
LU 4925
(=
maithi,
TBC-I¹ 440
).
maitti,
LU 5201
,
6666
(
TBC-I¹ 723
,
2127
). maidi,
maidti,
Ériu iii 141.202
,
203
.
muitti,
LU 1582
(
IT ii2 212.3
),
6212
(
TBC-I¹ 1722
).
mutti,
1523
(
MU
52
),
5940
(
TBC-I¹ 1474
). 3 pl.
maidit,
IT i 105.13
.
madit,
Ériu ii 122.4
.
muidit,
iii 138.100
.
Subj. pres. 3 s.
máis,
LL 238b38
,
239a15
(
TTr. 1625
,
1647
).
mani má
,
LU 7121
(
BDD 80
).
Corm. Y 70.
mona mæ
,
TBC-LL¹
4754
, cf.
4979
,
5579
(for fut.).
ní mai
,
Anecd. ii 31.4
.
Subj. impf. 3 s.
no maidsed
,
TBC-LL¹ 830
,
840
(for cond.; leg.
maidfed?) 3 pl.
con-roimsitis,
TBC-I¹ 3618.
Fut. 3 s.
memais,
Trip. 138.7
.
SR 4705.
mebais,
8320
.
co
mmema
,
LU 6099.
ní mema
,
Ml. 89c11
. mani roima
(for
subj.), ib. 2 pl.
con-memsam-ne,
TBC-I¹ 3578.
mebusmet,
IT
ii2 247.6
. 3 pl. co mensat
(leg. memsat),
LU 6097
=
co memsad
,
TBC-I¹ 1626.
co mmebsat
,
LU 6092
=
co mbebsat
,
TBC-I¹
1620.
rel.
memsite,
TBC-I¹ 3087.
Cond. 3 s. con-mebsad (for subj.),
TBC-LL¹ 5881.
3 pl.
mebsaitis,
TBC-I¹ 3547.
Pret. 3 s.
memaid,
SR 4765.
Trip. 194.15
.
co mmemaid
,
TBC-I¹ 578
=
co mmebaid
,
LU 5066.
ro-m-memaid,
Ml. 127d6
.
Mon. Tall. § 72.
ro mebaid
,
SR 6913
,
6953
.
co rróemid
,
LU
7946
(
BDD 157
) =
cu rroímid
,
BDD²
(
Med. and Mod. Ir. Ser. viii
).
co roimidh
,
AU 946.
co ráemid
,
LU 9605
(
ZCP iii
206.18
).
co rraimid
,
IT i 76.5
.
co rommid
,
Trip. 8.17
.
co
remid
,
AU 920 (p. 442.11)
,
1016
.
co remaidh
,
995
,
998
,
1003
.
co reimidh
,
AFM v 1536.9
.
go rimheadh
,
ii 808.3
.
go raoimhidh
,
ii 580.14
.
go raeimeadh
,
vi 2040.10
. 3 pl.
memdaitir,
LU 5316
(
TBC-I¹ 839
).
memdatar
,
Corm. Y 950.
ro mebdatar
,
SR 2522.
ro mebatar
,
Alex. 31
, and so in late texts:
cor mebhadar
,
CCath. 2031
,
2125
.
ro mhebhatar
,
Lism. L. 2972.
co roimdetar,
Ériu ii 30.16
.
con-róemtatar,
Anecd. iii 61.9
.
Pass. pres.
maidter,
TBC-I¹ 3573.
subj. pr.
má[n]a mater
,
TTr.² 85.
1 in Mid.Ir. the 3 s. fut. mebais is occasionally used as a
pret., e.g.
LU 3791
(
SCC 36
),
Lism. L. 4051
,
RC xiii 8.3
, and
gives rise to a conjugation with stem meb-: Pres. 3 s.
rel.
mheabhas,
Content. vi 68.
Impf. 3 pl.
no mheabtaís
,
BS 36.28
. Subj. pr. 3 s.
dia meba
,
Ériu v 236.80
. 3 pl.
mebat,
Lat. Lives 106.4
. Fut. 3 s.
mebaidh,
Cog. 90.9
(= mébaidh?),
cf.
144.7
.
memaid for Cenél Conaill 'he will defeat Cenél Conaill',
B. in Scáil² 43 § 43
.
hi meabhai
,
BNnÉ 16.23
. Pret. 3 pl.
ro mebsat
,
Lat. Lives 106.8
.
meabhsattar,
BNnÉ 84.7
. Pass. pret.
romhebadh,
Lism. L. 1550
,
1553
.
— mébas,
Alex. 212
;
— mébad,
LB 129b32
seem intended for 3 s. rel. fut. and cond. respectively.
2 the pres. stem maid- (muid-, moid-) is used in Mid.Ir. to
form subj., fut. and pret.: Subj.
3 s.
mana maidi
,
TBC-I¹ 3577.
dā muidhi
,
Fianaig. 84.14
. Fut. 3 s.
maidfid,
SR 6492.
(rel.)
muidhfes,
Aen. 2451.
muigfis,
2454
. 3 pl.
maidfit,
LU 9615
(wrongly
máid-,
ZCP iii 208 § 8
). Cond. 3 s.
no maidfed
,
SR
5036.
Pret. 3 s.
maidhis,
AU i 532.5
,
ii 72.3
.
moidis,
Lat. Lives 71.13
.
ro maid
,
TBC-I¹ 774.
diar' maid
,
SR 5582.
ro
muidh
,
AU 1022
,
1024
.
corro moigh
,
Anecd. iii 37.6
. 3 pl.
ro maidset
,
TBC-LL¹ 3824.
ro muidhset
,
ZCP xi 62.4
.
ro moigsed
,
xii 292.21
.
do mhuigheadar
,
ML 96.2
. Pass. fut.
muidfer,
RC
x 184.8
. pret.
ro muided
,
ZCP viii 561.12
.
nar' maedhed
,
Gorm. Dec. 8
. The stem muid- occas. becomes maoidh- in late
texts.
vn. maidm.
In lit. sense
breaks, bursts
, intrans. but in 3 s. pres. occas.
used with affixed reflex. pron.
ma .i. briseadh,
O'Cl.
(3 s. subj.
pr.).
maidhis .i. brisis, ib.
Eg. Gl. 458.
I Used like `bris(s)id' in the idiom: maidid (in cath, etc.) re
(ria) A for B (the battle) breaks before A on B = A defeats B.
(a) with subj. expressed: nach comland i mbeithi, memais
foraib ye shall be routed,
Trip. 138.17
.
co roemid in cath . . . for
slog Filistín,
SR 5891.
cor mebaid in cath ria Concobar for
Eochaid C. won the battle over E.,
Ériu ii 180.13
.
muidit secht
catha re nOsseirge for na Déise,
iii 138.100
.
mad romaib
muigfis in cath-sa for Tuirnn,
Aen. 2454.
ní mai cath . . .
riana gnúis may he never win battle,
Anecd. ii 3 § 2
. ni ḟitir cia
fora mébad in cath who would be defeated,
LB 129b32
=
cia
fors-maidfid,
SR 6492.
memaith for Dál nA. in cath sin,
ZCP
viii 314.13
. Similarly with maidm as subj.: ro muid sruth-maidm . . . forro
they were driven helter-skelter,
ZCP xiii 238.14
.
ceithri tuathao . . . fora roémsat tri madmand who were thrice
routed,
4.11
.
viii 115.3
.
(b) with omission of subj.:
in tan ro mmemaid re nAbracham
forsna coíc riga,
Ml. 127d6
, cf.
89c11
. ria n-aṅgliu . . . mebais
for demnu the angels will defeat the demons,
SR 8320
, cf.
5582
.
memaiss for Aed re nAed (a prophecy),
ZCP xii 232 § 43.
tic
Labraid . . . ┐ mebais riam forsna slógu he defeated,
SCC 36.
mad romut máis . . . mad fort maides,
LL 332c57
,
60
.
maidhis
for Gallu,
AU 1014.
dirsan flaith forsa-roemid,
RC xxxvi 262
§ 10
.
dursan rī forsar-maig,
Cog. 32.24
=
fors-rœmidh,
AFM i
508.17
. Galam ar nar raimhidh ríamh who was never worsted,
Leb. Gab.(i) i 238.18
. With advbl. phrase denoting direction,
the notion of flight being implicit: maidti forru sair co
hAndobor they are routed,
Ériu iii 141.203
. muiti riasna buaib
fors[n]a linni she is driven before (by) the cattle to the pools (?),
TBC-I¹ 1722.
ro memaid ria maccaib Cathail as Indiu co
lLuachair,
LL 275b1
.
ro mebaid forsna Troiándu docum a
cathrach,
TTr.² 1567.
Fig.: go ro mheabhaidh for a ghlór till
his voice gave way,
AFM vi 2288.1
.
meabhaidh ar mo ghuth ón
ghol,
Ir. Monthly 1927, 361.40
. da muidhi hi cond céilli `if
they be worsted in sense and reason',
Fianaig. 84.14
.
(c) occas. with LA or other prep. of victor: brister immairecc
fairsom et maided fair lib let him be routed by you,
Wb. 7c4
.
for Oilill . . . meabais la Dal nAraidhi O. will be defeated by D.,
MacCarthy 396.27
. meabaidh lais a lochtaidhe `his guilt was
vanquished by him',
Leb. Gab.(i) i 36.12
.
con-róemtatar dā
chath huad forru,
Anecd. iii 61.9
.
ro mebatar ilchatha fria
Pilip,
Alex. 31
, where fria prob. = ria of l. 30 representing
the prep. ria, re `before'.
(d) maidid de (do) x = x is routed, put to flight, and in
wider sense, flees, (or without notion of flight) rushes:
maidid
día muntir-seom for teched,
TBC-I¹ 1476.
mutti dont slóg immi
di cach leith the host rushes about him (of an ambush),
1474
.
go ro memaid do graigib Gaedel the horses of the G. broke loose,
TBC-LL¹ 3823
, cf.
3826
,
6065
. ro mebaid do na Págánda the
pagans were routed,
PH 7266.
gur mhúigh do na Gallaib
d'iarraidh a long,
Ériu i 87.11
. With subj. expressed: cor
memaid roscbéim rígdaide díb triasin cath (= they made a
brilliant charge),
CRR 34.
do mhuigh bloiscbhém bodhba do
na cathoibh cechtardha a ccenn a chéle,
ITS v 184.25
.
meabhaidh maidhmh díobh gus na scoraibh,
Hugh Roe fo. 39a
.
II In personal construction:
(a) in physical sense breaks
(= is broken), bursts, gives way:
mani má in talam fúe,
BDD
80
, cf.
TBC-LL¹ 4754
,
TBC-I¹ 3577.
maidid cridi cech duni dia
seirc,
SCC 33.
ni máith cridhe cē chīe,
Corm. Y 419
=
Bruchst.
i § 96.6
.
madit a shuili inna cinn,
Ériu ii 122.4
.
co mmemaidh
a chenn frisinn ailich,
Lat. Lives 53.
ro memaid coss ind ríg
i ndó,
Mon. Tall. § 72.
co mbeba do ser fout,
IT ii 247.8
.
notgēb-sa im ladair co mbebsat [mmebsat LU]
t'asnai,
TBC-I¹
1620.
maitti immi-seom in dabach,
LU 5201
=
maiti . . .
dabaich,
TBC-I¹ 991.
in bail . . . hi meabhai [a mbeabh v.l.]
iris bhar tteighi liubair,
BNnÉ 16 § 26.
mebais ind roth
ramhuch (a prophecy),
ZCP x 343.26
.
co ráemid in cholcid,
LU 10478
(Tochmarc Emere). co raimdetar úammand
a cholcthech the seams . . . burst,
TBC-LL¹ 109.
na craobha no
mheabhtaís fó a chosaibh,
BS 36.28
. mani má do á unless
thy car break,
Corm. Y 70
(cf.
Ériu xi 43
).
memdaitir a carpait
leu oc comroc,
TBC-I¹ 839.
meabhsattar na tri glais the three
bolts burst,
BNnÉ 84.7
. corro moigh bernn ind a gap was
broken,
Anecd. iii 37.6
.
(b) of persons, is routed, flees; rushes, makes a dash: maidti
munter Fhergusa hi teiched, maidti Ailill i n-a ndiaidh F.'s
people take to flight, A. gives them chase,
IT ii2 210.66
(LL =
maitte, Eg.). [ni]con-memsam-ne de sund we will not flee from
this spot,
TBC-I¹ 3578.
maidit na sluaig for na dorsi . . . maidit
immach assind liss,
IT i 105.13
,
16
.
muidig [= muidid] N.
futha-san mar luas [fh]aindile,
ZCP xiii 213.2
.
memaid saithe
. . . siardess co Mondornd,
viii 308.14
.
Leb. Gab.(i) i 278.20
.
mebdatar a n-noí díib they (Síl Cuinn) fled in a ship (?),
ZCP
viii 313.35
, a confusion with the construction I (d).
(c) of things, bursts forth, gushes, springs up, arises:
ro
mebdatar [sruamma] tria thalmain,
SR 2522.
co rommid
topar usque ass,
Trip. 8.17
=
Lat. Lives 44.
mebais trethan
dar cach tír the sea will break over every country,
RC xxvi 48
§ 251
.
ro meabatar na da loch,
Leb. Gab.(i) i 74.10
.
i n-aimsir
N. ro mhuidhsiod na locha so,
Keat. i p. 176
.
ro mhuidhset
teora tipraite . . . assin talmain,
Fl. Earls 210.3
.
ro mebaid
loim cráo dar a bél,
CRR 12.
co roimidh salchur a chinn dar
a chluasaib immach,
Cáin Ad. § 14.
is aíble tened moidit trem
chroicenn,
Lat. Lives 84.
co maiged a duibdiad ┐ a lasra a
huamaib in tshlebi amach,
Aen. 142.
ro mebutar .xiiii.
[diasa do chruithnecht] a muigib na Bethile sprang up,
LB
133a5
. ro mheabhaidh na bairilledha in n-áen breó lasrach
burst into flame, exploded,
AFM vi 2012.8
.
Further extensions: mebais a fháitbiud gáire for Fergus
F. burst out laughing,
CRR 18.
gur mhaoidh orruinn gean
gáire,
Oss. vi 8.19
. ro maidh a cai for in n-apach the corpse
began to wail,
CCath. 4218.
gor muidh a déra tar a gruadaibh,
4219
. S. Franciscus forar mhuidhset coic crechta (of the
stigmata),
Fl. Earls 162.18
. Cf. also: mebais din boilgg
innocht `it will burst from the boil' (? the boil will burst or disappear, cf.
I (d)),
Ériu iv 32.4
.
(d) rarely in late texts, with FOR (AR),
breaks, vanquishes:
scél fár mheabhuigh sé ar an síth `with which he shattered the
peace',
Ériu iv 214.3
.
a ghrasaigh ghloin do mhuidh ar
mhídhúilibh,
Ó Bruad. i 24 § 9.
III Trans.
breaks, defeats, shatters
(in physical and fig.
sense); an uncommon use chiefly in pass., perh. due to the
form maitti (= maidid -i) being taken as pret. pass.
maidter
rempi fo thri,
TBC-I¹ 3573.
xxx. cath ro mhebadh roime,
Lism. L. 1550.
maoidhtear rompa,
Keat. i 204.5
.
la Machair nar
maedhed (.i. ó Diabhal),
Gorm. Dec. 8.
ó rom-maidh an scél
(`the calamity having shattered me',
O'Gr. Cat.
),
Acall. 862.
? athgabail fir muides muilend `who breaks the rule respecting the mill',
Laws i 194.27
. don fir isa soc ro mebadh `whose ploughshare
was broken',
200.6 Comm.
clann nar mhuidh móid who broke
not covenant,
Content. iv 36.
a mheic Máire nach muidh
mionn,
Ir. Monthly 1928, 39.44
. ? nā maidid [maidigh, maigid
MSS.] in t-echt noco ngaba fo thrí ar a anáil `let him not do
the deed until he has three times kept his breath',
Mer. Uil. 134
,
cf.
137
; perh. intrans. = II (c) above, if this vb.; leg. maíded
= moíded?