n f. g s. -e. córuid, cárait f., IGT Decl. § 13 (65.y) . g p. cárad proscribed form, ex. 618 . Used of the fastening or yoking together of two working animals, fastening, yoke ; see s. vv. es(s)em, saim . Hence freq. of the animals themselves pair, brace, couple: saim .i. cech cōrait cid eter dā dam, cid eter dā ech, Corm. Y 1167 . esem .i. ess .i. dam ┐ saim cōrait. Is cōrait īarom in t-essem oc tuidmiu na cuingiu dona damaib, 514 . ? amal sechnas cách a chárait, LU 3897 ( SCC 41 ). doratt . . . córaitt etter na dā ech, BColm. 86.19 . d'ōendreim dōib is d'ænc[h]áraid of one company and one yoke (of horses), 90.11 . amail geilt dá ech hi c.¤ `the grazing of two horses in yoke', Fél.² cxxxiv 14 . di cairigh a coraid ina laím, Laws iv 10.5 Comm. ? gan chárait gun mnaoi mun magh (`burden'), Metr. Dinds. iv 288.3 . .x. coraite slabrad sgeo glais, Ériu ii 4.13 . cáruid cholpthadh sneachtoidhe `two snowy ankles', Bard. P. 44.9 . Note also: na cháraid in comparison to, Rel. Celt. ii 220.3 . clú 'n-a gcároid nach cuirthir `no fame can be set beside theirs', O'Hara 2122 . a dtí thríom 's a dtánaig dhe / bíodh [i gcáraid dá] chéile, Aithd. D. 33.23 . cuingir, cáróid, cupla, comhlan, Eg. Gl. 148 .

Of persons: secht cét cathmíled ┐ glas i córait iter cech ndís díb 'seven hundred warriors with a coupling fetter between each two of them', CMMucr. (CCA) 90 § 7 . brethemhnaighther sescca i ccóraid ann, Ériu xiii 47.30 . rún na córaidi cléirech, IGT Decl. ex. 617 . cáraid na gcéimeann bhfoirtill, DDána 112.23 . neach budh cháraid do chlú an naoimh `rival', PBocht 27.35 . a corait ┐ Caimin . . . in eodem die i.e. having his feast on the same day as C., Fél. 100 n. 25 . D. . . . ┐ A. . . . cáraid degheinigh, AFM iii 406.13 . i gcroidhe na cáraide ` couple ', Aithd. D. 18.27 .

? sóifid rodíbi ┐ rodochell ┐ rochessacht i córaidi, RC xxvi 42 § 219 v.l. ( LL 24793 . coairte, text and other MSS). ? tuc fobairt ndīchra . . . forra gur chuir ina corraitib . . . dochum láir . . . iat, ZCP xiii 238.8 .

n m. a brace or strap used to fasten one yoke to another or the oxen to the yoke in ploughing; a pair: is corait iarom in t-essem oc tuidmiu na cuingiu dona damaib, Corm. Y 514 . eisimh .i. gach ní bhios a gcóraid [sic leg.] no a bfochair a cheile, O'Cl. Cf. eissem, O'Mulc. 442 .

n [io, n.?] vn. from *to-di-men- (see Thurn. ZCP xvi 273 f. , xiii 300 ).

(a) act of fastening, fixing, binding: tuidhme .i. coimhcheangal, O'Cl. cain t.¤ (cheville), Fél. Oct. 17 . adsluindiu do th.¤ | lassin ṅAthair nemdae I invoke thy union with the heavenly Father, Ep. 355 . is cōrait ... in t-essem oc tuidmiu na cuingiu dona damaib, Corm. Y 514 = oc túidme na cuinge don chúing ele, Corm. 18 . fri tuidmi na suanemuin for fastening the ropes, SR 4278 . ? forcongair N. ... | a thuidmi ... | fri muinbi maigi Sennair, 2751 . cach t.¤ tuidhmes nech do cum in carpait do dul ind, O'D. 508 ( H 3.17, col. 413 ). ball óir itir cech da clucin díb ar na túidme fria cimais cochaill ár óin fastened to the border of the hood, LB 121b36 . re t.¤ ┐ re tendad, re seccad ┐ re siníud na snadmann, BB 242a4 . Fig. triath ... | rear cóir Cruacha do thuidhmhe who shall consolidate C., Hard. ii 286.8 .

(b) a fastening: fri immarchor curtínad | ... | co tuidmib na drumslaite with the fastenings of the ridgepole, SR 4892 = oc imorchor na cúirtíned co tuidmib na drómshlati, LB 123a37 = tuidmibdib, BB 244a1 . fiacuil .i. fia figo. ō thuidmi ... fiacail didiu bēl-t.¤ , O'Mulc. 507.

(c) act of binding, enforcing, exacting a penalty, contract, debt, etc.: a t.¤ cin chinaid (athgabáil), Laws i 90.z . im gu-tuidme `for false conviction,' v 300.23 .i. umun tuidhme ngua .i. um eiric in dearb-forgill; no um a shena in inbuid dlegar, 302.14 Comm. ni tuidhmenar cuir neime, ar innsamailter fri besa carpaid nach tuidhmed ... nach tuidhmen (sic) do nuidhmenar is tuaslucadh dho nuasluicter uadh .i. nach innsaigid innsaigheas nech cuigi, is sia sa sia uadha é, iv 374.28 Comm. t.¤ .i. indsaiged nó indscuchad, ut est na t.¤ donuidmenar is e is tuaslacadh uadha `every binding which is bound,' O'Dav. 1511. dímhe .i. t.¤, ut est dos ndime cinta cen diluth .i. curab ris (sic leg.) tuidmes tu hí re cinta na ro díladh roime, 702 . ? tuidhme ┐ conodh dethbeire bearda drochduine do fír dé, O'Curry 2617 ( Eg. 88 fo. 52 (53)d ). Cf. cach tosaich a thuigmi `to every beginning its binding,' ZCP xvii 51 § 26.