n
ā, f. Also aidimm i, m. See
GOI p. 163
.
Found in a great variety of forms: idim, uidim, udaim,
ughaim, audaim etc.
The general sense is instrument, implement, tool
used in a
variety of applications, see Plummer,
Ériu x 118
. aidmi
oipretho pectho ref. to membris nostris,
Wb. 3c14
. arnaib
aidmib gl. pro instrumentís uindictæ,
Ml. 54b4
. ind adim
(in adim, MS.) gl. instrumentum est diuinae iustitiae,
49b7
(see GOI loc. cit.); ?read i n-adim as an instrument,
Plummer MS. notes. Of musical instruments:
alaaile aidme
ceuldae,
Ml. 51c5
.
aláaili aidme in chiuil,
89a9
.
it hæ didiu
ind aidmi asmbeirsom .i. organa
,
8
. inna aidmi (a
pl.) gl.
instrumenta musica,
75c3
.
caraid som inna aidmi in chiuil
amal carthar inducbál,
4
.
anmand aidmi ciuil,
Auraic. 1482
.
Of writing-implements:
Tadhcc . . . do sgrib an beccan sin . . .
le drochaidhme,
L. Chl. S. 74.5
. Of shaving-implements:
aidhme in berrtha,
Lism. L. 2630
. Of agricultural
implements etc.:
aidme claidi in talman,
Trip.² 921
.
cona
aidhmibh iarnaidhe . . . an talam do tochailt dona haidmibh,
BNnÉ 323 § 34
. cen chlaidbe adma fige `without rods or
implements of weaving',
Metr. Dinds. iv 332.30
.
aidhme legha,
H 3.18, 71c11
. Of travel-requisites:
aidmi na conaire,
TTr.²
590
.
na huile aidhme ro báidhid innte ó chen,
AFM iii 42.9
.
aidmi gl. armamenta nauis (
Acts xxvii 19
),
Thes. i 498.27
(Ardm.) ra iarraidit as cech aird a h-adbara ┐ a áidimmi (of
building a ship),
LL 218b31
(
TTr. 122
). Of sports-requisites:
a aidhme ainesa,
TBC St. 908
.
aidme (aidhbena, v.l.) ainesa,
TBC-LL¹ 2247
. Of weapons: fo aicni na haidhme dar feradh
in fuiliuga[dh] according to the nature of the weapon with
which the wound was inflicted,
O'D. 874
(
H 3.17, c. 627
).
mas tre ésce ferfaithir na cneda, cibe aidim trisa ferthair,
2323
(
Rawl. B 506 fo. 34a
).
cach udhim aidmillti,
CCath.
4139
.
dorónsat gaill aidhme iongnaithe damhainsi ealadhan
┐ inntlechta,
AFM iii 280.w
. focerdsi iolar ndaoine go hEirinn
cona n-aidhmibh techta leo 'with the necessary arms',
vi
2000.6
, cf. ataat a aidmi téchte lasin n-aidchi (leg. aithech?
Notes),
BDD² 1355
.
aidhme toghla an chaisteoil do dhénamh
leó,
AFM vi 1980.6
. Of furniture, vessels, etc.:
aidmib h-in
airc . . . co h-ulib,
LB 123a47
.
do denamh na hairce gos na
haidhmibh ros foghain di,
Leb. Gab.(i) 8.20
.
fa hiad aidhme
a adhbhadh,
DDána 83.13
. Esp. of ecclesiastical utensils:
huanaib aidmib noibaib robatar hi tempul,
Ml. 74a13
.
aidme
altoire,
Laws i 232.4
=
itmi a.¤
,
O'Curry 809
(
H 3.18, p. 374a
).
in altóir cona haidmib téchtaib,
Ériu i 219 § 6
.
ruc brait
móir a cathraig ṅDé / ┐ romill a aidme,
ZCP iii 19.19
.
mess
cet n-unga do aidmib aiffrinn Ceallaig,
AU ii 98.5
.
crosa ┐
polaire ┐ tiagha leabur ┐ aidhme eclusdai arcena,
Lism. L.
968
.
aidme coiserca .i. airc . . . in coimded ┐ na table cloche
. . .,
YBL 169a18
. ?
a cethair soisgéla ana láim féin ┐ sceota
na n-aidhbheagh ar muin cléirigh re chois,
Imr. Brain
64.10
=
sceota na n-aidhbéadh,
31
. Of plough-traces,
harness:
no ticcedh damh allaidh . . . gusan seisrigh no gusan
ughaim ┐ do theigedh 'san ughaim uadha féin,
ZCP x 4.12
.
do chuir a nughaim na ccámhull íad in the camel's furniture,
Gen. xxxi 34
. a srien ┐ a n-audhaim `of their bridles
and harness',
Fl. Earls 252.27
. Of the membrum virile:
mas i a uidim ro benad asin duine,
Laws iii 354.15
Comm.
Technical name for the ring or hoop with which the hurdles
of an enclosure or pound were fastened together (see Plummer
loc. cit.):
udim .i. nomen dond rōi (roid, v.l.) triasa tēit in
crand bīs forsin clēith ocon udmad, nō occa dūnad,
Corm. Y 1269
`u. is the name of the great ring through which passes
the stake on the hurdle, fastening it with an u. or closing it',
Plummer.
udhma .i. uaim arin fidh .i. . . . in idh bec bis a[c]
comat in cumainn,
O'Dav. 1615
.
ar cul a comla . . . .i. ni
fuaslaicther de dogrés .i. aidhme fonaisctear and,
O'D. 1182
(H. 2.15 p. 45 (69)b) `behind the door . . . i.e. it is never released
thence, that is, `aidhme' are fastened on it', Plummer (see
udmad
). Similarly in phrase
a.¤ corthi: udhaim corthi .i. idh
uaim .i. uaim in fedha,
O'D. 1208
(H. 2.15, 83a).
audoim
.i. roi[d] gait, ut dicitur audaim corthe,
O'Curry 124
(
H 3.18,
p. 75
). aí daim choirthe (audaim coirthi, audhoim corthi,
audim corad v.l.),
IT iii 36 § 18
;
37.2
,
6
,
8
.
In general sense of means, cause:
aidim duinibaidh,
RC
xxxvii 347 § 42
. Cf. aidme.