Ghost-word, forms here properly n
p. or cpv. of 1 úathad,
Ériu xxii 178
:
ili ceanna, ūatte enech,
ZCP viii 195 § 10
. cf.
RC xxvi 36 § 175
.
§ 179
.
cid am
laech-sa, ... | att uaitte (it uaiti, v.l.) mo chomairle,
TBC-LL¹
1678
.
ro gab maidm for Ultu ar abu ar bati (=batir) úati,
LU 1510
.
biat olca fir | biat uati rig .i. iar ṅdligud,
LL
188az
.
robdar úaite a n-éolaig, ┐ robdar ile a n-anéolaich,
Ériu iv 126.10
.
bát úaiti meic aptha na cille so,
BNnÉ 14
§ 16
(v.l. budh tearc mic bháis).
bidhat úaiti meic bet[h]adh
as docum nimhe,
17 § 30
(v.l. budh beg do macaibh bethadh
rachas).
isat uati do populsa,
LB 126b35
.
as uaiththe na
fir,
ZCP xvi 333
. gémad uaiti, gemad lia, | in fer, gá mbí
techta rig, `whether few or many be his hosts,'
MR 40.14
.
Cf.
FDG 304
.
cenmot[h]a dano drecta uaiti ocus sceolanna
terca filet do lucht iarthair an domain i ffarradh C. annsud,
CCath. 5507
.
ger'uaiti (v.l. uathudh) aittrebaidi na cathrach
sin,
TTebe 1471
. Here perh. belongs :
hi fuba do grega,
.i. it uaite frit,
Laws i 164.13
. Plummer (MS notes)
translates : `the horses were alone as far as you were
concerned, you had no one attending to them.'
Compar. : ba hūatiu hi feraib oldās A. `he had fewer
men than A.',
Fianaig. 36.9
. ni bes uaitiu .xx. fri crich
a nechtair `he does not have less than twenty men going into
a neighbouring territory' (sc. the ansruth),
Manners and Customs iii 517.19
.
batar uati lestair argait ann oldát lestair
óir,
Alex. 600
.
ni r-bo uati oltas fiche mile,
PH 2456
.
níptar uati oltás ilmíle,
2523
.
As subst. : huaiti foirbthi dun popul=pauci perfecti,
Ml. 90c12
(=
huathad do aís foirbthiu,
90c11
). dorad
bennachtain do D. ... ┐ dona húaitibh robattar immaille
friu `to the few,'
BNnÉ 41 § 83
.