n (with unlen. -d) (Lat. status, see
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 218
) act of stopping;
stop, stay, delay
:
s.¤ a verbo staa .i. tairisim,
Corm. Y 1180
.
gnáth fúm ag sdad (of the body likened to a horse),
Aithd. D.
91.6
. íoc bhar sdada `to undo thy neglect of me',
19.10
. an áil
ribh s.¤
?
Oss. iii 102.12
. smuain ar so a n-am an phecuidh ┐
. . . benfaidh sdad eigin asad it will make you hesitate a little,
Mac Aingil 23.8
. ní raibh s.¤ ar theacht a thiodhlac the flow of
his gifts was unceasing,
Keat. Poems 833
. gan s.¤
without pause,
delay; immediately, incessantly,
Mac Aingil 126.7
.
Hackett
xxiv 4
.
Oss. iii 290.16
.