n Early forms disyll. o, n., later m.
GOI § 105.
n
s. (disyll.),
IT i 78.2
(LMU 17).
bíad nErend,
LU 9044
(
FB 79
). a
s.
bíad,
Wb. 6b24
. g
s.
biith,
9b23
,
biid,
29b13
.
d
s.
biud,
Thes. ii 335.29
. a
pl.
biada,
Wb. 6c7
.
bíadh, m.,
IGT Decl. § 76.
n
pl.
biadhna,
IT i 6.30
. g
pl.
biadhann,
Rosa Angl. 22.1
. d
pl.
biadandaib,
BB 241a50
.
(a)
food:
biad graece bia (βίος, ed.) .i. uita
,
Corm. Y 176.
biadh gl. cibus,
Ir. Gl. 477.
b.¤ .i. sath,
O'Mulc. 156.
is airi
ni b.¤ doratus dúib gl. non escam,
Wb. 8c6
.
inna ndig et a
mb.¤
gl. in cibo,
27a24
.
ní tormult far mbíad,
18a10
.
brothchán as chóir duib ní b.¤ bes [so]nairt `not strong meat',
33c15
.
rogíuil a mb.¤ inna mbragait,
Ml. 98b8
.
donaib biadaib
somailsib,
64c21
.
cía . . . as téchtae do dénum biid ríg ?
Críth G. 553.
ní do bíad dorochtamar it is not thy food
we have come for,
LU 5650
(TBC).
in tan bá mithig tabairt
biid dóib,
10585
(
IT i 137.13
).
ni doid a sáith do biud she
did not eat her fill,
LMU 17.2
.
fa baltnugud in bíd ┐ in lenna,
MU² 671.
cen dig, cen b.¤
,
MacCarthy 60.20
. (disyll.)
ronbáe b.¤, ronbai tlacht,
SR 1557.
airchra bíid no etaig,
4064
.
(monosyll.)
nicharfail tlacht no dagbíad,
1560
.
do luaig bíd i
tír n-Egept,
3440
.
do būar, do brat, do bīudh (: trīur,
disyll.),
ZCP v 23 § 28.
aire .uii. n-ech do braich ┐ biud,
Irish Texts i 35.32
(
LL 36986
).
fer fo lind leis ┐ fer fó bíud
? `butler and pantler' (Plummer MS. notes),
LL 7672
(TBC).
biadh ┐ bitaille leis `food and drink',
Stair Erc. 1777.
caitiat
a mbiadu ? Lite doib uile . . . inund a mbiathu uile . . .
gruitin, im nuadh . . . mil,
Laws ii 148.20 Comm.
atat dún
tra biada brechtnaigt[h]i,
Alex. 1007.
biath na nGall,
Ériu iii 140.21
.
ecad .i. saith ēcca .i. biad n-ēcca .i. pisci
perishable (?) food,
O'Mulc. 355.
gléasuigh sí a bíadh `provideth her meat',
Proverbs vi 8.
beatha gan bhiadh (i.e.) immortal
life,
DDána 19.8
.
ní mhothaigh bél blas ar bhiúdh (: iúl),
IGT Decl. ex. 1591.
biadh bríoghmhar do dhíleághadh
`solid food',
Donlevy vii 1.
fodder of animals:
slan dona
robaib . . . in b.¤ caithid,
Laws iii 262.17 Comm.
biadha . . .
don asal (= cibaria . . . asino,
Eccles. xxxiii 25
),
TSh. 1873.
In phr. arbar biid
corn for food, fodder (as opp. to malt):
di grán arbae biid,
Críth G. 254.
da chess lana do braich
┐ do arbur biid,
Irish Texts i 35.31
.
(b) Legal refection, food(-rent) due from client to lord;
food-levy, tribute of food (see
ZCP xiv 336 and
bíathad):
meth mbid na flatha failure (to fulfil an obligation of supplying)
food to the `flaith',
ZCP xviii 405.6
.
cach mb.¤ cuna dilsi,
Laws ii 234.13
(
ZCP xiv 346 § 7
).
i[s] saer iat ar cinaid a
mbid `exempt from the liability of (supplying) food',
iii
112.19 Comm.
airligud bid dia tecmai daim i n-agoi a erco
(one of the seven `borrowings' that may involve honour-price if not repaid in time),
v 372.14
.
bīadh ūathaib gacha
rāithe,
ZCP viii 16 § 4.
do chísaib ┐ do bhiathaib Laigen and
so `refections',
Leb. Cert. 216.15
.
nochaḟuil saoire ar biadh i
n-urradus amail ata a cain. Ocus is uime ata sin, tusca
biadh i n-urradus na biadh cana,
Cóic Con. 66. 17
. See
aurradus, céilsine.
Compds. With nouns.
bidhcheardcha (`leg. biadh-ch.
lit.
food-forge
', ed.) `a tavern or tipling house',
Eg. Gl. 726.
gaphann (henbane) .i. bīad-guin .i. bīad gonus amal gāi,
O'Mulc. 613.
biadogam .i. bairgen, leamnacht etc., `Food
Ogham,'
Auraic. 5805.
With adj.
a fhlaith Bréifne biadhbhuige `food-lavish land',
Magauran 843
.
