idir, eidir

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  1. adv., vid. eidir.
  2. prep.+ acc.; (can be used as stressed word sometimes, cf. 24 P 8 225, cuir an ngredil a ghille. eidir an dá aithinne); both . . . and . . . (both nouns lenited) 1 5, 16 4; teach i.(shared by) ríoghain is rí 95 15; teacht i. 75 4; eadhrom is fhear, between me and a man 40 15; suil thí sinn eadram is tú, lest I (my evil nature) come between me and thee 73 17; leig eadrom is 57 5 n.

Aithdioghluim Dána: A Miscellany of Irish Bardic Poetry, Historical and Religious, including the Historical Poems of the Duanaire in the Yellow Book of Lecan. Vol II, Translations, Notes, Vocabulary. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

prep. followed by acc. betweenidir chloind 1437. Followed by dat. eidir ollamhnaibh 2863. Conjugated; 3 pl. etorrae 2744, etorra 593.

Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.

(asp.) prep., between, among, originally followed by acc., hence, idir an gcriaidh, 326; idir na miana, 1670; with pronouns, eadram, 2112; eatorra, 904, etc., but, idir é, p. 240; idir sí, 2922; idir sibh, 1216; idir siad, 3046: I. ‘among,’ meise...eatorra, 2132; nós idir na Rómhánchaibh, 470; idir na marbhaibh, ‘inter mortuos,’ 4718; na deagh-dhaoine do bheith eatorra, 5526; deithfir eatorra, 904; eidirdhealughadh idir fhearaibh foirne an bhrannaimh, 862; osadh eatorra, 2940. 2. ‘between,’ of comparison and interchange; coimmeas idir an gcriaidh 7 an duine, 326; malairt idir na miana 7 na hainmhiana, 1670; of union or severance, réidheachadh idir sí féin 7 an t-anam, 2922; sgarthain idir sibh féin 7 Dia, 1216; easgcairdeas idir é féin 7 aoin-neach oile, 9347; of the interval, eadram is tú, 2112; an bealach...eatorra 7 rochtain ar neamh, 6945. 3. often before pairs of nouns, idir...7..., ‘whether...or...,’ ‘both...and...,’ idir cheann 7 chois, 81; idir mhac 7 inghin, 2500; idir mhaith 7 olc, 7308; idir bheag 7 mhór, 7718; with three or more nouns: idir smuaineadh, bhréithir, ghníomh 7 faill, 799; 8718, 10060, 10945. 4. idir, the old form with suffixed pron. 3 sg. neut. is used as adv. ‘certainly,’ ‘utique,’ 2246

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.