maithim, -ighim
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‘I forgive’ (with foll. do); indic pres. 3 sg. rel. mhaitheas 49.14; 1 pl. mhaithmídne 20.5; impv. 2 sg. maith 20.4, 32.5; vb. n. maitheamh 21.1
Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.
[EC tuilleamh, cronachadh], m. (duit) é. I forgive it (to thee), I endure it (at thy hands) 12 9 66 37, 96 21; also “I forgo”, “I do not insist on” 7 38 (maitheamh cean), 28 10 (dá maitheadh ceart), 30 13 (nír mhaith riamh ríghe), 33 7 (cuin mhaithfidhe dhúinn do dhoirr When will Thy wrath against us be forgone), 68 13 (nír maitheadh an deoch dhó He was not let off the draught), 95 27 (cóir Dé munar mhaith do mhnaoi), 96 1 (maithim n’urra dána acht Dia), LCAB vii 31 (maithidh cungnamh clach mbuadha, he dispenses with . . PB 21 4, DiD.
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.
I forgive, excuse, etc. ní mhaithfinn mír do, I would not yield the smallest portion to, 1599.
Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.
I forgive (do), 4811; pass. –eadh, 5252; -fidhe, 5261
Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Editor: Osborn Bergin.