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Old Irish
Etymology
From fo (“under”) + bíth (obsolete verbal noun of benaid (“to strike”)), literally “under the stroke of”.
Preposition
fo bíth (takes the genitive)
- because of, due to
Conjunction
fo bíth (followed by an independent relative verb)
- because, since
- c. 850 Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 18d2
Absidias .i. circulos .i. fu bíth do·ṅgníat cercol ocond ocbáil.- Name for the depths wherein is the rising up to the constellation. Absidias, i.e. circulos, because they make a circle in the rising.
Synonyms
For synonyms, see Thesaurus:sga:ar.
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