fo bíth

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fo (under) +‎ bíth (obsolete verbal noun of benaid (to strike)), literally under the stroke of.

Preposition

fo bíth (takes the genitive)

  1. because of, due to

Conjunction

fo bíth (followed by an independent relative verb)

  1. 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

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