Citations:arbeir

Old Irish citations of arbeir

to live

• c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28^c11

  .i. forcane et ara·mbere biuth

  i.e. that you shall teach and live

• c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 72^d26

  co·arbera biuth .i. in popul Assardae.

  so that it may live, to wit, the Assyrian people.

• c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 148^a7

  a n-ara·mbeir biuth

  while he lives [there] (glossing Latin degente)

to use, employ

• c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10^b8

  amal ni·airbertis bith

  as if they did not use (glossing Latin tamquam non utantur)

• c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 60^b11

  fír as di sunt ar·beir biuth

  [It is] true that it is of this that he uses [it].

• c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 192^b2

  ara·mbera nech biuth

  that anyone should use (glossing Latin quoque eorum uti)

to eat

• c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10^c6

  Ar·beir biuth ambís for altóir ind ídil.

  He eats what is on the idol's altar.

• c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 69^a19

  .i. amal ara·mberat biuth ina cethrai cen dechur inna sástu frisa·comrac[at]

  i.e. as the cattle enjoy, without distinction, the foods that they meet with.

• c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 51, pages 115-179:

  Intí dano ar·bir bith oss n-allaid nó muc n-aldaich & nad caith aliam carnem in pascha non manducat aliam carnem usque ad aliud pascha et nisi necesseitas aliqua coegerit illum.

  Now, he who eats wild deer or wild boars and eats no other meat at Easter, must not eat any other meat until the following Easter, unless constrained by necessity (for he does not reckon it as meat).

to reproach, subdue

• c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 32^a20

  coni·eper-sa frit-so dligim ní duit .i. ni·épéer són et ni·airbéer fritt

  ...so that I may not say that I have a claim upon you, i.e. I will not say it and not reproach you with it.

grammar: to express

• c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 148^b13

  a gréc a n-ísiu intan ara·mberar cíall brethre gníma ass.

  [speaking of the contrast between the active infinitive ἀναγινώσκειν (anaginṓskein) and mediopassive infinitive ἀναγινώσκεσθαι (anaginṓskesthai)]
  This [is] the Greek word when the meaning of the active verb is expressed by it.