arneat

Old Irish

FWOTD – 16 March 2022

Etymology

From ar- + ni- + saidid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ar͈ˈn͈ʲe.əd/, [ar͈ˈn͈ʲe.ad]

Verb

ar·neät (prototonic ·airnet, verbal noun airnaide)

  1. to expect, await
    • 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. 14a18
      .i. ar ar·neut-sa
      i.e. because I expected (glossing Latin expecto enim)
    • 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. 42c23
      .i. is mo de accobras-si la cách trissa n-ínnaide ara·neter-si isind aidchi.
      i.e. desire for it is the greater with everyone through the expectation with which it is expected in the night.
    • 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. 46b20
      Arrot·neithius-sa dum fortacht, a Dǽ!
      I expected you to help me, O God!
  2. to wait for another
  3. to assume responsibility

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