n
ā, f.
end
(= déiden-?). The form dídine in dia óine d.¤
seems to be g
s. of déiden-, 1 díden (di-ḟedan) vn. of do-feid (cf.
airdíden). See
Liad. and Cuir. pp. 22
,
23
.
(a) g
s. in óin didine
end fast, i.e. Friday
(opp. to cétóin):
dia óine didine (gl. die ante sabbatum),
Ml. 113c1
.
dia haoine
dídine,
Mon. Tall. § 27 (187)
.
dia háine d.¤
,
ZCP viii 206
.
dia
na haoine d.¤
,
BS 32
.
cech áine d.¤ (didin, v.l.),
Cáin Ad.
25
.
i fescor áin d.¤
,
PH 3726
.
oidhche aoine d.¤ ria Cáisc,
AFM ii 852
.
(b) In Mid. Ir. in such phrases as dia áine didine the word
was understood as gs. of an adj., hence n
s. óin diden
:
oen
diden,
YBL 125b24
.
oen diden dochuas inti (isind airc),
Rawl. 70a31
.
mad cétáin nó áin d.¤
,
LB 10b3
.
i n-óin dídin,
PH 1439
.
isan áin didin,
Lec. 533a9
,
27
.
isin oen diden tarmthecht Adaim,
Rawl. 70a32
.
for ain diden,
LB 9b47
.
for aoin
didin,
AFM 1125
.
Obs. during Mid. Ir. period, being gradually replaced by
dia háine; see Thurneysen,
Zeitschr. für deutsche Wortforschung, i 190
.