n iā, f. (sen) old age, seniority, antiquity : lethar na sciath ina bretaigh brisdi impo ar ṡ.¤ ┐ ar arrsaidhecht, CCath. 482 v.l. is uadi sin iar s.¤ | atberar slíab nEbline `by old tradition', Metr. Dinds. iv 64.75 (`according to precedence', SG ii 532.22 ).