n
ā, f. Inflected
GOI 183.
In PH fairly
freq. with -ú- in syncopated forms. buidhean f.,
IGT Decl.
§ 54.
Band, group, collection of persons; of warriors troop,
company (in two exx. specifically of footsoldiers): ho buidnib
gl. copis,
Ml. 34c15
. buidnea gl. cuneos,
112b9
. inna buidnea
gl. turmae,
62b14
.
112b7
.
torb quasi turba .i. b.¤ no numerus
,
Corm. 42
=
Corm. Y 1218.
buden quasi poden, pos enim
graece pess interpretatur ar is for cois bis in b.¤
,
O'Mulc. 170.
buidhne aingel = choros,
Lat. Lives 104 § 100.
sech drongu .i.
sech buidne,
Thes. ii 325.35
.
i ṁbuidnib,
Fél. Ep. 295.
comarbae buidne,
LU 3384
(
SCC 17
).
cach buden immá túsech,
8103
(
FB 7
).
is for cois bis in b.¤
,
YBL 422a40
(
Trip. clxxix
25
).
tre buidnib ban mbōeth,
Ériu iii 14 § 3.
Muire dá mbé
ar mo bhuidhin on my side,
DDána 40.24
.
in began buidhni,
Stair Erc. 1188.
triallaid . . . d'aon-bhuidhin in a body,
Keat. i 204.34
.
bude(i)n becc marcach,
Ann. Conn. 1406.4
.
With follg. numeral:
ríi b.¤ . . . secht cét cacha buidne,
Críth G. 457
`king of bands', each b.¤
containing 700 men, appar.
the contingent supplied by each túath
,
p. 104
.
buden cóic
cét déc,
CRR 47.
do bhíodh tríochad i mbuidhin an ollaimh,
Keat. iii 1223.
Note also:
na regad chenel C. tar buidin,
Trip.² 1713.
As dat. of accompaniment:
tanic L. . . . budin trí chét
oclách,
CRR 49.
Hence in chevilles: d
p.
buidnib bann,
ACL iii 223.25
.
buidnib blá,
SR 3423.
buidnib dér,
LL
13846.
buidnib sel,
23274
(
CRR 57
).
buidnib sét,
ZCP viii
108.11
.
Less freq. of things:
in b.¤ buaball,
IT iii 70 §§ 22
,
19
(
Bruchst. 16 § 30
). b.¤ do rāpēroip `a collection
',
Fl. Earls
100.y
.
In later lang somet. in quasi-pronominal use: an bhuidhin
bhíos gan neart the weak
,
Dán Dé xxv 18
. don bhuidhin
dhlighes etc. = unto those who,
RSClára 108b
. b.¤ do
cleirchibh . . . b.¤ eile . . . an tres b.¤
some . . . others
. . . others,
TFrag. 110.17
.
Compds. ? b.¤ choisc: gl. kerethi; gl. pelethi, mirabiles
(names of warrior bands)
Études Celt. xxii 211 § 28, 29
. ?
do bráth buiden-glas,
Fél.² clxxii 40.
buidheantsluagh,
Oss. iii 174.16
.