Old Irish

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Etymology

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From aith- (re-) +‎ do·airbir (to give over). Full decomposition aith- +‎ to- +‎ ar- +‎ beirid (to bring).

Verb

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ad·tairbir (verbal noun atairbert)

  1. to bring back, bring again
    • 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. 197b14
      ol a·tairbirglosses Latin quod redigat (because it brings again)

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