cloid

Old Irish

Verb

cloïd (conjunct ·cloí, verbal noun cloüd)

  1. to overthrow, overcome
  2. to vanquish, destroy
    • c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 18
      I ndithrub Pardais, ro·cloï-som Adam; i ndithrub in domuin, ra·cloï-som Críst.
      In the wilderness of Paradise, [the Devil] has vanquished Adam; in the wilderness of the world, Christ has vanquished him.

Inflection

Simple, class A III present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. cloíthir
conj.
rel.
imperfect indicative
preterite abs. cluidsius (with suffixed pronoun -us)
conj.
rel.
perfect deut. ro·clois ro·cloí ro·cload
prot. ·roclóe
future abs.
conj. cloifether
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj.
rel.
past subjunctive ·cloitis
imperative
verbal noun cloüd
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: cloíd
    • Irish: clóigh
    • Scottish Gaelic: clòth

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