fo bíthin

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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Literally under the stroke of

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɸoˈβʲiːθʲinʲ]

Preposition

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fo bíthin (with genitive)

  1. Alternative form of fo bíth (because of)

Conjunction

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fo bíthin

  1. Alternative form of fo bíth (because)
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 59b9
      fo bíthin ara·chíurat
      because they will perish

Further reading

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