- àbhaist
- custom, Manx oaysh, Irish abhest (O'R.), abaise (O'Br.), ad-beus? Middle Irish ábaisi (pl.). See beus, custom. Ascoli compares the Old Irish -abais of duabais, teter, and suabais, suavis. Meyer suggests from Norse avist, abode : unlikely.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.