astail

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I

a dwelling; See fasdail.

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a contemptible fellow (M`A.):

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fasdail, astail

a dwelling, Early Irish fastud, holding fast, vb. astaim, fastaim, Old Irish asstai, moratur, adsaitis, residentes, *ad-sod-, root sed, sod of suidhe (Thurneysen). Welsh eistedd, sitting, is for *ex-sod-ijo. It is possible to refer astaim to *ad-stâ-, root sta, stand, Latin sto; the -asda of farasda, "staid", seems from it (cf. tairis).