Old Irish, Example 152

nicon·ibdis bandai cormmai i tír cualand cía bith ara·tecmainged dóib
nicon-ibdis
NEG-drink.IMPF.3PL
bandai
drop.ACC
cormmai
beer.GEN
i
in
tír
land.DAT
cualand
cualand.GEN
cía
who
bith
be.IMPF.3SG
ar-a-tecmainged
on-REL-meet.IMPF.3SG
dóib
to.3PL
they used not to drink a drop of beer in Tír Cúalann, whomsoever they might happen to meet.
Comment:
CorPH labels bith as an imperfect indicative form of the copula, eDIL of the substantive verb (s.v. 1 cía, B.c); case governed by ar uncertain
Type:
Corpus-illustrated example
Source:
Mon. Tall. 31   [Link]