n o, m.
IGT, Decl. § 96
. g
s.
fain,
RC xliii 38 § 37
(B. Lism.).
a
p.
fanu,
LL 187b52
. A slope, declivity, depression, hollow:
fan ... i vallis
,
O'Mulc. 489
. etir fán ┐ ardd both valley
and height
Ml. 140a2
. fo fán `down a slope'
Hy v 55
. f.¤ na
n-ech, ... f.¤ na fuine `the slope of the horses ... of the cooking'
Metr. Dinds. iii 24.309
(divisions of a town at fair-time).
lind ... Féic ... méraid hi fán rátha ríg,
Metr. Dinds. ii
10
=
LU 4136
.
tocbais a lummain ... i fán a dá gualand,
MacCongl. 43.16
. folt ... co f.¤ a chulad nape of the neck
LL 266a1
(
MU² 532
).
ó fhán a buinn go bathais 'from the arch of her foot to the crown of her head',
Giolla Brighde 130 § 8
. ar f.¤ na bathaisi the occiput
23 K 42,
417.20
. Fig.: hUí Neill gan righe rurech, acht a mbeith
fo fhan echtrand `under the wretched rule of strangers (?)'
BNnÉ 305.24
. As adj.: uamnach cech cintach, f.¤ cech
aithisech `every reviler is precipitate'
Tec. Corm. § 15.19
.
pl. i fanu folerbad `into the slopes of death'
RC xxvi 28 § 107
(=
Rawl. 109b16
).
i fánaib, i réidib,
Trip. 216.26
. co
ngabad in caithchris sin do o fanaib a arann co hard a
formna `from the slopes of his kidneys' (i.e. the loins)
CCath. 4685
. i f.¤
laid low, prostrated: dindgnai Herenn ...
a mbith i fás ┐ i f.¤
prostrate
LL 150a2
. do cuir [in mucc] ...
daoine i f.¤
overthrew
Fianaig. 54.22
. as mó do cuir meisi
hi ffán what chiefly brought me low
ZCP x 32.19
.
biaidh B.
i ffán,
BNnÉ 307.28
. tuitim i ffan a fall headlong
Anecd. ii
40.3
. san bhfán = in imo
TSh. 10656
. AR [ = FOR] (I, LE, RE)
F.¤
astray, wandering (as a vagrant or exile), cast away, desolate: fotracbad ar f.¤
thou wast left desolate
PRIA iii 546
(
LL
147a5
).
ar f.¤ ┐ ar fiarlaoid,
TSh. 2522
.
a seoladh ... i
bhfán tar tonnaibh Clíodhna,
Keat. Poems 60
. dochím ...
ruaig ár dtréan re fán our champions driven into exile
Hackett
xix 26
. Cf. cēn gair cech fān imthēit lēn sooner or later
every wandering comes to grief
Ériu ix 48 § 23
(=
LL 147b45
).
Compds.: With adj.
¤fota
longbacked (?) (epithet of a charioteer):
ara ... forseng fánfota,
LU 9274.10232
. With subst.:
¤fid: ré fíodhbhadh fáinḟeadha `a forest of sloping wood'
Todd Lect. iv 94.4
.
¤glenn a hollow, dale:
etir feda is
fánglenna,
Metr. Dinds. iii 426
.
a fedhaib ┐ hi fanglennaib,
Dinds. 103
.
o gach fáinghlenn diaroile,
BS 62.7
.
co rainic fanglenn mór bai ind eitermedon an muighe,
CCath. 3071
. ás ḟánglentaib na ciach above the hollows
(undulations) of the mist
TBC-LL¹ 5060
(= ós fántaibh, St).
hi ffedhaibh ┐ hi ffáinghlenntoibh,
AFM vi 2342
.
¤lige
trough,
groove (?): a
p. fanlige, gl. valliculas (
Levit. xiv 37
)
Thes. i
1.14
;
2.34
.
¤mothar: n
p.
fanmothair Glenna B. `sloping
jungles (?)'
CCath. 4764
. Cf. fánaid.