v I
Overlooks, surveys, hence is hard by
(a
variant of ar-aicci, q.v.): fer ... foraicce dul noí ndrong
who watches the motion of nine bands
BDD 109
. ? pass.
pres. foircither (.i. fírdechar,
O'Dav. 881
) mairc maithe
macaibh ...
Ériu xiii 23.8
. isin glind | foraccai Finddabur
ḟind `near to fair F.'
RC xxiii 310 § 26
(
LL 31b39
) = foracai
Finnabair
RC
xxiii 322
(Laud); foraicce F.
328 § 28
(Eg. with gl.
.i. ac Ath Ruis na righ fri hAird Findabrach anall). Lia
Fail i n-uachtar Bruidne | lia foraccai ilbuidne `a stone
near many bands (? which looks down over many bands)
306 § 7
= foranacca
319
(Laud, omitting lia). atá lecht
Máil i nDruim Gam | foracca ēca imnam
312 § 36
.
Contem-
plates (?): anti bias i firinde, as betha foraccai cēin bīs i
curp ┐ as betha 'na mbia,
Otia i 115x
. is ed inso foraccat
a n-anmain ┐ as airchenn ardatá this is what their souls behold
and is in store for them, ib.
28
.
II As legal term, apparently of equivalent value (Thurn.
ZCP xvi 409
): Of dues paid from a trading ship to the
owner of the land where it puts in: in tan is fo tomus
flatha urdalta tainic in barc, sét foraice uingi d'fir tire,
O'D. 1605
(<
H 5.15, 11 c. 2
). sēt sé screpall dō ar connad
... do lecad di, masa seichida ... atā indti, no sēt foraici
uingi, masa cnō gnae ┐ cuirnd,
Laws iii 426.19
. in roder-
caidh, ma darighni a dlighedh ro dercaid set foraca
┐ [sic] di uinge do ... ┐ sēt foraice sé scripla do masa
iarand ...,
O'Don. 2354
(<
Rawl. 506, 40d
). Cf. sét foraice
uinge .i. is fiu uinge re firdechsain,
O'Dav. 105
. grian
foraga set land worth a `sed' (?)
O'Don. 787
(<
H 3.17 c.
565
). In: bid ceart im cotomus folad: folaid cudruma,
forsaide forṡlan forlinad forbais: foraicce ceart creicce
cundartha etc. (.i. a firdechsain do reir chirt)
ZCP xix 170
(=
Cóic Conara § 11
), Thurneysen takes the meaning to be:
is valid for, extends to: [the judgement-path] `cert' serves
for sales, contracts, etc.
see
ZCP xvi 410
. ni fiach foraich
aos,
Laws iv 376.20
= ni fiacail foraice aes (.i. nocha rem-
techtaige lium a dul isin ferann cemad aesmar a fiacail),
H 3.18, p. 350
(
O'C. 732
); it is not a tooth which is the
equivalent value of old age (see Thurn l.c.).
Cf. forcsiu (geall foircsean uinge), for-cí.