n o,n., later m. (the `e' and `nn' of the second
syll. are evidently due to the influence of `cenn' and
`for-cenna'; `forcan,' which occurs in Ml would be the
regular phonetic development of for + cenn, see
Ériu iii
57
). n
s. is he forcan
Ml 91a21
(but forchenn
118d6
). a
s. for-
cenn
Wb 14c14
.
Ml 110d15
.
Sg 28b19
. d
s. forcunn
Ml 19c12
.
33a9
.
93a16
. foirciunn
Sg 18b1
. forciunn
169a1
. g
s. foirchinn
Ml 56d8
.
(a)
end, final limit (generally of time or procedure, rarely
in purely local sense): gl. finis
Wb 14c14
.
Ml 91d21
. exitus
19c12
. foircheann .i. fírcheann no firdheireadh, O'Cl.
acht rop ré forciunn robbé `da' ┐ nip hesom bes ḟorcenn
is timmorte
(gl. `Da' ... ante finem corripitur)
Sg 169a1
. ni
fil tossa[ch] na f.¤ fairseom
LL 1a5
. amal nach forcend lipair
nach maighin i mbí amen ...,
Hib. Min. 2.49
= forcind ib.
47
.
tainic forcenn dictatoirechta Césair ár sin,
CCath. 210
.
foircionn do dhul for ollamhnacht an Dubhshúiligh ┐ Dun-
laing `the ollavships of D. and D. were abolished'
FM iii
412.15
. triath cen chenn cen ḟoirceann fair without beginn-
ing or end
Arch. iii 242 § 11
. maith tinscantar ┐ nad berar
co f.¤
,
Mon. Tall. § 90
. slechdain hi forciund cech sailm
§ 5
.
i forciunn a aíssi,
Trip. 38.15 (407)
. arnach ndermanadar
Dia hi forcenn that God should not forget him unto the end
(ref. to usque quo, Domine oblivisceris me in finem ?)
Ml
32d5
(constr. prob. influenced by the Lat.). a furcinn in
comhluind
ZCP vi 280.12
. no go roichidh forcinn a thurais,
Fl. Earls 156.34
. go foircheann na talmhan,
Isa. xlviii 20
.
A term, limit: is mithich forchenn furi (ref. to indignationis
lempus inculcat expletum)
Ml 118d6
. do dhuthaig duit co
gairit, ar P. Forchenn air ..., ar in t-óclách give it a definite
term
Acall. 481
. co rusbāid hí cen forceann
YBL 447b48
(`drowned her finally'
Met. Dinds. iii 36z
, but tre foirtheann
v.l. perhaps better reading).
Cf. (dialt :) is fotha ndeich, ┐ is ass forberat co forcend
mbrechta i mbiat ocht ndiailt,
Corm. Y 447
.
(b) in sense of airchend, what is in store (for), what is
destined: is foirceann gu tora dilind
BB 22a25
. adbērat
frit inni ata i forcend duid
496b14
. Cf. asbert iarom S.
friss ... aní aridboí dia forciund
LU 10347
= dia forcenn
ZCP iii 255
. Cf. a Meic Dé ... a f.¤ in domain!
Ir. Lit. 80
.