n o, m. a thong or band used either for a belt or a garter: firend [ferend LB, feirenn, Hy Maine] .i. id bis im c[h]olpa niad ... verbi gratia ferind [ferend LB] ōir im c[h]ois rīg, Corm. Y 586 . fireann .i. idh bhios im cholptha deaghlaoich, O'Cl. See ZCP x 401 . Ferend [didiu] ainm do chriss bis im duine, Corm. Y 586 . ferenn .i. crios, no sliasad do réir druinge, O'Cl. feirend cris cengail, Metr. Gl. 13 . induxit nivem ... pertinguentem ferenn, Ardm. 5a2 ( Thes. ii 260 ) = Trip. 284.2 . pl. is di dognitis na ferinn , Thr. Ir. Gl. 20 (= ferniu, Corm. Y 586 ). usque fernu uirorum , Études Celt. xxix 358 . tacmaic snechta ferna (no fairnniu add. LB) fer, Corm. Y 586 . ferais snechta ... co fernnu fer, LU 4777 (= TBC-I¹ 284 ) = co formnaib fer TBC-LL¹ 626 (go ferna St). ro ferustair in snechta co toracht fernu fer (= ad zonas), Lat. Lives 9 = Trip. 56.2 . sneachta co fernu fer, AU 854 . sirit fuil fernu blood seeks girdles (i.e. rises waist high) RC xvii 133.15 . co tanic fernu fuil ZCP viii 319.9 . cath ... dia fich fuil feirniu, xii 235 . atgaith dom ... .x. fernu (.i. idh bīs im cois nía), Ériu ii 4.6 .