n the ex. cited from Sg below suggests m. but the
others point to n. or f. (deriv. of 1 flesc,
GOI 511
)
small branches, twigs, osiers (coll.); a bush, brake or thicket:
in fualascach bec ásas asin chrunn,
Sg. 65a7
.
fualascach
(gl. arbusta `
branches
'
Psalms lxxix 11
)
Thes. i 5.39
. don
fualascach maeth (gl. virgulto)
LB 277a43
. n
p. na fualascacha
(gl. arbuscula)
Lib. Hymn. i 70 gl. 28
. cf. inna
fualascach
(gl. vitulamina)
Ml. 48c23
; (gl. parva virgulta) ib.
24
.
d
p. fualascachaib ib.
22
.
tulach ... [┐] f.¤ coisegartha inti,
Aen. 66
(virgulta
Aeneid iii 23
).
ar lar fualascaigh
coirneacdai,
TTebe 46
.
na feda ┐ na fualascada,
313
. fualascaige imda ┐ fidhneimedha `
shrubs
'
CCath. 4108
(hence
probably fualascaidhe .i. slaitine beaga cáola, O'Cl.).
doniter cretach curach ... do ualoscaibh [fualascaigib v.l.] in
muighe,
2377
. Cf.
co nár fágaib frémh na fulasgach na
flesg ḟeadha go grian na talman gan nochtadh ... co nár
ḟás frémh na fulusgach na fér, ina fochan ... san ionadh
sin ...,
B IV 1, 144b12
( = Glenmasan MS.
Celt. Rev. iv 208
,
which omits the plant-names). In place-name:
a Beluch
... Fhualascaig,
Metr. Dinds. ii 58
. Cf.
Ráith foalascich,
Ardm. 18a1
(
Thes. ii 240.15
). As npr.
m.:
mac Fualascaig,
Rawl. 89a22
.
LL 349a57
. Cf. fúalasg.