adj io-iā (part. of for-cain)
taught, instructed ; learned,
erudite:
doctus cach forcthi
,
Rawl. 100a39
(
ACC 12
).
foirgthi .i. teagaisgthe, O'Cl. f.¤
(gl. eruditus)
Ml. 35d6
,
111b27
.
(gl. munitus, leg. monitus)
35d12
. (imbutus)
111c19
. n
p.
m.
ind foircthi
(gl. studiosi)
16b4
. la féne foircthi
, Corm. Y
s.v. orc tréith (la féinn foircthe, Bodl.
la féiniu foircthe,
Ériu xi 48
).
ó chléirchib na cride forcthe nó ... cosna
cridib dochtaib .i. forcthib,
ACC 30
.
ar tṡai forcti,
CCath.
4490
(of Cicero).
ina maighistir foirccthe ... i n-ealadhnaibh,
AFM iii 644
. Cf.
eccnaidh foirche,
ii 870.7
. Middle
Ir. superl.
an tí ba ḟoircthi ┐ ba heccnaidhe isin Eoraip,
i
486
.
sagart ... ba foirgthe do Ghaoidhealaibh,
ii 1066y
.
Knowing, sophisticated (?) : fer ... forcde tuachell (of
Hengist the Saxon)
BB 209b36
= fortge, Todd
Todd Nenn. 84
.