fritháilem
Cite this: eDIL s.v. fritháilem or dil.ie/24418Last Revised:
2019
Forms:
frithalim, frithailem, frithalim, frithalmi, friothailme, frithálam, frithólam, frithalma, friothólamh, -álamh, -a, frithólamh, -álamh, frithóileamh, -áileamh, -óilimh, -áilimh, -álam, -ólam, -áilem, -óilem, -álaim, -aim, -ólmha, -áilte, frithailme
n ā, f. ; later also o, m. (vn. of fris-áilethar). a
d
s.
fri frithalim
,
SR 5058
(but :
fri frithailem
,
LU 8043
).
ic
frithalim
,
SR
1187
,
TBC-LL¹ 1088
, etc. g
s.
frithalmi,
SR 1200
, cf.
friothailme,
Leb. Gab.(i) i 34.6
. In later manuscripts also
frithálam, or frithólam (-um) ; g
s.
frithalma,
LL 107b13
.
friothólamh, -álamh (f. ; g
s. n
p. -a)
IGT, Decl. § 37
; frithólamh, -álamh (m.)
§ 100
; frithóileamh (-eolamh v.l.),
-áileamh (m.)
§ 101
; -óilimh, -áilimh, f.
§ 150
. As vn. -álam,
-ólam, -áilem, -óilem, m. Also -álaim etc. f.,
Verbs § 70
. g
s.
-aim ib.
ex 612
.
-ólmha,
613
,
-áilte,
609
(see fritháiled).
Often found in association with frestal and influenced
by it.
(a)
expecting, looking out for
(orig. sense) : ra thoegat
saide ... co fáitar i nEmain ... ra frithalim comergi Conchobair (i.e. in expectation of, to attend the rally of the
Ulstermen)
LL 95a6
(
TBC-LL¹ 4928
). atbert na ragad acht bith
oc frithalim lochta a chríchi fodesin (Cú Chulainn refuses to
go to the feast because he has invited his own people to
one)
LL 262a15
(
MU² 44
).
boi oca ḟrithalim co cend mis. ni
thanic,
LL
278a48
.
oc frithalemh cia aimser nó reghad,
TTr.²
222
.
robatar uile ina tost ... oc frithalum na scel no indisfed,
Aen. 409
(= conticuêre omnes, intentique ora tenebant
Aeneid
ii 1
).
(b)
catching (something thrown) : na nóe slega rodibraiced air a frithalum 'na laim clé ┐ na .ix. líathroiti ...
a fritholum 'na laim deis = catching the nine spears that
were cast at him in his left hand and the nine balls in his right
Acall. 5834n
.
(c)
anticipating, making provision for, preparing
, with
gen. of thing : tegdas ... fri frithailem tomalta na fleda
LU 8043
(FB).
tanic Culand connice a dun ... do frestul ┐
frithalim lenna ┐ bíd,
TBC-LL¹ 964
. fer frithalma mōre ... .i.
Bricriu `a man of great management' [of making great preparation, provision]
Ériu iv 30 y
(
LL 107b14
). Abram ...
ro chennaig in n-inad ... i frithalim a adnaicthi as a burial-ground for himself (=
Gen. xxv 10
)
Rawl. 73a33
=
ic fritholum,
BB 6a11
.
(d)
waiting on (a person), ministering to the needs of,
supplying:
ic frithalim ... na n-anmanna,
SR 1187
. ní
dlegait lōn leo for sét acht ... ri Érenn da bfriothailimh
the king of E. supplies their wants
ZCP viii 116 § 12
.
na
cethri airm déc batar ic Conchobur ... ic frithalim na
maccáem ciped mac díb no gabad gasced,
TBC-LL¹ 1088
(= fri
hagaid frithailme St. cf. ... fri gabáil ngasced do neoch
LU 5046
). coic tret ... ┐ cét n-arathar ag frithalum a tigi
for the service of his household
Aen. 1727
.
baí faill fritholma
ra [leg. ar] in clerech ag in chailligh
,
BB 233b7
. ni lemtha
airbernad ar a cudich no ar a [ḟ]ritholmu (sic) `his share
or his supply durst not be lessened'
Cog. 50.6
.
tair ... linne
co nderntur do frestal ┐ do fritholum acoinne,
CCath. 1667
.
ag denam friochnama ┐ fritheolma fair,
BNnÉ 104.9
. Cf.
friochnamh ... ┐ fritheolmha do dhenamh,
RC xxix 219
.
rena mnai fritholmha,
Oss. v 74.2
(
Tromd. Guaire 685
, where
-mha, like -mu in
Cog. 50
, may indicate a late vn. form :
-ólmhadh). Of service or attendance
in wider sense :
ica
frestal ┐ ica fritalam amal gach cumail,
CCath. 1149
.
caeminailt fritholmha Oilealla ┐ Medhbha,
ZCP viii 542.10
(=
c. comaitechta,
TBC-LL¹ 1554
).
ionad mna friotháilmhe
d'fhagháil,
Desid. 1257
. ... gillai ritholmha dó féin of one
of his own attendants
AU 1168
.
gilla friothalmha,
Oss. v
42.22
. gan digh ... dh' aithiaraid | ad tigh re feadh frithálaim during the dispensing
IGT III ex. 612
. In a special
sense : díl fritháilti an fear 'ca mbí | do bean ḟritháilte
a Ruaidrí ib.
609
.
Of things, functions, etc., attending to, looking after,
discharging: co nach raibi cáithlech ātha i nErinn gan
Gall dáer ica frithalom fair `to work it' [attending it for him ?
But cf.
Cog. 116.9
]
Fianaig. 86.16
.
friothailemh eaglusdachta,
Todd Nenn. ciii
. na tratha do frithalum to observe
the canonical hours
Laws v 124.18 Comm.
lucht fritholma
an aifrind,
BCC § 69
(= ministri altaris
Reeves Ad. 104
).
aonmhaiccléireach amháin do bhíodh ag friothólamh an
aifrinn dó serve him at Mass
Keat. iii 999
.
friotháileamh
sollamainte na n-uile shacramainteadh,
Desid. 4963
. Cf.
dul ... do dhénamh an ḟritheóilti si `for this administration'
(i.e. to communicate the sick)
RSClára 88a
. do dhénuid
friothólamh dhó minister (to the Tabernacle)
Numbers i 50
.
Esp. of
attendance on the sick:
do iarra mna do frithalum
na mna bis ... fri idhna,
Laws i 300.5
. sir bean frithámhla di 'look for a midwife for her',
Ev.Inf. (LFF) 233 § 67
.
fritheólamh na n-esslán,
RSClára 112a
. aos galair cona lucht fritheólmha
78b0
. Cf.
cona ffritheolmhaibh oireamhnacha amhail iarraid
a n-aicíde,
111b0
(an inaccurate rendering of the Engl.).
Of treatment : ise an t-adhbhar morgaithe is coir do
rithaileamh ar dūs it is the corrupt matter we must attend
to first
23 P 10³, 16b31
. In pl. ministrations (?) : tri firtorithne no tri frithailme
(gl. teora frither)
Laws v 452.7
Comm.
(e) in hostile sense coping with, withstanding (an enemy
or an attack) :
[secht mūir] fri frithalim n-ilchatha,
SR
5058
(of Jericho).
ba handsa ... fulung a fergi ┐ frithalum
a mha[c]comlaind,
Aen. 2570
. nach aitni damsa i nErinn
sluagh fritolma Uladh a host able to withstand the Ulstermen
TBC-LL¹ p. 747 n. 5
(St).
co na betis i n-etarlēn frithalma ar
cind a bidbad,
LL 172a45
(
CRR 9
).
nior bho urusa fritheálamh a bhforráin,
ML 134.2
. Cf. ro buí slógh ... for
bruachaibh in tsrotha ica fritholumh (of the British resistance to Caesar),
CCath. 187
. ni mo chean ... tarrla re
freastal no re fritholamh na fairrgi ... sin unhappy those
who had to tackle that sea
CF 42
.
adnaig ag drem frisi mūr
┐ na Troīandaigh ica frithōlum dona mūraib,
Aen. 2233
.
robui a comair frithōlma na foirne fīrnāmat tānic ... cugi
was ready to tackle
Fianaig. 72.7
.
Absol. :
in frestal ┐ in frithólum dobertsat forro,
CCath.
1711
.
in fritholum tucsat Danair ... fri Dal Cais,
Cog.
188.11
.
dobeir frithalum fair in conair tainic,
Aen. 2622
(= speculatus in agmine ... obuius ire parat,
Aeneid x 769
).
Transf. of a person : ni fil for Eirinn ... frithailem Chuind
a match for C.
Anecd. ii 7
.