n u, o, m. (vn. of fo-ruimi) The m is occasionally
shown lenited ; O'Cl. distinguishes between fuirmeadh .i.
toirneamh ; fuirmeadh .i. foreimniughad no siubhal, and
fuirmheadh .i. cur (see below) but there is no reason to
doubt that all these represent the same word.
(a) in primary sense
setting down, placing, depositing:
fuirmedh .i. indell no cur,
O'Dav. 932
. fuirmheadh .i.
cur, O'Cl. delba clochda ... cen sigin na crochi do f.¤ indib
PH 754
. a fuirmidh a ngradh to place him (the pupil) in a
grade
Laws ii 348.21 Comm.
aithne fuirimiudu (.i. fuirmither
for dealgan aithgin ind ...),
SM Facs. 55b
. aithne fuirmidha
.i. in aithne fuirmither a n-inad airithe (one of the seven
deposits which are to be restored even though there has
been no pledge),
Laws v 196.3 (14)
. But cf.
tri aithne na
dlegat taisec ... aithne fuirmeda,
Triads 157
, glossed in
the 18th cent. copy :
.i. do fūigfidhe gan aithne do thabhairt
go cinnte i ccumhdach acht go héccinte air,
p.40
(i.e. a
deposit left without proper security ?).
ro laoi fiadhnuise
fair fuirmhedh,
Ériu xiii 15.10
(= ro le, etc.
.i. gugudh fiadnise
tiscaidh dire n-aire,
O'Dav. 1344
). See furmada.
(b) transf. of inflicting, imposing (a punishment, obligation,
etc.) : co f.¤ na sraigell ... foraib plying the scourges on them
FA 30
(LB), where local sense is still implicit ; cf. la furmed
in mátan fair belaying him with the cudgel
LU 8546
(
FB 40
).
co f.¤ in rechtasa Adamnáin
imposition
FA 32
(LB). In
fig. sense : noco tabair in scel f.¤ doridhissi furri never touches
on (alludes to) her
Acall. 6437
.
(c)
laying low, prostrating, overthrowing:
is ainm fuirmheadh ... do turnadh is d'ísliúgud,
LL 395a11
=
Metr. Gl.
Ff. 7
. fuirmeadh .i. toirneamh nó ísliughadh, O'Cl. fer
fora ndernadh fuirmheth .i. a lagadh ┐ a laighdiugud,
Cóir Anm. 31
.
cing catha ri furmiud fer,
LL 238a5
(
TTr.
1561
; `for laying low men'). iar fuirmed Bili Tortan
`
felling
'
Metr. Dinds. iv 244
. flaithe re fuirmeadh princes to
be laid low
ML 86.3
.
(d) a violent aggressive effort, blow, thrust, tug, etc.
dobeir
fuirmidh dia sāil ina cenn `tramples them with his heel'
CCath. 3665
.
ba bec leisiom fuirmed a llām na laech co
mbeth fuirmed a cos mar aen ris,
ML 164.22
(
YBL 330a21
).
dorat A. furmiud fortren ... fair ... don lágin,
LL 244a33
(
TTr. 2041
).
dorat ... fuirmed niad don urd iarnaige,
LB
157a 52
. tuc fuirmed fedma ... do gae ... air `an
effective thrust'
TTebe 2817
. tug fuirmeadh feadma ...
fuirre (of a stone fixed in the earth)
ML 2.21
. ni hoirchios
fuirmedh fedhma for fhlaithibh `to put service upon (?
use violence towards) kings'
116.25
.
ba diulaing dīn ar a
ndianbullíb ri fortressi a fuirmiuda,
LL 238a33
(
TTr. 1583
).
pl. nachasrostis airm nā hilḟáebair ... nā thendfurmiuda
túag ib.
LL
238a
18
. g
s. as attrib. : ana n-oireadaib firmora furmid
`very great burdens requiring great effort'
TTebe 3991
.
a heire forbheadha [fuirmedha v.l.] ... do bhiadh ┐ do dhigh
fuirre,
Ériu v 84.20
. (See furmada). ail fuirmedha (complimentary epithet of a chieftain)
ML² 1579
.
Perhaps gs. in the expression : mac fuirmid
(fuirmeda),
the name given to a bardic pupil of the second year
, although
this is probably to be read as a compd., maccfuirmid.
mac fuirmeda occurs at least once. Cf.
cidh díre Mac-ḟuirmidh,
Ériu xiii 25.27
.
díre mar mac ḟuirmhidh,
22.26
-
27
.
maccfurmid ┐ fochloc irchruachait doib,
LL 29a col. e (3664)
.
triar for fecht feili dofhidh | dam thoga do mac furmidh,
Auraic. 2248
.
tri seoid don macfuirmid,
YBL 198a13
(=
Laws
v 60
). in macfuirmid da ba a eniclann ib.
YBL
198a
21
. la mac
fuirmid moín soer setrotha senamain ... ,
O'Mulc. 537
.
muccairbi .i. mac fuirmid .i. is mac dán do fuirem a dána,
Bodl. Corm. =
... do fuirmed a dana .i. no is macdan
du fuirim a dana,
Corm. Y 855
[leg. mac dan dū f.¤
?]
m.
fuirmida,
IT iii 31.16
. mac fuirmid .i. mac fuirmither re
dān ōs mac .i. is mac da [ = maccda ?] a dān `who is set
to learn an art from his boyhood' (who is intended for ... ?)
Laws iv 360.5
. Cf. mac airbi ib.
(e)
arranging, composing ; inventing (?) : is f.¤ filed
romidair ina hanmand sa dona airc[h]etluib ... ni haicned
romīdir leo (i.e. the names are arbitrarily invented by
poets),
Corm. Y 41
s.v. anair = fuirmedh poetarum romidhair
haec nomina
, etc.
H 3.18, 63aw
(
Phil. Soc. Trans. 171
). cf. fer fuirmid, supra, fo-ruimi, -fuirmi.
(f) in gramm. name given to a subst. preceded by the
prep. oc (probably an extension of sense a) : oc fir a furmiud
`depositive'
Auraic 1521
.
oc feraib a fhuirmed ilair,
1776
.
(g) in gramm. the ordinary application or use of a word,
oppd. to `inde' its etymological or inherent sense :
f.¤
foucal,
Auraic. 3393
(e.g. the Lat. word lapis, analysed as
id quod laedit pedem [cf. Isidore,
Etym. xvi 3
] its `inde,'
is used in restricted sense of a stone, its `fuirmed').
`bonus,' is comforlethan a fuirmed et a inde, ar ni
habar `bonus' acht bail a mbí cáil bonitatis the application and the etymology of bonus are co-extensive, for bonus
is not said save where the quality of bonitas is
Auraic.
3400
.
(h) in concrete sense, in pl. : fuirmighi [furmedha, Eg.]
a leaptha d'ór ┐ do safír,
Maund. 249
corresp. to `the forme
of his bedd is of fyne saphires bended with gold'
EETS 153
(O.S.)
183
. `
framework, setting
' = Abercromby,
RC vii
361
, comparing
O'Dav. 932
, cited above (a). Cf. fuirmeadh
`
seat, foundation
' O'R.
(i) fuirmeadh .i. foréimniughadh no siubhal, O'Cl. No
exx. from lit., but cf. fo-ruimi (d).