ifern
, ifrenn
Cite this: eDIL s.v.
ifern
, ifrenn or dil.ie/27230Last Revised:
2019
Forms:
ithfern, ithfren, ifreann, ifrann, ifearn, ifarn, iffearn, iffern, ifernaib
n
o, n. or m. (Lat. infernus via a British form,
Ériu xxxiv 62 n. 121
) Somet. ithfern, ithfren.
ifreann ifrann ifearn
ifarn,
IGT Decl. § 11.36
.
hell, the infernal regions, Hades:
donaib pecthachaib
i n-ifurnn,
Wb. 13c26
.
carcar ifirnn,
32c13
. bándáe iffirnn
gl. Parcas,
Sg. 53b1
. do dia iffirnn gl. Orco,
41b12
.
a conguin bís foraib tantum i n-iffiurnn,
Ml. 23a5
.
ni molat dia
i n-ifurnn,
130b6
. ar iffurnd i n-Albu ómun 'for fear of Hell he went to Scotland '
LU 1091 (ACC)
,
ZCP xxxix 79
.
rom-ṡóerae, á Íssu, | ar iffern ngér,
Fél.
Ep. 538.
co n-oslaictea dorus ithfrin,
Laws i 6.13
.
muinter
thalman iss iffeirnn,
SR 8256.
píana écsamla iffrind,
LU
1951.
iadad iffirn tria bith sír forru,
2413
.
roindis co rucad
an iffernd ┐ co rigṡuide in brithemon,
Lat. Lives 91.13
.
iffearn gl. Tartarus,
Ir. Gl. 519.
iffern gl. infernus,
520
.
Sattan, airchindech iffirn,
PH 3818.
co ndechaid a ainim
a n-ithfern,
Lism. L. 430.
go hadhbhaidh Iofruinn,
DDána
35 § 13.
ní neamhchóir dúana do dheilbh | do chreachthóir
úamha ifirn,
IGT Decl. ex. 1312.
do bhí an cagadh os aird
ann | an mad[an] do airg iofrann,
ex. 761
.
ifreann íochtarach nó flaitheas Dé,
TSh. 4327.
fuacht nó teas i dtigh
ifeirn,
6710
. Occurs in pl. :
dia tarlaichthe [aille a delba
in Choimded] isna ifernaib, imsoifitis iffirn ... i taitnemh
richidh,
Ériu ii 142 § 157.
is ferg Dé fhiches isna iffernaibh,
§ 152
.