(1 flesc)
I adj o-ā in various senses of flesc.
Abounding
in shoots or branches (freq. epithet of woods) :
fid fand f.¤
,
Anecd. i 54 § 34
.
fiod f.¤
,
K. and H. 29
(
ZCP iii 457
). fid ...
fleascach fann,
Ériu iv 156.21
.
fidh flesgach,
ZCP vii 303x
.
la
folucht fianclar f.¤
,
ZCP xiii 276.10
.
mualach ... f.¤ fērach
osier-bearing (?)
Corm. Y 944
. Made of twigs or wattles:
ina churach f.¤ fann,
RC xvii 175
(Tig.). na fianḟlescaig fo
thuga `hunting-booths of osier'
Metr. Dinds. iii 112.31
. Of
hair :
folt fand f.¤
,
LU 4231
(
SG 83
), cf.
LU
3639
quoted under
1 flesc (a). Having lines or strokes: ficheall chorrfhleasgach
`a smoothlined chessboard'
Studies 1923, 599
. gair na
mbleige [ = mbleidhe] fleasgach fionn decorated with lines (?)
Rel. Celt. ii 286.7
. Cf. leasgach (leg. flescach ? flescán
v.l.), name of a drinking-horn
,
Acall. 147
.
II adj
Youthful
(cf. 1 flesc c) :
f.¤ no maothcnesach,
Auraic.
610
v.l.
III
n o, m.
(a) a rod or stick (?) :
f.¤ ┐ emnad ┐ cairced acon
timpanach,
Manners and Customs 363 n
.
H 3.18 f. 87
(
O'Curry 154
).
(b) techn. term in laws for a certain kind of
minor, of lowly origin and status, a lad under 17 years ;
expl. as a lad who had a `flesc' (in lieu of a spear ?) :
is
e fleascach indsen .i. is aici bis in fleasc bundsaidi no no
diubraiges hi,
O'Curry 559
.
Cóic Con. p. 69 n
.
urc[h]or
flescaig, is eiside mac bundsaige,
Laws iv 138.16
.
secht
fflesgaig focerdtha flesg tar [nai fótu],
Ériu xiii 46.23
=
Ériu xi
45.6
.
tomus airchinn cethrib forrgib | co n-aurchur
flescaich,
PRIA xxxvi C 16. 311
(
ZCP xii 366.21
). fleasgach (one of the `fodla febe')
.i. fleasgas na heocho,
O'Curry 213
(<
H 3.18, 110
=
Laws v 78
). na tri flescaidh,
a tri n-eneclainne screpall, da screpall, tri screpaill ... ;
a tri n-aosa, ocht mbliadna .x. mbliadna ┐ 2 bliadain
.x. laithe aicenta faosum cach fir dona flescachaib ...
na flescaidh ┐ na fir miudba ar aois ┐ indracus aithfegar
eneclann doib a n-aois ┐ a n-indracus a sealb ┐ a tochas.
uair mic daoine ndereoil iatsiad [sic O'C.]
nachit graidh ┐
dina direnar ina hincaibh graidh ┐ nach rofes gradha a
n-athar nach a senathar,
O'Curry 1266
(<
H 3.18, 512
-
13
).
otha f.¤ co ruice righ,
O'Curry
866
(
H 3.18, 390
).
cia mac is lughu
eneclann dona macaib ? .i. fleascach,
Ir. Recht 22 § 22
Comm.
(text has : mac nad mug na manach na dirrenar a
inchuib athar na fine na aitte a boy who is neither a serf,
a monk [i.e. bound to lord or monastery] and for whom fine
is not paid according to the status of father, tribe or fosterer).
(c) later in wider sense ; complimentary epithet of a warrior
or chief :
do bhíodh ... fleasc fá láimh gacha taoisigh ...,
is uaidh sin adeirthear fleascach uasal ré ceann buidhne
anois,
Keat. ii 294
(see 1 flesc, e). A stripling:
go ffacamar
... fleasgach óg dēidgheal,
Duan. F. ii 352 § 59
. f.¤ eladna
a
student (of literature, music, etc.) : flesgach ealadhna do
muinntir Dhálaigh `graduate in science'
ALC ii 450 (1582)
.
Cf.
... filidhe | flatha is fleasgaidh ealadhna, le haghaidh
aiste a dhéanamh,
Iar Conn. 291
(early 19th cent.).