n iā, f. (vn. of figid) fighe (n p. ¤, -dha) IGT, Decl. § 3 . fighe, III § 71 . weaving, intertwining, plaiting; a woof or plait: oc ind figi (of spiders) Ml. 111b17 . hi figi (gl. in telas) ib. 16 . a tela .i. o figi, O'Mulc. 305 . f.¤ .i. quia figitur i ngarmnaib , 536 . fighe quia figitur .i. gontar í iccá denam, Corm. Y 614 . garman cona slatuibh fighe `weaving rods' JRSAI lxiv 102 . ic figi corrthairi, TBC-LL¹ 203 . ag fighe chreas is corrthar, IGT III ex. 184 . fighi daman allaidh spider's web Irish Texts i 3 § 8 . aiced fige weaving-implements Laws i 150.6 . don mnai [ḟ]igi, 152.6 Comm . crann mna fighi, BNnÉ 191.24 . ic figi chasil, LL 358a22 . ferbolg di figi rond crédumae, LU 10808 . f.¤ thrébraid ... do ḟéraib úra a wreath LB 138b8 ( Hom. Leg. 66 ). Of pleaching wattles, etc.: fenamain .i. fighi mín, O'Dav. 868 . Laws iv 114.4 Comm. Of plaiting hair: da trilis ... ḟ.¤ ceithri ndual ceachtar ṅde a plait of four strands BDD 1 . IT i 119.21 . as é budh ferr ... d'fighe folt, RC xxiv 46.2 . go ndearntaoi fighe ḟuilt air, Keat. ii 5205 . doraga Fer D. fo nua-maisi ḟigi ┐ ber[r]tha, TBC-I¹ 2423 . Fig. : fri ferga f.¤ weaving of strife Metr. Dinds. iii 272.27 . figi dreann, ITS v 42.7 . na faltanais ... ag fighe ┐ ag forbairt isna fearaibh ML 80.23 . imda fili ga ḟoil oigi | ga figi (of making verses) IGT, Decl. ex. 164 . ón duain go haonrann d'ḟighe, TD 14.6 . fighe lámha Dé an duine, PBocht 56z . The follg. exx. may represent an analogical form *figed, u, m.: Muinech figthe [fichi, fithe, fithi MSS.] cath M. who wove battles Ält. Ir. Dicht. i 53 § 6 . sás fighthe [fichthe v.l.] chogaid one fit to wage war TD 26.24 . But cf. 1 fichid.

n ā, f. (also garma -n).

(a) a weaver's beam: n s. in garman (garmain v.l.), Hy. v 76 . in garma, Lism. L. 1667 = inn garmain, Three Hom. 82.18 . bāg ban .i. garman (kenning for letter `n'), Anecd. iii 44.11 . d s. and a s.: loiscis in garmain núi, Hy. v 74 . Cf. Lism. L. 1666 . mad fige, a loscad etir garmain ┐ cech n-adbar olchena, Ériu ii 206 § 27 . robris garman ga fighe (gl. .i. in cros tsuain), Oss. v 260.1 . ba cosmhuil ... re garmain fígheadóra, 1 Sam. xvii 7. Judges xvi 13 . g s. claideb garmne, gl. liciatorium, Thes. i 1.24 . méit claidib garmna, SR 5770 . sithidir claideb garmnai, LU 6966 ( BDD 61 ). LL 252b36 . nin .i. ginol garmna, Auraic. 1175. 4271 . táirnge na garman, Judges xvi 14 . Alleg. name: Celtir mac Sithgarmna (v.l. Sithgarman), Anecd. ii 55.15 . pl. togaibter garmna, Auraic. 1176 . cen garmna cruind co ndruine | cen chlaidbe adma fige, LL 193b49 . do garmnib ocus do claidmib .i. na slata fighe, Laws i 152.14 Comm. i ngarmnaib , O'Mulc. 536.

(b) a club, a cudgel (?): triar ōcḟēnde[d] co ngarman fēindidi foraib, TBC-I¹ 2822 . gabhuis a garmuin na glaic (of Hercules), ZCP ii 362.35 .

(c) the cross-beam (?) of the gallows: garman .i. croch, O'Cl. agá mbreith do garmain na croiche, AFM vi 2108.18 . na garmain ... gan ruaimneacha (gl. .i. na crocha gan chordaoi), Ó Bruad. iii 178.4 .

(d) Of a mouse trap: garmna .i. fidcat (fia cat, O'C.) ut est, sidhbither garmna for lochaibh a luas, O'Curry 583 ( H 3.18, p. 289 ) = fiachchat, O'Curry 1368 ( H 3.18, p. 625 ).

(e) ? furfhocra in craind fed a garmna, O'Curry 1028 ( H 3.18, 432b ).