n (prob. AS loanword, see
SCano 46 n.
or from Lat. offic(ina),
Ériu xxiii 52
) name of lowest
unit of value, penny, scruple: puingene .i. screbul meidi
inbiche, is ē sin screpul nGaoidel .i. oiffing
(ofing, Corm.
Bodl.; opuingc, LB),
Corm. Y 1050
.
seland cernæ .i. offaing,
Thr. Ir. Gl. p. 35
s.v.
pinginn. afaing .i. screpul . . . .i. iiii.
scripuil fichit no .iiii. afuingi fichit,
O'Dav. 25
.
co n-eccid do
in dabaig . . . ┐ nocho testa afaing esti,
Anecd. i 3.4
.
ni getar
afaing asin churach sa,
5.17
.
dobered side affaiṅg ndergóir
cacha dige no ibed dond epscop,
LL 278b37
(cf. faing no
fang .i. sgreaball, dobheireadh a fhaing ndeargóir don easpug,
O'Cl.).
rotbiasu . . . ind affaing cacha dige nó ib sa,
LL 279a6
.