n m.? (see
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 628
. O'Rahilly,
Measgra D. ii 251
,
would identify it with 5 féth) n
s.
féth,
Ml. 125d11
. féith
126a2
;
4
.
feid,
108d5
. d
s.
féith,
126a4
.
calm, stillness, esp.
at sea (cf. 3 féith): gl. quies
Ml. 126a2
. tranquillitas
108d5
.
féith .i. cíunas, O'Cl.
arna té .i. féith forsna muire,
Ml. 125a4
.
int imram isind féith,
126a1
. is trummu foraib som imram
isind féith quam techt la reith choir gaithe ib.
5
.
ní assu ...
imra[m] isind roféith (ro eeth MS.; leg. drochféith?) dia
combuch oc ind imram quam tempestas saeua
,
126a7
.
f.¤
(oppd. to `anfud')
Hy iv pref
. for anfuth ... no for feth,
Laws iii 212.6
.
co n-acind ... feth na fairrge,
ZCP v 496 § 1
.
tic feith ciuin forsin fairgi,
Aen. 266
.
tic feth forsin fairge
┐ do íslig in muir,
SG 346.9
.
iar fegad in mara im ḟ.¤ ┐ im
ḟostacht,
LL 230b12
(
TTr. 982
). (as pred.)
ba feth dam in
muir,
RC x 84.9
. In moral sense quietness, tranquillity
;
here perhaps:
foirbthi, feidli, feth cen chel,
SR 4857
.
dorigset sét ... dar cach fich fri feth (: Amaléch),
4075
(= without
disturbance?).
in tan tra tainic feth mar do Grecaib iar
togail na Troi,
BB 445a13
. Cf.
for A. ... | mo bennacht co
meth | a clanna ... | nir scarait re feth,
Anecd. ii 32
(cf.
5 féth). Compds.
¤chiúin
calm and still:
ba feith-chiuin an
oidhche,
Fl. Earls 8.14
.
¤chiúine iā, f. a dead calm:
do
bertis ... ainuthen aran occian ar lar na feit[h]ciuine,
CCath.
3925
.
¤fairrge a calm sea:
meidightir ... fri seol primh-luingi uas fhethfhairrgi,
Lism. L. 3184
.