adj i (see
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 490
), in orig. sense used apparently of
vision and of things visible.
(a) of sight, seeing, keen-sighted: corop féig rosc for n-anma (gl. illuminatos oculos
cordis vestri)
Wb. 21a9
. nephsuilig .i. neph-fegi (gl. minus
oculati)
Ml. 42d8
.
`feigh' fairgsionach,
Metr. Gl., D 37
.
feig .i. qui figit visum in creaturis
,
O'Mulc. 503
. ni cuitbe
... dall ciarba ḟ.¤
`though you are keen-sighted'
Tec. Corm.
§ 12.7
. Possibly also (of evil eye) penetrating
Celtica xxiv 16
.
(b) of objects of sight, clear, luminous:
escra f.¤
finnargait,
TFerbe 198
. a thir ... fénach f.¤
`
lucent
'
Metr. Dinds. ii 10
=
LU 4123
(possibly a vb. here; see fégaid).
(c) of sounds shrill, piercing:
osnada fégi,
Fél., Ep. 326
.
cuislenna féighe forbartacha,
Acall. 7056
.
(d) of weapons,
etc. keen, sharp: féigh .i. gér, O'Cl. (but see below, Adv.)
faga féig fobartach,
LU 6562
.
TBC-I¹ 2047. 3249
.
faga
feig fobarta,
TBC-LL¹ 2738. 5313
.
rop scíath fri foébra fégi,
Hy v 97
.
saigti fegi,
Cog. 158.16
.
i suaineamnaiph a
fogad feig
,
CCath. 5552
.
(e) of animals:
dá ech ... até
... fégi,
LU 9259
.
tri .lll. gabur ... itté ... fegi,
6911
(
BDD
51
).
(f) fig. of mental and moral qualities, etc.,
keen, penetrating, acute: (prohibited to a breithem :)
gen beith féigh
fethamail ...,
Irish Texts iv 26z
.
bad léir, bad f.¤ a chubus,
Ériu iii 96 § 1
(with gl.
.i. grinn,
p. 110
). scel feigh forsgaithi
ingenious (?)
Anecd. ii 42.12
.
frecmharc ḟéigh ḟéthamhail,
Ériu xiii 25.8
.
lucht na foghluma feighi (: grēne),
Lism. L.
4562
.
keen, stringent:
fuigli féigi ... filed,
MR 194.2
.
smacht f.¤
,
Ériu iv 94 § 11
. Rechtaid rochaith fichit f.¤
LL 128b26
(`spent twenty vigilant [years]'
MacCarthy
184.2
(or is it a vb. here ? See fégaid).
Intense, sharp, passing
into sense of fierce:
féigh .i. amnas no feochuir,
O'Dav. 886
.
ba feig ┐ ba forgranda in feghad dobert cach for a ceile dib
IT i 273
(
FB 40
, Eg.).
dorat comrac féig fichda dó,
TFerbe
231
.
ro cuirestair comlond feig feochair,
Cog. 194y
.
forccomh feigh fíoramhnus do phíce,
AFM vi 2114x
. Of persons:
atconnarc ... budin fég fírālaind,
LL 267b42
(
MU² 761
).
foglaid f.¤
,
Fél.² lxxxix. 33
.
áes feig forúallach,
TBC-I¹ 1658
.
AFM v 1850.1
.
míairle ind óesa feigh foruallaigh,
Hugh Roe
248y (f. 66b)
. Cf.
bethi uli fri fessa feig | hirrichtain lessa
Ioseiph,
SR 3083
. As sobriquet:
file ..., Foachtach fégh
a ainm,
Ériu xiii 46.15
(=
Feigh,
ZCP vii 300
). (Adv.)
fegsat
filid Fail ... | fenchas co feigh,
Laws i 32x
.
rosfreacair go
feigh (.i. co ger),
Leb. Gab.(i) i 44
(this may be the source of
O'Cl., cited under d, above). manip co feigh fessara | cisa
... unless he know distinctly
ZCP iv 237.12
=
Leb. Cert. 236.4
.
innisit ... co féicch `
distinctly
'
AFM ii 962.8
.
labhraidh go
fēigh,
L. Cl. A. B. 269.46
.
co fergach fegh,
Aen. 914
. Superl.:
cia fegam ranac,
YBL 411c25
(=
féighe,
Tec. Corm. vi
).
Compds. with adj.:
¤buide: urla fegbuide
bright yellow
TBC-LL¹ 1375
.
¤seng
keen and graceful: sluag féig-ṡeng Fáil
LL 142b15
.
fer ... feigseng (: Érenn),
Leb. Gab.(i) i 94.3
(=
feígṡeng,
LL 6b39
.
feidhṡeang,
BB 28a53
. With subst.:
¤bríathar:
feighbriathra fithnaise,
Anecd. ii 65.13
.
¤forcsiu
scrutinizing:
co ndechaid ... dia fegforcsin,
RC xxiv 274 § 5
=
dia fegfegsin,
BB 258a26
.
¤fuil (?):
frossa fégfola,
SR 8034
.