n iā, f. (
Mélanges ... à H. Pedersen 1937 p. 104
). a
s.
fini,
Wb. 28a4
. (g
s.
fine
,
Thes. ii 295.13
may belong to
fíne
).
Later also io, m. a
p.
finiu,
Rawl. 124b48
.
fine
(m. and f., pl.
fine
, —da)
IGT, Decl. § 1
.
(a) a group of persons of the same
family or kindred
; as techn. term a group of male persons
of common descent, the members of which were legally
responsible for each other and had certain reciprocal obligations; the f.¤
embraced four divisions, the gelfine (family
proper, including 3 generations), derbfine, iarfine and indfine
(including 4, 5 and 6 generations resp.), each group extending to a remoter degree of kinship and the measure of
common legal responsibility being proportionately diminished; the f.¤
had a recognized living head, entitled variously áige fine
, conn f.¤
, art f.¤
(
Mélanges ... à H. Pedersen 302
)
or cenn f.¤
Other `
fine
'-relations of a more or less temporary nature might be formed for special reasons.
See
Laws iv 282ff
. and Gloss.; Thurn.,
Cóic Con. 44
.
RC vii 15
,
22
;
xxv 4 ff
.,
181 ff
.; MacNeill,
Celtic Ireland 56 ff
.,
171 ff
. tu ṁ'aiccme, tu ṁ'ḟine
thou art
my clan and my kin
TBC-LL¹ 3470
=
TBC-I¹ 2659
.
as iad so
fineadha na Breudcha .i. O Tóghdha ... ┐ Ua Glaimín ...,
Hy Fiach. 10
(cf. finedach).
dedlaid fri fine
,
Laws iv 286.2
.
on med addaimther i fini inasmuch as it is acknowledged
as of the family ib.
3
. f.¤ tacair an adopted family; kindred
by adoption
Ir. Recht p. 7
,
62
. See 2 tacair.
cach f.¤ iar
comarbus,
ACL iii 228.2
.
flaithius ríg nimhe | as ferr
iná gach f.¤
,
Acall. 1855
. Mathias ... do fhine Iobab (= ex
filiis J. 1 Maccabees ii 1
)
PH 6535
.
flaith cacha fini,
SR 2726
(of God, cf.
Ephes. iii 15
). Used loosely of persons connected by some tie:
ní mó iná f.¤ naenbair don Ḟéin rosoichedh ...,
Acall. 564
.
conach raibe f.¤ nonbuir dib ga[n]
a ndaethin d'ór,
2197
.
(b) in wider sense, progeny, descendants, a clan, tribe, race:
fini Gaedil,
LL 4a20
.
ar ḟini
Iafeth,
BB 8a5
. ollam f.¤ Néill the poet of the race of Niall
TD 25.11
. fini Gall the settlers (`foreign tribes')
16.57
.
f.¤ cuindgheda,
IT iii 91 § 128
(`ein begehrliches Geschlecht'
Bruchst. i § 36
).
ceitheora fine Theamhrach,
Leb. Cert. 32.10
.
cethre fine Temrach,
MR 9
(see
n
.).
for finib fodhaltaibh
in domain,
CCath. 50
.
fineadhadha na Breifne,
AFM vi 1886.14
.
na fineadhacha-sa uile
nations
Deuteronomy xi 23
. finigheacha,
Maguires of F. § 4
. Transf. of
territory occupied by a tribe:
hui F. eter Liphi ┐ finiu Cualann,
Rawl. 124b48
. F.¤ Gall,
in North Co. Dublin, Onom.
rogab foss ic finib Flaind,
Metr. Dinds. ii 58
. bráthair f.¤
one belonging to the same
`
fine
': na braithre f.¤ sin baoi ag Coin cC. (of Cú Chulaind's
friends among the `Sídhe')
ZCP x 294.33
. sét f.¤
a treasure
belonging to a family or race, an heirloom:
corbo sed f.¤ do
in claideb,
IT iii 201.5
.
gur' sét f.¤ do righraidh S. in cloch
sin,
Marco P. 169
.
a sheotu f.¤
,
82
.
seóidi ḟini na hairdrīghe,
Ériu viii 135.7
. An abbreviated form fin- enters into many
compds., including proper names, see below and Meyer
Wortk. § 213
.
(c) a single kinsperson
:
nech orcas a fini gl. homicidis,
Wb. 28a4
.
arfocairer dechmad do fini fiachaig i fiadan frecnarcus 'ten days notice is given in the presence of witnesses to a [member of the]
fine
who has become liable',
Celtica x 33
.
fine taccuir 'kinsman by invitation',
EIWK 44
.
Cf. bronn—, corp—, derb—, gel—, iar— and ind-fine
.
Compd. finebretha
kin-judgements
CIH ii 388.18
,
GEIL 270
.
fine-guth
family voice
,
fine-chruth
family appearance
,
fine-bés
family behaviour
Éigse xv 320
,
GEIL 103: co'rrucad a mmac i fini-chruth ino i fine-guth no i fini-tés (sic) 'until her son had assumed the form, voice or habit of the sept'
PMLA lvi 941
.
mad mac cunntabartach … is anad fris, no co tuca fine-guth ┐ fine-cruth ┐ fine-bes,
Laws v 454.16 Comm
. fine-rath
tribal stock:
fineraith [leg. —rath] [.i.]
doberar isin ḟini tall,
SM Facs. 5b1
.