n iā, f. (Thurn.,
ZCP xi 312
, suggests the
derivation from *foirsge, abstr. of fairsing, q.v. Cf.
Fél.,
Aug. 14
, cited below. See also
RC xxviii 14
;
xxxiv 482
,
Ériu iii 86
).
I
Extent, expanse (?) :
tar fairgi lir longaig,
Fél. Aug. 14
.
II The open sea, ocean:
foirrce,
Sg. 67b9
(gl. Thetis).
foirrgae,
124a1
. aigén .i. fairrge
, O'Cl.
fairrge
.i. [a] fervore .i. o bruth,
O'Mulc. 492
. fairci (gl. [a]equor),
Ir. Gl. 1103
. in fhairghi (gl. abyssus)
575
. is acher in
gaíth innocht | fufuasna fairggae findḟolt `it tosses the
ocean's white hair'
Thes. ii 290.4
.
ro rathaig Noe ... ind
fairge do imthrāgud,
SR 2548
.
co mbaí Noe ... cen imcasin |
di bith buan acht fairggi fraig,
2579
. fótrond farrci dimóre
LU 9099
(
FB 85
).
tíagait ass forsin farrci,
LU 6726
(
BDD 22
).
formnae na fairgge,
LU
6863
(
BDD 44
). frithe fairge a waif
of the sea
Laws v 320.9
.
for muir ┐ fairrge
,
PH 2081
.
cia
leth i teit an grian ... o thét fon fairrciu ?,
RC xiv 36z
.
muirchomrac forsind [ḟ]arce,
AU 1022
.
ind ḟairgge ochar-gorm,
TBC-LL¹ 5027
.
in ḟarggi,
5976
. ro cuiritt . . . tar muir ┐
tar mórfhairrge were sent across the sea
Cog. 138.23
.
for
tonnaibh na trenfairrcciu (: indiu),
BNnÉ 100.24
(form
due to rime).
gér gháibhtheach ... an fhairrge,
TSh. 2067
.
foghlaighe fairrge
pirates
2380
.
don leith thall d'ḟairrge
,
Keat. i p. 72.13
. Rare in pl. : na fairrgeadha
the seas
Psalms
lxix 34
. In n.l. (rare) : in fairgi Ioanda (mare Ionicum)
BB 451a7
(
Aen. 181
). in fairgi nIondae (acc.)
BB
451a10
(=
Aen.
184
).