n o, m. g
s.
feilmic,
Laws iv 236.15
. A pupil, student,
apprentice to an art or craft, esp. a bardic pupil; in Laws
also a pupil of the 7th grade of Latin learning
, one who had
learnt to read the psalms in Lat., see
Laws iv 356.23
Comm.
, cited below.
felmac .i. mac uad son of poetry
Corm. Y 599
.
f.¤ .i. mac sesa ┐ mac uadh,
O'Dav. 880
.
f.¤
... .i. mac foghlamae,
O'Mulc. 512
. fealmhac .i. mac foglama,
O'Cl.
RC xxvi 14 § 3
;
15 n. 3
.
is urocraig gach fuidir ...
cach f.¤ i n-aimsir daīre do fithidir,
Laws ii 288.6
(with gl. :
cach mac bis ag fogluim eolusa ib.
26
). fithithair fria
fealmac (one of the eight `lánamna' or social connexions
recognised by law)
344.4
.
fealmac .i. fuilmac mic iar leighind a salm,
iv 356.23 Comm
. conā urērset felmaic a
fithithre `pupils will not rise up before their teachers'
RC
xxvi 42.15
(with gl. :
na descipuil nó na mic foglaimme,
43 n. 7
).
ol a ḟ.¤ fria hAthairne,
Ériu xiii 18.32
.
fodhbh
gach fealmhac fileadh,
20.26
. iarmifoacht araile dia ḟelmacaib do suidiu (pupils of the druid Cathbad)
TBC-I¹ 549
= felmaccaim
LU. cāidh Dia dinicfa co felmacaib `who
will come to us with disciples'
O'Dav. 573
.
am fealmac-sa
do Thadhg,
Content. xxii 23
. port congmala tighe
n-aoidhedh ... do ḟealmacaibh foghlama
scholars, literati
AFM v 1606.6
.
fromadh féalmhac [félmhach v.l.] is aos
gráidh,
Ó Bruad. ii 102
.
do bhí tri chaoga fialmhac ag
focchlaim eigsi ... ag D.,
Ériu iv 51 § 10
(early 17th cent.
MS.). Used apparently of the pupils of a smith : dia festad
in goba ┐ ni fetatar na feilmic (of accidents caused by
imperfect tools),
O'Curry 929
(<
H 3.18, 406
).