n (< ferus, a by-form of erus ?) g
s. fersen ? Cf.
O'Dav.
931
cited below. Name of a tree or plant, probably the
spindle-tree: gl. acirus (= acerus < acer "maple" or
acorus `galingale' ?)
Ir. Gl. 582
.
feorus
`
spindle-tree,
sweet flag, galingale
' Hog. Luibhl.
feorus
(one of the `fodla
feda' or `shrubs')
Laws iv 146.26
.
Auraic. 1155
; also called
`oir'
1196
. sruithium aicde .i. feirius (a kenning for the
Ogham diphthong oi),
Anecd. iii 44
; cf.
sruitem aicdi .i.
o[i]r,
Auraic. 5602
. feirius .i. fiar-ses .i. do fēri in chraind
from the twisted form of the tree
Corm. Y 578
. Cf.
co fríth
herus [ferus; ierus, v.l.] chuca ... asin muine mesta,
Metr. Dinds. iv 214.57
(
Dinds. 117
).
fersen .i. feorus .i. set in
dire fersen .i. samaisc a dire,
O'Dav. 931
; cf.
samaisc ┐
dairt ... ┐ dartaid ... tri diri na fodla feda,
Laws iv 150.23
Comm.