n Earlier firus:
f.¤
leighinn,
AU 1220
. u, o, m. (fer)
the condition of a man, hence conduct,
activity
(of a freeman in his social function,
Ériu xxviii 155,
cf. Triads § 196
),
office
: tréde faillsiges cach ndagḟeras: dán, gaisced,
crésine each well-performed service
Triads 196
(glossed:
gach
feidhm nó gníomh iomlán feramhail,
p. 41
). cach ndrochḟ.¤
197
. Folld. by gen.,
conduct, management (of business, office,
industry, etc.): badh teoaide an fearus fine, | móide gach
maith poiblidhe the administration of the kindred weal
was the more zealous (?)
Arch. Hib. i 96.8
(cf. fer fine).
f.¤ légind the office of `fer l.', lectorship: A. d'écc, ┐ Dubh
D.L. do ghabhail a ionaid as a ḟiorus léighinn ... ┐ Aodh
do ghabháil an ḟiorasa leighinn death of A ...and D., leaving
his lectorship took his place and Aodh took the lectorship
AFM ii 856.5
. f.¤ tige
office of fer tige; management, husbandry;
stewardship (?):
f.¤ tighe no baile,
IGT, Decl. § 27
(f.¤ eich,
f.¤ coille, proscribed as incorrect ib. see feracht).
do bhríghḟearas bhaile,
ex. 859
. Gen. as adj. (?): primthempall
... ar n-a oibriugadh go roshaothrach deig-feruis tighi
with skilfully directed labour (?)
Fl. Earls 66.8
. f.¤ barr
overplus, superfluity
("probably ... abstract of fear barr
`man of supremacies,' formed in the same way as fearas
léighinn `the profession of the fear léighinn'," Bergin,
Gadelica i 271
, where follg. exx. are cited):
do chuaidh
an fearas barr a n-óirchisdi na heaguilsi do dhíol ar son
chiontadh na ccomharsan,
Mac Aingil 447
.
fóireadh bhar
bhfearas barr-sa riachtanas cháich,
495
(= vestra abundantia illorum inopiam suppleat
2 Cor. viii 14
). Treated as
single noun: ag tabhairt a nfearasbair don phártaidhe =
`rendering the surplusage to the party'
Bk. of Comm. Prayer
1712 p. [8]
(
Gadelica i 272
). For modern development see
Gadelica i 272
.