n ā, f.
(a) an alder-tree: a
p. ferna (gl. alnos)
Thes. ii
46.33
.
fern
(one of the `athaig fedha,' plebeian trees)
Auraic.
1154
.
Laws iv 146.24
.
huinnius ┐ f.¤
,
LL 275b11
=
Mór M. § 11 (ferd v.l.).
f.¤ ... is dī dogniter na sgeith,
Auraic.
4265
(see below under (b)).
fernd,
1169
. g
s.
cuaillne fernae
,
Corm. Bodl. s.v. orc trēith
.
taman ferna,
BColm. 86.22
.
colba ferna,
MacCongl. 97.2
.
i mbothán ḟerna,
Cog. 92.17
.
cep ferna `a log of alder'
Death-tales of the Ulster heroes 28.12
.
losc ... in
fhern is in sciaig,
SG 245. 35
.
(b)
a shield (made of alder-wood
, see
Auraic 4265
cited above):
sciath ar fern ...
air isī in fern adbur in sceith,
Auraic. 5536
. fearn .i.
sgiath, O'Cl.
tar fernn fland,
IT i 108.6
. cú ferna fodluigthe
shield-cleaving
LU 8891
(
FB 68
). pl. bit fernai fer dlochtai
LU
8430
(
FB 29
).
ferna urdlochta .i. scietha bristi,
RC xxi
401.18
.
ferna tulbochtaib,
BDD 35
(U). fir fern
`men with
shields'
MU 22.32
(
LL 265a33
; cf.
MU² 440
, and note).
fernaib (.i. sciathaib) ildlochtaib,
LU 10376
.
(c) a pole or
stake
(strictly of alder ?), esp. in phrase: f.¤ siúil
a sailyard;
a mast: fernn siúil no seól (gl. artimone)
Ardm. 189b1
(
Thes.
i 498
). feirn séoil luinge .i. bun an chroinn siúil, O'Cl.
do
feren seoil luingi S.,
Aen. 1125
(= malum de nave S.,
Aeneid v 487
).
feren seoil,
Aen.
1131
.
ótchondaic ... na seolcrannu
... ┐ na ferna,
LL 235b4
(
TTr. 1367
). Of a tent-pole:
atbert
... f.¤ a pupla do ṡadhud,
RC xliii 40.25
.
ic gabhail férne
na pupla don talmain,
42.1
.
ro ḟuirim ... an feirn-sin,
42.13
.
See fernae.
(d) the letter f:
ind ú consain lasin laitneóir
is f.¤ ... lasin Gaoidel,
Corm. Y 576
.
fern dono is o crand
rohainmniged
,
YBL 235a17
=
Auraic. 4264
. fearn an tshéimhighthe (i.e. lenited p)
IGT, Introd. § 30
. fearn do níthear do
.P. ... le séimhiughadh do chur air ib. airdibdad ferna
extinction (i.e.
lenition
) of f
Auraic. 1283
. Cf.
masa dairi
fede feirn,
LL 265a27
(
MU² 426
).