n o, m. (Lat. vesper, cf. W. gosper,
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 198
: a
native word, cognate with W. ucher, Stokes,
ACL iii 284
).
(a)
evening, eventide, vespers: ond fescur maull (gl. a sērā
obditā)
Sg. 183b3
.
fescer quasi uesper
,
Corm. Y 593
. feascor
.i. deireadh láoi, O'Cl.
hi fescur lathe gemreta,
LU 6477
.
i tosach lai ┐ ... etir ┐ fescur,
Ériu xii 142.27
. in f.¤ Sabóti
the evening of the Sabbath
PH 3449
.
la f.¤ (.i. dered laí),
1699
.
g
s. in huair [ḟ]escuir
(= vespertina hora)
Lat. Lives 52
. fāir
maitne
[sic leg. ?]
nó fescir ... ar cumtubairt in maitin nó
fescer,
O'Mulc. 491
. gen. of time : cét sléchtain cach fescair
every evening
Ériu iii 98 § 17
. acc.
fescor
`at evening
'
Hy
v 27
. [ba] marb Cáïn ... | fescur i nglind I.
at eventide
SR 2002
. aurnaigti do chetal fescur `at vespers
'
Mon. Tall. § 30
.
alaind luadam luades blai | fescur ...,
LU 3800
(
SCC
37
).
(b) fig.
end, wane, decline:
conid he sin f.¤ na haessi sin, ar
robae matan ┐ f.¤ cacha haessi,
Rawl. 70a12
. is he fescur na
haessisin (i.e. fr. Abraham to David)
73a50
.
fescur aidche,
Skene, Chronicles of the Picts and Scots 102.12
(quoted
Wortk. 227
). fescar flaithiusa
MR 122.4
(cf. 2 fescor
). feasgor a ndraoidheacht `the
extinction of their magic'
Keat. i p. 216
(poem) = f.¤ co nd.
Leb. Gab.(i) i 180
. co f.¤
(with neg.) never (cf. chaidchi, choidchi
< co haidchi and see KM,
Wortk. 227
) :
mani thetarrais
issin chētforgam, ni thetarrais co f.¤
,
LU 5135
.
(c) in poetic
style used of a battle (fought at eve ? Cf. similar use of
matan) :
dā ḟescur Midhe,
ZCP xiii 374.6
(B. in Scáil),
cf. dubadaig ib.
10
. da ḟescur i Saimniu ib.
29
.