n u, m. (occasionally nasalizing in n.l. :
Fid nGabli,
LL
159a50
=
Dinds. 11
. See
Todd Lect. iv 203
). n
s. in
fid
Wb. 5b42
. d
s.
fid
,
Ml. 146a5
.
fiuth,
Trip. 194.19
. g
s.
fedo,
Thes. ii 46.22
.
Sg. 35b12
.
feda,
12a5
.
70a12
.
121a1
.
ind
feda
,
LU 4768
.
feadha,
TD 13.2
. n
p.
feda,
Auraic. 952
.
a
p.
fidu,
TBC-LL¹ 3791
,
6054
.
feda,
LL 108b46
.
Corm. Bodl.
s.v. serb
. g
p.
fedae,
O'Mulc. 511
(?).
fidh,
Auraic. 1199
.
fiodh,
feadh,
TD 21.40
;
28.35
. Orig. perhaps `a boundary-tree
'
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 41
.
(a) a tree (sense in Glosses). arnaib fedaib
(gl. pro arbustis)
Ml. 146a6
. is bésad leusom in fid do thóbu
et fid aile do esnid and it is their wont to cut a tree and to
insert another tree therein
5b42
. clandaid fedha isna muighib
corbad caillte `plant trees in the plains that they may be
forests'
RC ix 16 § 4
.
nenaid quasi non fid hi acht lus,
Corm. Y 987
.
amail timc[h]illes féth fidh,
Fianaig. 94.21
.
mar nasces féith fidu,
TBC-LL¹ 3791
. ná loisc ríg na fed (of
`féithlenn')
SG 245.15
. risna fedaib fína (fig. of chiefs)
RC xiii 74.18
. doire ... do ḟeadhaibh crainnreamhra (i.e.
spears)
ML 128.29
. direnar fo tairdbe cach feda ... acht
ni saeres nemed de (.i. a bheith conad fidh neimhidh e),
Laws iv 168.22
(
170.14
; cf. fidnemed). defining gen. :
caill fedha `a wood of trees
'
Laws i 32.14
. crich incoisce
bile feada `a district ... marked by an ancient tree'
iv 142.19
Comm
. fāl fedae
(g
pl. ?) a tree-hedge
O'Mulc. 511
. Passing
into sense of tree-trunk, tree regarded as timber : ceithre
fedha ... i croich mic Dé ... cedir, cupris, etc.
ZCP viii 107.16
.
is cuileand in tres fidh roith in carpait holly is one of the
three woods used in a chariot-wheel
Auraic. 1182
. Of small
plants :
fidh aigenta, ut est int aitend no in fraoch ┐ rl.,
Auraic. 2833
. Hence
(b)
wood, timber:
aicdi dognethi
di fiuth [ḟid v.l.] na cailli sin,
Trip. 194.19
. co ngaisciuth
do ith wooden armour
TBC-I¹ 1180
=
doíd,
LU 5657
(= do ḟid
).
Of a shaft or pole : feadha
spear-shafts
ML 132.17
.
fonnad
fri fonnad, f.¤ fri f.¤
,
LU 8705
(
FB 53
). canna, f.¤ bis il-laim
(=
walking-stick
?),
O'Mulc. 204
. Of a wooden shield
:
fid fō coitled comḟūaim ṅglaíd,
Ériu xx 192 § 2
.
(c)
trees (coll.), a wood or
grove: distinguished fr. 1 caill :
fulacht cacha chaille, cnuas
cacha feada,
Laws v 482.26
. In
Auraic. 1150 ff
.,
Laws
iv 146.18 ff
., trees and shrubs are classified as airig fedha,
athaig (aithig) f., fodla f. and
lossa f. iter fid ┐ mag,
Thes.
ii 239.15
(
Ardm. 17b1
). roselgatar ... in fith resna cairpthib
TBC-I¹ 275
(=
fid
,
LU 4769
). fri tamnad feda for felling
trees
BB 365b13
(
Dinds. 27
).
imthéigmís ... cach f.¤ ┐ cach
fásach,
TBC-LL¹ 3531
.
i fedaib ┐ fásaigib,
554
.
ralotar fón f.¤
ba comnessam dóib,
CRR 37
(
LL 176a35
).
ni ḟarcaibset
figh na fēr ... gan loscad,
RC xliii 110 § 116
. tairthe fiodh
TD 21.40
.
sleibhte ... ameasg a feadh,
28.35
. As n.l. in
pl., Feda the Fews:
isna Feadhaibh
,
AU 1452
. See Hog.,
Onom.
(d) a letter of the alphabet
(each letter being
called after a tree)
fid ... a airbert .i. a thapairt for v fedhaib
fichit inn ogaim,
Auraic. 3551
. In this sense sometimes
called f.¤ saerda
artificial tree:
fid saerda .i. f.¤ inn oghaim
┐ f.¤ aicenta f.¤ na caille,
Auraic. 397
.
Cóic Con. 25.3
.
f.¤ .i. fo ead a inde iter saerda ┐ daerda ┐ aiceanta,
Lec. Gl.
215
. imord feda .i. Colman quasi comlān transposition of
letters
BColm. 6.5
. fidh ┐ deach letter and metrical foot
Anecd. v 27 n. 21
.
fri fidíu [leg. fidu] ┐ deuchu,
IT iii 24
§ 3
. reim do fidh for fidh (=
alliteration
)
Auraic. 805
.
dūil feda, the name of a treatise (see 3 dúil) :
amal duiruirmi
[Fenius] isin Duil Feadha Māir,
Auraic. 200
.
anmand fidh
... amal fogabar isna Duilibh Fedha inn ogaim,
1199
(=
isin
Duili F.,
4311
).
de dúlib feda na for[f]ed,
LL 38b7
(
Auraic.
5417
), title of tract on the Ogham symbols for diphthongs.
See 3 dúil.
duili sluinnti ┐ duile feda,
Laws i 44.20
.
(e) esp.
a vowel, distinguished fr. taebomna `consonant' :
fedha
┐ taobomna id est uocales et consonantes
,
Auraic. 2787
.
393
.
f.¤ na filidechta ... ┐ an taophomna docuirither reisin
bfiodsin,
3565
.
f.¤ in anma prosta,
3567
. feda airegda
vowels
(dist. fr. forfeda `diphthongs')
1341
.
2870
.
199
.
IGT, Introd.
4.16
. (Used inaccurately to include diphthongs)
na .x.
feadha airegdha,
Auraic. 427
. Cf.
uillind .i. uilli na fil and
.i. dā cnāim nō dā fid
,
Corm. Y 1282
(see uilen and 2 uillenn).
Compds.
¤ár
destruction of trees:
uentus maximus co
ra la fidhar,
AU 856
.
AFM iii 38.9
.
ventus magnus ... condarsgar fidhár mar isnaib caillibh,
AU 891
. co nderna f.
1121
.
¤bla
boundary marked by a tree or wood:
fidhbla,
crich son incoisce bile feada,
Laws iv 142.19 Comm.
¤breth
judgment concerning timber: n
p.
fidbretha,
Laws i 182.1
.
O'D. 931
(<
H 3.17, 658b
). g
p.
fidbreth,
Laws
iv 168.20
. d
p.
fidbhrethaibh,
Irish Texts iv 26
.
¤buale a wooden enclosure or pen:
as a faltaigib ┐ a fidbualtib,
LL 265a9
(
MU² 391
).
¤chat
`wooden cat' mouse-trap
(< ON tréköttr, Marstrander,
Bidrag 46
) : fidhcat, (gl. muscipula)
Ir. Gl. 260
.
amal charas
in luch biad in ḟidchait,
PH 7738
.
¤chóem (adj.) : slega ...
fidcaimi with beautiful shafts
Cog. 160.26
.
¤chrann
wooden
shaft; pair of large wooden dividers or reaping tool
(
Peritia xv 314,
EIF 501
): ní bhoí rinn ... for gaib ... acht a mbeith mar
ḟidhchrannaibh `wooden bars'
Cóir Anm. 268
. dias f.
Laws iv 310.12
(
Críth G. 178
`a pair of wooden shears', see
note), cf.
MacNeill, Law of status 291
.
¤chúach
drinking-vessel
(the first element may originally have been mid
mead)
Celtica x 144-45
:
mo[i]r beolu fidchōich,
TBC-I¹ 395
; 'as big as the mouth of a wooden drinking-vessel'
Celtica x 144
=
midchúaich,
LU 4882
.
samla beolo fidchuaich indara súil
do,
RC xiv 404.5
.
f. ┐ cú lomna leu,
LL
251b44
(
TBFr. 26
).
ZCP iv 44. 32
; 'a wooden vessel (for water or mead ?)'
Celtica x 145-46
. Cf.
dias oicfended, otē findliatha ┐ fidcuach cechtar de is mo,
TBC-I¹ 2815
; 'two grey-haired warriors, each carrying a wooden vessel on his back' (reading for muin cech ai)
Celtica x 145
.
¤druimm a
wooded hill or ridge:
oc imt[h]echt ind ḟiddromma,
LU
3768
(
SCC 34
). d
p.
fiddromandaib,
TTebe 696
.
¤fáebar :
d
p.
fidḟaebraib,
TBC-LL¹ 2328
(context obscure). Hence adj.
¤fáebrach :
fraech ... f. deg-arm,
MR 224.14
(epithet prob.
refers to the spears of a phalanx.)
¤fogal
plunder of woods
or timber:
Fea fri fidḟogail Fáil,
Metr. Dinds. iii 198.3
.
¤gerrtha
shaft-slashed: gur bho blogha ... fíodhghearrtha
na feadha (of spear-shafts)
ML 132.16
.
¤glennach
belonging
to a wooded valley: epithet of a bull
,
Metr. Dinds. iii 372.72
.
¤less: g
s. Eochaid fírén ḟidliss
`of the woodbuilt keep'
Metr. Dinds. iv 44.14
(
v 141
).
re mac rígh fega fidhlis,
Acall.
1195
(fedha findlis v.l., sic leg.? Stokes). dar Fé cusna
fidlessaib (= Mag fea? Cf.
¤fogal)
LL 48a22
(
SG 373.13
).
a bhferunn Fhiachach fidhlis,
RC xliii 32 § 31
.
¤lestar a
wooden vessel: pl.
fidlestra,
Laws v 406.18
.
¤lethrenn a
wooden clog
attached to foot of an animal to prevent it from
straying: pl.
ro scuirit a n-eich ... ┐ ro cuirit a fidletrenda
fosta fuithib,
Acall. 2803 n
.
¤luss
tree-herb, shrub: pl. fidlosa
BB 309a19
(
Auraic. 5493
-
6
) = losa feda, see (c) above.
¤nemed a tree which grows on the land of the nemed-person, a sacred tree
(
Bechbretha 108-9
); a sacred wood or grove
, but also a tree or grove on church land (
CMCS viii 50
): acht inni ṡoeras de sin a bheith conad fidh neimhidh e, uair nocon fo aignedh craind ita in [dire] aind side acht fo aigned graid inti iga m[b]ind 'but its being the tree of a sacred person is what increases it, for the penalty there does not depend on the nature of the tree, but on the nature of the rank of the person who owns it'
Bechbretha 58 § 15 n. c
.
racossecrad ... fidneimed do
Ióib ┐ a delb in dea isind ḟidnemiud,
LL 227a20
(
TTr. 732
).
fidhnemhedh coisrectha dona déibh,
CCath. 1768
.
fidnemead (.i. fid cilli),
Laws v 474.7
(
476.3
). dire in fidnemid
i 162z Comm
.
Ard Macha do loscadh eter tigib ┐ dam líag
┐ cloictheach ┐ fidhnemidh,
RC xviii 350.12
(Tig.).
tene ...
do ghabail Aird Macha cona farcaibh dertach ... na fidnemedh ann cen loscadh,
AU 995
. pl.
fidnemeda na Greci,
TTebe 288
.
is a fidnemedaib fognitis filid a ngressa,
O'Mulc.
830
. Fig. fidhnemed do tṡlegaib urardu re ṅguaillib (of a
band of warriors),
Acall. 4418
. See neimed.
¤rath, lit.
`wood-stock' (legal term): se rath file la Feine ... luathrath.
f., etc.,
O'Curry 878
(<
H 3.18, 393b
). fiadrath [leg. fidrath ?].
.i. rath erner hi fid do loingsech,
O'Curry 879
(<
H 3.18, 394a
)
(cf.
rath caille .i. rath do loingsech bis a caill,
O'Curry 875
<
H 3.18, 392b
).
¤slat a wooden rod, wand: pl.
fidṡlatta
findchuill,
TBC-LL¹ 1433
.
¤úall?
fid-úal (: gúal) `pride of
timber'
Metr. Dinds. iv 148.36
. (
¤uall, fiodhghual v.l.).
Freq. used to form proper names, see
Hail Brigit
p. 23 n. 20
; for stable compds. see below (fidbocc, fidchell,
etc.).