n iā, f. (vn. of figid) fighe (n
p. ¤, -dha)
IGT, Decl. § 3
.
fighe,
III § 71
.
weaving, intertwining, plaiting; a woof or
plait: oc ind figi (of spiders)
Ml. 111b17
. hi figi (gl. in
telas) ib.
16
.
a tela .i. o figi,
O'Mulc. 305
.
f.¤ .i. quia figitur
i ngarmnaib,
536
.
fighe quia figitur .i. gontar í iccá denam,
Corm. Y 614
. garman cona slatuibh fighe `weaving rods'
JRSAI lxiv 102
.
ic figi corrthairi,
TBC-LL¹ 203
.
ag fighe
chreas is corrthar,
IGT III ex. 184
. fighi daman allaidh
spider's web
Irish Texts i 3 § 8
. aiced fige
weaving-implements
Laws i 150.6
.
don mnai [ḟ]igi,
152.6 Comm
.
crann mna
fighi,
BNnÉ 191.24
.
ic figi chasil,
LL 358a22
.
ferbolg di
figi rond crédumae,
LU 10808
. f.¤ thrébraid ... do ḟéraib
úra a wreath
LB 138b8
(
Hom. Leg. 66
). Of pleaching
wattles, etc.:
fenamain .i. fighi mín,
O'Dav. 868
.
Laws
iv 114.4 Comm.
Of plaiting hair: da trilis ... ḟ.¤ ceithri
ndual ceachtar ṅde a plait of four strands
BDD 1
.
IT i
119.21
.
as é budh ferr ... d'fighe folt,
RC xxiv 46.2
.
go
ndearntaoi fighe ḟuilt air,
Keat. ii 5205
.
doraga Fer D. fo
nua-maisi ḟigi ┐ ber[r]tha,
TBC-I¹ 2423
. Fig. : fri ferga f.¤
weaving of strife
Metr. Dinds. iii 272.27
.
figi dreann,
ITS
v 42.7
. na faltanais ... ag fighe ┐ ag forbairt isna fearaibh
ML 80.23
. imda fili ga ḟoil oigi | ga figi (of making verses)
IGT, Decl. ex. 164
.
ón duain go haonrann d'ḟighe,
TD
14.6
.
fighe lámha Dé an duine,
PBocht 56z
. The follg.
exx. may represent an analogical form *figed, u, m.: Muinech
figthe [fichi, fithe, fithi MSS.] cath M. who wove battles
Ält. Ir. Dicht. i 53 § 6
. sás fighthe [fichthe v.l.] chogaid
one fit to wage war
TD 26.24
. But cf. 1 fichid.