n io, m. also find, o, m. , earlier neut. n
s.
find ngairit,
Corm. Y 242
(=
f.¤ gairit,
Thr. Ir. Gl. 10.1
).
grend .i. gruaidfinn .i. find ngruaide,
Corm. Y
728
. d
s.
finnu,
BDD 38
.
LU 4881
.
g
p.
inna finnae
,
Ml. 72b16
. A hair (of men or animals):
gl. pilus
Ml. 72b16
.
cach finna ásas triána chend,
BDD 109
.
nothescbad finna fri gaīth,
LU 9192
(
FB 91
).
no dedhlaistis
finda for usciu,
BDD (Y) 128
(finnae U).
137
(
finna
YU).
dia taraill a lám ... finna a brothirni inn étaig,
SR 7644
.
cach finda ... dot fhult,
MacCongl. 95.21
. g
s.
i mbun cacha
finna
,
LU 8398
(
FB 27
).
doim ... gu cluim foda, teora boss
a bhfot gacha finna dhibh,
Marco P. 42
. caille aen-finna
`a veil of one thread'
Laws v 382.21 Comm.
pl. ulcha imlebur
┐ uathad finda liath inne a few grey hairs
PH 1968
. do
finnaib gabur of goat's hair
Hy iv 11 Comm.
Coll. hair; fur,
fleece:
gaimen .i. gaim-finn, is sia a find-side quod [h]ieme
occiditur
,
Corm. Y 242
.
moethgilla ... doná ro ás finna
nó ulcha,
TTr.² 1528
.
finna gaisitech forru bristly hair
Marco P. 89
. luch ... is sí dergg cona find `a mouse ... red-raw, with its hair on'
RC xiii 446.6
. nach bentar a ffionna
dibh that they are not shorn (of sheep)
BNnÉ 57 § 66
. cia
beith do lēithi a ḟinnai however grey his hair may be
ZCP
iii 34.20
. In
ZCP x 347 § 21
: om mullach gom finnuib,
leg. fonnaib?
Compds.
¤líath
grey-haired:
fer farsaid findlíath,
LL
267b30
(
MU² 746
).
óclach findliath,
Acall. 3487
.
folt
findlieth,
TBC-LL¹ 5476
St.
¤lúasgach:
fionnluasgach lí súla i
mbí ina condull,
Ériu xiii 40.27
(
O'Dav. 1199
) may belong
to this (cited under compds of 1 finn, above). Such compds.
as finn-bude,
¤chas, etc. are prob. to be referred to 1 finn,
though doubtless often understood of finn `hair.' ¤líath also probably belongs to 1 finn,
Loinges mac nDuíl Dermait 81
.