n i, (ī ?) f. also fithise (usual Mid. Ir. form)
(a) a circular
course, circuit, orbit (?) :
ind f.¤ tēte in peccad, issí tē[te] in
pian,
Ml. 28c19
. sechis oín f.¤
(gl. uno tractatu) of daily course
of sun,
42c30
. a
p.
fithissi,
Thes. ii 31.23
(gl. circuli absidas,
with further note : abside graece circulus interpretatur).
tre fithisi (gl. per tractus)
Lib. Hymn. 76
(
Goid. 70
). rí
rogni ... iarna fithis firmimeint in its revolution (?), along
its course (?)
SR 278
.
dofuit sís arithisi | trethan ... connach
fess a fithissi,
8115
.
a ndul iar fithisi fecht | doridisi i tír
nEgept,
3535
. dochum nĒrenn dodfetis | aingil Dé hi
fithisi used to lead him back (lit. in a circuit)
Hy ii 13
.
(b) a
channel, passage:
fithisi .i. sēda,
Lec. Gl. 77
. Esp. a tortuous or covered one:
cor línad lais na dúine ┐ na fithise
... ┐ na tige talman,
LB 116a19
, apparently of
souterrains
used as store-chambers
, cf.
líontar lée leastra lána | go
bhḟidhisibh forlána,
ML 10.20
(of storage; v.l. fithechaib,
ficheadhaibh,
ML² 149
).
i fidhisibh in talman,
CCath. 1842
.
i fidisibh [fitisibh, figisibh v.l.] a srona
nostrils
958
. (of a horse) linn righin a cosmailes gelain uighe tuitis a fighisibh na sróna 'a thick suppuration like white of egg which occurs in the nostrils',
Celtica ii 32 § 5
.
dúnad
figised a corp,
LB 156b57
.
dúnadh fidhisiodh ┐ slighthe an
fuail,
23 K 42, 161.4
.
nis fargaibh siomh ... fithisi ināit
conairedha nāid easrusa élúdha gan lucht feithmhe ...
forra,
Hugh Roe 208.11 (f. 55b)
. Fig. : amra in indeoin
... | dorala for m[ḟ]ithisi (sic leg., see
ZCP vi 241
) which
has chanced on my path (?)
Fél. 76.9
.
iarna forcetul ... o
ḟorcetlaib diadaib ┐ o ḟidissib aingelacdai,
LB 232b56
(a
mistake for fissidib or físsib? Cf.
o ḟidissib nemdai,
233a18
,
with punctum delens under d, and
MR 8.13
cited under fís).
fithisi .i. dlige ut est ise tiachtain itir na da fithisi, no itir na
da conair,
O'Curry 576
(<
H 3.18, 286
).
O'Curry
2045
(
H 4.22, 61b
,
itir na fithiseo). Cf.
is e tiachtain etir in di fithisi .i. duine
robu cunnail ina bethaigh ┐ is cunnail fri bas ┐ dobeir
aithrighi ┐ condaig dilgud bid innraic a gnim gid im[a] les
fein cid im les neich aile,
O'Curry
2094
(<
H 4.22, 73b
).
O'Curry
1245
(<
H 3.18, 500½
). Cf.
O'Curry
2099
.
is faenan cuma coicertas fir in fenechuis asa fit[his]ibh in re cindter ...,
BCrólige § 66 Comm.
? hi fithise rig .i. i n-aigillne rig.
O'Curry 472
(<
H 3.18, 247
).
dilis cach forloscad fedar a figisib rig. roniacht elogh,
O'Curry
455
(<
H 3.18, 242
) =
a fithnisib,
O'D. 1699
(<
H 2.12,
no. 8. 1
).
(c)
a loop or ring (of metal or other material) ?
Here perhaps:
coru drebraing in domun fri fidisi riagla ┐
dismirechta noeb, ar it árid dogairter,
LU 899
(=
ACC 68
).
mocoil ┐ fithisi ōir im cach ṅdual dia fult,
YBL 118a39
(
RIA MSS. Ser. i 176
).
ar fertsib ┐ íallaib ┐ fithisib ┐ folomnaib
don charpat,
LU 6482
(`Bogen' Wind.,
TBC-LL¹ p. 376
).
ceṅglais d'ḟertsib ┐ d'ithisib ┐ d'iallaib in charpait,
TBC-LL¹ 1324
,
1336
.
Cf.
coil cosmail .i. fithus carpait,
O'Gr. Cat. 91.6
.
See fithnais (end of art.).