n ā, f. (vn. of fo-cíallathar) occurs only once in Glosses, Wb. 15c24 . In later Mid. Ir. foichell (faich—), n s. sometimes foichill.

(a) attending to; attention, heed, respect (?); possibly in follg. exx.: is tacaír dúnn a chaínf.¤ asar corp (gl. omnes nos manifestari ante tribunal Christi oportet, ut referat unusquisque propria corporis sui) Wb. 15c24 ; `ihn gut zu ehren' Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 484 ; `meet for us is its fair wage out of our body' Thes. (see 2 fochell ); to pay good heed to Him (? it) out of (i.e. while in) our body (?). Cf. ticfa [Crist] dia brátha ... is tacair do chách a f.¤ (ḟocholl, foichill, ḟochaill v.l.), Ériu ii 194 § 7 . in tan fondailter fochall | do chách iarna mes ` reward ' Ériu iii 102 § 27d (monastic rule). ní dleaghair gan í d'ḟaichill one should be on guard against it (of a missile) Ir. Monthly 1927, 190 . can chagill [gan faichill v.l.] can aititin can chadus ... do Dia no da duni, Cog. 152.2 . intí nach tug daditín na dachill [dḟaicill v.l.; leg. d'aititin ná d'ḟaichill] do Maelsechlaind ... ed risa n-imred oencluchi do fidchill ..., 66.3 . conid de asberar Achell ar Themair ... daig na ḟaichle bae ar sūil ind rig, Rawl. 131b37 (of Cormac m. Airt; because of the importance attached to the king's [wounded] eye ?).

(b) anticipating, preparing for; of being in readiness for; being prepared to face (dangers, enemies, etc.), with obj. gen.: badar ... tri bliadna ic airithin ┐ ic foichill na fledi sin, BB 255a40 = ro.bás hi fochill na fleidhe sin fri ré teora lethbliadhan ZCP xi 61.6 . ba heigen doib faichill ḟuilaing fer nÉirend to make provision for the support of Ériu iv 124 § 1 . adfíadar dóib ind [ḟ]áilte [?] do ḟochaill inna dubthíne (that there was) hospitality [?] prepared beforehand against the hard season ZCP viii 313.2 . Cf. d'ḟaichill gorta to guard against famine Content. vi 80 . roboth sect mbliadnai oca foichill (of preparations for war) RC xii 82 § 83 . bid maith fri foichill bratha ... discáil céille din domun, ZCP vii 298.14 . mithig faichill tiuglaithi it is time to prepare for ACL iii 311 § 7 = focuil, AFM ii 618 . is ferr a fochill do chēin (of an approaching calamity) LB 242b = O'Curry MS. Mat. 633 (cf. is cáir dot onáir mh'ḟaithchill, Ir. Monthly 1920, 52 ). biaid cech fer i fochill araile (gl. arfoichlifet fir firu men will be on their guard against one another) RC xxvi 47 n. 6 . baoí sidhe co feithmheach ... i foichill a iondsaigthe dia easccairdibh, AFM vi 1956.22 . ro bhaoí ócclach ... i ffoichill a n-éludha awaiting their escape 1898.8 . ag foichill écc gach aonlaithe expecting 2218.13 . With AR (FOR): hi ffoichill ḟorra ready to meet them (enemies) AFM vi 2010.14 . na daoine a mbíonn eagla Dé 'na gcroidhthe, ┐ i mbionn faithchill ┐ roimhfeacháin aca air, Corp. Astron. 68 . Cf. bói an manabail lais i n-aichill Báithin in readiness for B. BNnÉ 328 § 58 .

n ā, f. (prob. same word as preceding, the orig. sense being provision made by employer for employee) hire, wage, reward: fachell .i. fo cheill in gillae dia tabar bīs a mēit, Corm. Y 633 . fochraic .i. focheill (a s.) O'Dav. 865 (gl. on Ériu xiii 22.16 ). foicheall .i. formáil no luach saothair dogheibh duine ar son a oibre sa ló, O'Cl. faichill .i. tuarastal. go bfaichlibh .i. go dtuarastlaibh ib. (see Metr. Dinds. iii 60 cited below). Cf. is tacaír dúnn a chaínf.¤ asar corp, Wb. 15c24 , cited under 1 fochell . cid cu faicill cid can faicill whether on pay or not Laws v 72.25 Comm. amus tathuighe co bfaichell, ii 24x Comm . cen cin[n]edh foichle `without fixed wages' ib. y 0 . fer taithigt[h]i cin faichill .i. in gille turusa, i 190.19 Comm . do mna fochraice .i. ... ben bis for foichill acat who is on hire with thee i 160.24 Comm . ar ḟaichill duine airithi in the hire of any particular person iii 384.17 Comm . ro tuill mís fri faichill ┐ combuitecht mbliadne `against a year's hire' Dinds. 22 = BB 363a8 ( Metr. Dinds. iii 68 has `mí bendachtan' in the corresponding passage). bói i faichill ri bliadain ... ac tuilliud óen-bó, Metr. Dinds. iii 310.91 . Cairpre N. co faichlib `giver of wages' 60.71 (see cit. from O'Cl. above). tech foichle Hérenn Fernae `the House of wages' Triads 13 (glossed: eircille ar grádhuibh dar ndóigh fa tuarasdul giolla foic[h]le, nó tuarastail, p. 36 ). fer foichle a wage-earner Laws ii 284.9 , cf. in fear foichli a focheall d'fagail (gloss on: in-saig fochrach fochraic, Ériu xiii 22.16 ), O'Dav. 865 . in gilla faithle ... beiridh a faithchill uili lais, 23 P 3, 20ra8 , 11 . gēmadh gilla faichle an fear, IGT, Decl. ex. 1991 . ma tā ... neach acan dingbala dō coimitecht do dénum, masa fer coimitechta hé, no faicheill, masa fer doní faichell, O'D. 2246 (< Rawl. B 506 f. 18a ) = aichill ... faichell, O'Curry 368 ( H 3.18, 206 ).