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
.