n io, m. (fo-gaí) O.Ir. a
p. fogau (gl. spicula)
Thes. ii 48.7
.
fogu (v.l. fagu) ib.
34
.
foga
,
363.2
. In later Mid. Ir. freq.
treated in pl. as dental stem: fogha, fagha (n
p. ¤, -dha)
IGT, Decl. § 2 p. 40
.
A small spear, a javelin, in heroic lit. distinguished from
gae and sleg
, and generally forming part of a warrior's equipment.
faga .i. fī-ga .i. drochgaī,
Corm. Y 635
.
gai fota ...
re faga féig fobartach,
LU 6562
.
sleg cóicrind ina láim.
foga fogablaigi inna farrad,
6298
.
Ailill Diabalgái ... is leis
dorondad faga ar tus dia beith i fail gai moir,
Cóir Anm. 288
.
Ferghus Fogha .i. issé [a]rainig foghai la gai mór ar tus,
259
.
robo imda gái ┐ f.¤ íarna brisiud,
TTr.² 1371
.
ac seo sleg it
laim ... ┐ ac seo fagha fogablach it laim,
Acall. 6867
.
Ben
bodbda ainm na sleige ┐ Deogh bāis ainm ind ḟagha,
6876
.
ro mebdatar a slegha ┐ a foghadha,
CCath. 2126
.
dobertaig
na fagada bega ... rabai 'na laim,
TTebe. 919
.
do gab a
fhaga ... ina laim ... ┐ tuc urchar do Tid,
924
.
fetgaire na
faga fírgēr,
LL 243b41
(
TTr. 2009
).
scrédgaire na fagha,
CCath. 476
.
ro coirighsit a coirrmera ... i suaineamnaiph
... a fogad
,
5552
.
foluaman a bḟagadh,
Marco P. 61
.
fúair
... aradain olc | ac fagadaib i Fornocht,
Metr. Dinds. iii 74
.
berid lais lan a glaice d'ḟoghadhaib,
Aen. 2655
= manus
... iaculis oneravit
Aeneid x 868
. ?
cona fogtaib,
BB
494b45
(
IT ii 99.22
=
cona ḟochestaib,
Alex. 713
, see fogast).
meóir ... lúbtha um ḟoghaibh,
TD 4.30
.