n o, m. n
a
s.
folt
,
LU 5635
.
falt,
9275
,
9277
. d
s.
folt
,
Wb. 11c12
.
fult,
LU 7693
. a
p.
fultu,
LU 7389
. fulta
PH 993
.
(a) the hair of the head (collect.) : f.¤
(gl. coma)
Ir. Gl. 77
.
deirgech in ḟuilt (gl. glabella) 78. na foilt (gl. pilos),
Gild. Lor. 237
. f.¤ quasi fa alt. faldas cadens germanice interpretatur f.¤ didiu cland totim hair is a plant of falling (?)
(i.e. which grows downwards ?)
O'Mulc. 567
(cf.
Corm. Y
616
). tairbirthar [v.l. tairbertair] foilt c[h]inn imm gnúisiu
ZCP ix 450 § 4
.
folt tiug sír [leg. siar ?] fair.
Thes. ii 237.1
.
f.¤
fair amal flesca óir,
LU 3639
(
SCC 31
).
buidi f.¤ for findghualaind,
IT iii 47 § 76
.
falt co ndath óir,
Ériu iv 108
.
teora
trillsi da fult imma cend,
TBC-LL¹ 213
. for oenfoiltne dia ḟult
LB 127b33
. bée ḟuiltt ... buidichaiss a woman with yellow
wavy hair
IT i 69.3
(
LMU 4
). pl. tri fuilt forsin mac sin .i.
folt úani ┐ f.¤ corcorda ┐ f.¤ fororda three kinds of hair
BDD
105
. tri fuilt bátar fair : dond ... cróderg ... mind órbuide
TBC-LL¹ 2713
= faircsi tri folt fair, etc.
LU 6541
(cf.
folt tri
ndath fair,
LU 8598
). Generally of hair of different persons :
triar marcach ... tri fuilt derga foraib,
BDD 30
(
LU 6781
).
astoidet a foilt ┐ a cuirp,
Ériu ii 130.7
. fuilt dubha leo.
Marco P. 187
. maithrecha na mac ... ┐ a ḟuilt scailte ba
cendaib (in grief)
LB 5b30
(
PH 393
).
is bec... na ruc a fultu
dia forcléthib,
LL 237b3
(
TTr. 1520
).
as é budh ferr ... d'fighe
f.¤
,
RC xxiv 46.2
.
for foltaib na ḟer so,
LB 127b42
.
d'ḟoltaibh
is d'ulchadhaibh na laoch,
Keat. iii 4468
.
masa urrandus
do lethḟ.¤ no do lánḟ.¤ ro benad de [sic leg.],
Laws iii 352.15
.
Rarely locks, tresses:
fuilt sgaoilte ... 'gun Róimh ag éagcaoine a huilc,
TD 24.24
In poetry often transf. of a person : a fhalt na ngéag ! O wavy-haired one
PBocht 13 § 41
.
a ḟolt ... fáinneach !,
TD 21.3
. f.¤ na bhfinnghéag (of a
chief)
7.48
. see ib.
Introd. p. lv
.
Rarely of animals : cean each díbh ar drochḟ.¤
(`a bad
mane')
Leb. Cert. 210.7
.
mar ḟ.¤ eich,
TD 37.4
. corruighidh sé
a ḟ.¤ amhuil cédar (of Behemoth),
Job xl 17
(where Engl.
A. V. has `tail').
(b) fig. and poetic uses ; of foliage
(cf. Lat. coma) :
os
ḟult ḟidbaide,
LL 108a22
(
RC 14.402
).
liriu feoir no f.¤ fídbuide,
LB 241ax
(
ZCP iii 225
).
for f.¤ feda,
RC xxvi 30
(a
kenning ? Cf. the gloss :
... dagalt fedai ┐ deich ┐ remi
┐rl. no cranna gae,
Rawl. 109b45
=
LL 187c19
).
i bhfoltaibh na bhfeadh,
TD 4.22
. ?
dāltir fledōl for Luignib dia
mba f.¤ crīn samraid [leg. crín f.¤ ?],
Anecd. i 14.10
. tomaidm
Ethne os ḟ.¤ bheatha [sic leg.] the eruption of [the river]
Ethne over the sward (?) of the world
BB 44a16
=
37a14
. Of
thatch of a house :
alainn berrthán fil fort, ba slán cot folt,
a Dún Náis,
AFM i 308
. Of foam of the sea :
fairggae findfolt,
Thes. ii 290
(
Sg. 112
).
tar fairrge f.¤
,
Leb. Gab.(i) i 238
.
Compds.
(1
) common with adjs.
having ... hair ; ...
haired
; also fig. of
foliage:
¤álainn : da fhiodhbaidh
¤alainn,
Anecd. iii 6.13
.
¤bláith :
Fionn ... ¤bhlaith,
Duan. F. ii 84
.
¤buide
yellow-haired:
inghean ¤bhuide,
Ériu xi
199
.
a Edain ... fholtbhuidhe,
ML² 463
.
¤chaín (as a
sobriquet) :
Amadair Flidais ¤chain,
ZCP viii 303.8
(cf.
Adamair F. f.,
BB 47b3
=
Amathair f. f.,
LL 128bz
.
Adammair
F. f.,
Cóir Anm. 25
). feocus ¤chain (kenning for the birch-tree),
Auraic. 5532
.
¤chas
curly-locked:
Tadg f.,
ZCP viii
221 § 41
.
fiche ced feindeadh f.,
Duan. F. ii 54
.
fon ḟid
ḟoltchass,
Metr. Dinds. iii 206
.
¤chóem : d'Éber ḟoltchaem
LL 127b11
.
[mac] Feidelma ¤chaime,
Rawl. 156a2
.
a
Patraic ¤chaoimh,
Duan. F. ii 54
. ?
¤chíab : see foltchíp.
¤fiar with wavy hair:
aicme ḟoiltḟiar,
Duan. F. i 60.13
.
¤finn
fair-haired:
Fiacha foiltḟionn,
DDána 84 § 26
.
a Gharaidh
... ḟoiltḟinn !,
Ériu i 20
.
sēig f.¤ Ferna,
Bruchst. § 50
(
IT
iii 74
).
¤garb
rough-haired:
Feargus f.¤
,
Duan. F. ii 150
.
tri arrachta ... foltgharbha,
ML² 1586
= (
ML 118
).
i mbarr
... na fidhbuidhe foltgairbhi,
CCath. 669
.
¤glas of green
herbage:
fonncheltra foltglasa ... in talman,
MR 240.6
.
¤lebor
long-haired:
fer ... f.,
LU 8597
.
bé ḟind ḟ.¤
,
LL 259b37
(
LMU 4
) ;
Ferccus Foltlebur,
Rawl. 155b50
.
¤ruad
red-haired
Acall. 4064
.
¤scailte with dishevelled hair:
na fantaisi foltscailte
,
CCath. 4357
(g
p.).
fanntaise folt-sgaoilte,
TSh.
6680
.
¤snáithech
with thread-like hair
ZCP xliv 162
,
Cóir Anm. ii § 149
:
Fiacha Foltṡnáithech .i. samaltá fri
snáth ōrdhai in folt ... boí fair,
Cóir Anm. 145
.
Fiachra
Foltsnat[h]ech,
ZCP viii 292.32
.
¤tromm dod dhreich
foltruim,
23 L 17, 130b
(
Studies 1928, 450
).
¤úaine : Cend
Febrat foltúane
green-foliaged
Metr. Dinds. iii 226
.
fa chlár
bhfaltuaine bhFréamhann,
TD 30.7
.
(2
) with subst. :
¤gabál
seizing by the hair: f. ban (a
punishable offence),
Cáin Ad. 44
.
¤gal
pulling (an opponent's)
hair in fight:
frisin ṅgleicc ┐ in ḟ. ... dognitis,
LB 156a42
.
pl.
foltgala,
Laws v 146.9 Comm.
¤grenn : foltgrend
feinned ar foluamain (in battle) `hair of heroes' (
whiskers ?)
MR 238.27
. See also foltmaise.