n u, m. vn. of fo-suidethar, Thurn.
ZCP xiii 300
.
(a) the act of founding or establishing ; foundation, basis (?) :
fothath .i. fothugud, unde dicitur : rofothath flaith for
Raigni,
Corm. Y 659
. Fothad Ratha Grainne (name of a
structure at Tara),
Dinds. 1 § 34
. némain .i. fothud (.i.
is gilithir nemaind aní fothaigim) `a pearl in setting (?)'
RC xxvi 24 § 87
. Cf. Fiachu fothath fechair forbdine,
Ält. Ir. Dicht. ii 18 § 3
(
Rawl. 124b7
) ; `Auflösung' =
`
dissolution (?)' K.Meyer.
(b) gramm. case-name given to a noun governed
by the
prop. `fo' : fo fiur a fothud `
fundative
'
Auraic. 1524
.
(c) transf. support, sustenance, i.e. food, refreshment
(see
Stud. in E. Ir. Law p. 42 ff
).
sasad fiach, f.¤ mbran,
LU 6808
(
BDD
35
).
bíad glan ... braichlind muád ... feinne fothud,
LU
8716
(
FB 53
). g
s. athgabail fothuda cairr `distress for the support
of a champion'
Laws i 226.32
. Cf. bo fodhadha cumaile
(one of the `nemid athgabála'),
H 3.18, 376a
(
O'Curry 814
) =
bo fothuda cumaile,
H 3.18
390a
(
O'Curry
864
), and see fo-suidethar.