n [i, m., later f.?] (see
LEIA P-10
, but according to Isaac fít is the older form and is a loan from Lat. uita 'life', whence 'the ration of food necessary to keep the body alive',
Ériu liii 152
.) also fit: g
s.
ind fita
,
Mon. Tall. 152.10
.
fíta,
151.24
.
fitta,
156.18
.
pite,
LB 11a1
.
A small quantity of food, a light meal or collation
:
pít .i.
proind,
Corm. p. 21
s.v. fogamur.
pit proind nach mor,
Metr. Gl. 33 § 15
.
pid .i. proind bec,
Lec. Gl. 531
.
piid proind,
Laws
v 22.17 Comm.
uita .i. fit,
Corm. Y 576
.
fit a uita
,
O'Mulc.
546
. fit .i. proinn no tomhaltas, O'Cl. ? for doborfiit on water
diet (?),
Thes. ii 38.29
(of penitential régime; edd. Thes. suggest: for dobor ┐ ith). bo blegar fri fit `which is milked for a
repast',
Laws v 260.3
; glossed
.i. fri feit na mna no risin roinn
[leg. proinn?] mbicc,
ib. 10
. Generally of monastic rations
:
ni molathar som ind troscud, is ferr lais ind fit mesraigti
dogres,
Mon. Tall. 68
. bithfer fíta na riaglae one who keeps to
the prescribed ration,
63
.
conid ferr do anmain in phit beac
min quam in phit mór anmin,
Rule of Tallaght § 39
. tormach
pite, ib. (
LB 10b51
,
11a1
).
iomthórmach fíde aráin,
Rule of Tallaght 2.19
.
pit ind aisi graid bis oc pennind,
Ériu vii
142.1
.
saethor coimsi, fit cosmuil,
ZCP vii 311 § 14
.
uilliu fit
na n-opreóire,
xiii 27.24
(i.e. monks engaged in manual labour
have a larger ration). for tercphit on meagre rations,
Fél.
Sep. 8
(-pit
, -fit, -fít v.l.).
le fe[i]l mairtir nocho tercbít,
Anecd. i 64 § 122
.