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Bardachd Ghdidhlig.
beatha nam f., T. 16; uisge-b.
feadanach, T. 28; Ir. feaddn, a
pipe, brook, &c.
feall-innleachd, f., deceitful device,
fear-beairt, m., 5602, the man who
attends to the gear of a ship ;
dh’orduicheadh a mach fear-
beairte, A.M. 174, which see
for his duties.
fearbhuilleach, 1385, inflicting
manly strokes.
feardha, 3094, 4773, manly.
fear-ealaidh, m., 3224, a man of
song, poet; 4296, pi. luehd-e.
fear-fuadain, m., 6395, a fugitive.
fearghleus, m., 3631, manly style or
achievement; cf. a dhol gu f.
gu foirghleus gaisgealachd—T.
34 (for—Lat. super),
fearrdhris, earradhris, f., 5263, a
red wild rose, dog rose.
feart, m., 286, 3682, virtue,
power; Ir. feart-, Lat. virtus.
feart-tarnach, 4952,
feasda, 4809 am feasda nan
trath, lit. “ at this moment of
the times.” at the present time;
for earlier i fecht-sa, at this
time, in which usage fecht, time,
is a semantic development of
fecht, an expedition; cf. the
modern “ an turns so,” this
time, lit. “ this journey’; now,
ever, forever; with future
reference.
feidhm, f., 5929, effort, service,
need; now Sc. G. feum, m.
fdileadh, m., eileadh with pros¬
thetic /.
fdilichean, pi. of feileadh, fide, a kilt
fdile, f., 1157, &c., hospitality,
generosity.
Fdill Brlghde, f., St Bride’s Day,
the first day of February;
Candlemas.
Fdill Eoin Bdid, f., 3213, Feast of
St John of the Rood, 14th
September.
fdinnidh, m., 5628, a warrior,
champion.
fedlach, m., 4120, carnage; 5551,
flesh; from fedil and bach, from
0. Ir. bongim, I break.
fedladair, m., 3101, a butcher;
the name earned by William,
Duke of Cumberland, on ac¬
count of his inhumanity after
Culloden.
febrag, f., 6323, a squirrel; cho
grad ri feoragan Ceitein—
A.M., 179.
feudail, f., 474, cattle; properly
eudail; primarily, treasure.
feurlochan, m., 1777, a grassy
lochlet; a lochlet that dries.
fiach, m., debt, value; 413, ag
cur am fiachaibh, assert; 4673,
value, worth.
Fiann, m., 4377, a Fenian, a war¬
rior ; E. Ir. fian; cognate with
Lat. venari, to hunt.
Fiann, f., 5972, the Fiann; 6919,
a body of warriors.
fiaradh, m., 3045, air fh., placed
obliquely ; Ir. fiar.
fiaraich, febraich, 3911, ask, en¬
quire; Ir. fiafruighim; O. Ir.
iarfaigim; iar, back, and fachr
from E. Ir. faig, said.
fiath, fkith, m., 191, a calm,
smooth water.
fideag, f., 2945, a reed.
fidreachdainn, m. 2750 act of exam¬
ining, considering, ascertaining,
verb. n. of fidrich ; from Jidir,
examine, search narrowly, find
out; dh’ fhidir e so, he found
this out (Lewis); fidir mi agus.
dearbh mi, examine me and
prove me—Psalm xxvi., 2 ;
an d’ fhidir no an d’fhairich no-
an cuala sibh—Rob Bonn ; ge
b’e dh’ fhidearadh ar rim—
D.G. 113. The older meaning
oi fidir (sg. Ifeadar) is “ know”:
mur tusa nighean righ Greig
Chan fhidir mi fhein co thu—