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Faclair.
359
T. 171. Cf. A.M. 132, 286, 314,
330 (1924).
fine, 6387, more elegant.
f'mealta, 6348, neat, elegant.
f'wnfhuil, f., 5105, “ wine-blood,”
noble blood ; cf. A.M. pp. 144,
286 (1924).
Fionnghall, 5163, a Gaelicised
descendant of the Norsemen; a
native of the Hebrides; opposed
to Dubhghall, a Teuton, who
has no Gaelic ; see Gall.
fionntach, m., 423, the pile on the
body; from fionnadh, pile.
fireach, m., 3337, high ground;
the part of a hill below the
creachann and above the
leathad, leacann, or leitir.
fireun, m., 605, 5286, 6040, an
fiut&Cl a” 4713, a wood; is
tu an iirshlat aluinn . . . de’n
fh. ard nach crion—W.R. 7; (2)
timber; ri aodann nan crann
fada fulangach f.—R.G. 82;
diugha na fiuidh bha aig Tubal
Cain—G. 89; an fhiuidh shean
nach diiisg gean—G. 90; (3)
5426, an arrow; bhiodh an
t-iubhar ’ga liibadh le fiuidh-
innibh storach—T. 84; iad cur
fhiudhaidh le deann am feoil—
T. 113; (4) a wooden cup; lan
na fiiighaidh—R.C. II., 412; (5)
638, a plank, ship’s timber; tha
am fiodh innte is fearr A bha
’san ard-choille dhosraich : Is
math a leagadh na fiubhaidh
Tha ’na h-urlar cho socrach—
Cl. na C. 19; (6) a chief;
an t-armunn S'.eiteach, Fiui
lasgurra nan geur lann—
A.M. 113 (1st ed.) ; (7) a gun,
rifle ; le d’ iuthaidh ladhaich
nach diiiltadh, An deigh a
taghadh, ’s a h-iiilleadh o’n
cheard—Duan. 62; Ir. fiodh-
bhadh, f., a wood. Compare
larla na Fiughaidh, R.C. II.,
343, 382. Hence Fyvie. (Simi¬
larly Ir. biodhbha, guilty per¬
son, enemy, is in Sc. G. biuth-
aidh, sometimes spelled biui.).
fiughar, m., 6414, chuireadh f.
fo mhnathan, that would make
ladies expectant (of dancing).
fiughail, 2236, worthy; fiu,
worthy.
fiughantach, 3853, 3926, generous,
liberal; fiu, worthy.
fiughantas, 3914, generosity ; fiu,
worthy.
fiuran. m., 5962, a sapling; 1101,
1958, 4597, a handsome youth;
f. ur de’n t-seann abhall—Duan.
76; compare bile, craobh, fiubh¬
aidh, fleasgach, gallan, gas,
gasan, gasradh, geug, slat,
sonn, all used metaphorically
for persons, see fleasgach.
flathail, 3853, princely, noble.
flathasach, 4268, 5094, princely,
majestic.
fleasgach, m., 61, a youth; cf.
fiuran; fleasg, a wand; adchonn-
cadar flesc gilla 6ic—Sil. Gad,
201 ; flesc oclaich duind—
Betha Moling §68.
fleisdeir, m., 6348, an arrow-
maker; O. Fr. flechier, through
Sc. fledgear; Eng. fletcher.
fliuchbhord, m., 5117, the plank of
a boat next the keel; keel-
board.
fochair, 6721, presence; am f., in
presence of; Ir. fochair; fo and
car, from cuirim, I place, set.
fochlasach, 4960, rich in brook
lime; cf. 0. Ir. fochlocht, some
sort of water plant.
foghnadh, m., service, sufficiency ;
6621, air f., laid aside, passed
away; literally, after service;
emeritus; bu mh6r m’ earbsa as
bhur foghnadh, Ged a dh’
fhoghnadh dhuinn ’san hr—
A.M. 109 (had the worst of it).
foinnidh, 1931, 1969, handsome ;