fiadhnaise

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‘testimony’ (‘against’, in aghaidh) 17.1, 42.17; gen. sg. fiádhnuisi 30.14; in phrase,  i bhfiadhnaise ‘in the sight of’, ‘in the presence of’ 15.19, 21.18-19, 30.8-9, 52.7

Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.

presence, evidence. fear fiadhnuise, a witness, 76; cúis dá bhfoghair fiadhnaise, a case for which evidence can be got, 131.

Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.

f., witness, presence; ’na fh., 281; bíodh a fh. ar, ‘as a witness I may quote,’ 5356

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.