foláir, fu-, fa-, foráil, fu-, fa-
Definitions (by source)
[149], níf. (damh) it is necessary for me to have, do, etc. 18 24, 36 31, 67 29, 77 9; cf. foráilim.
Aithdioghluim Dána: A Miscellany of Irish Bardic Poetry, Historical and Religious, including the Historical Poems of the Duanaire in the Yellow Book of Lecan. Vol II, Translations, Notes, Vocabulary. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.
foláir, foráil, fuláir, fúrail [V. 69, N. 149] demanding; béal-fh. 1372. In phrase ní f. must, 1505, 1720.
Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.
See also faláir.
in phr. ní f. do (lit. ‘it is not too much for a person’), ‘it is necessary,’ ‘one must,’ 130, 1186, 1542, 1810, 1875, 2246, etc.; without prep., ní f. a bheith críochnuighthe, ‘it must be ended,’ 3153; with lé, ní f. leis, ‘he thinks it necessary, insists upon it,’ 2194. [O. Ir. foróil, furóil, ‘excess,’ opp. to ‘deróil]
Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Editor: Osborn Bergin.