fuigheall, -eal

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  1. [53], word; as vn. of fuighlim 8 38.
  2. [53], f.+ gen. rest, remnant, of 21 14, 25 11; remnant left by, after 25 3, 46 8; fleadh ref. 49 38; f. (plenty) beannacht 49 1.

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.

1. residue, 1028, -29. f. fochaidmhidh, object of scorn, 2234. [Mid. Ir. fuidell. For f. in the sense of object, victim, cf. fuigheall formaid, Ir. Texts, 11, 103, fuigheall fochaidmidh agus fanamhaid bhfer nEirenn, ITS, xxvi, 169, 1. 41, and the Sc. proverb is fhearr fuigheall fanaid na fuigheall farmaid ; and see TD, 11, 220.] 2. speech. lé fuighlibh an bhanabadh, ‘ las palabras de la abbadessa,’ 1888 .

Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Author: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.

[N. 53] word; npl. fuighle 1586, fuidhle 1273; ds. fuighlibh 938, 1599.

Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.

  1. remainder. tochrádh...gan fhuigheall, unmitigated suffering, 2828.
  2. a word, speech. In plural: fuighle na bhfádh, the words of the prophets, 1469; fraochfhuighle, angry words, 1715.

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