n o, n.
(later m.): n
s.
feurt,
Trip. 317.19
.
fert mbecc,
138.20
. See also Fert n-Aífe,
Fert n-Ailbi,
Hog. Onom.
g
s.
feirt,
AU 862
.
firt,
Laws iv 214.4
.
i Fiurt Sciach,
TBC-LL¹
5714
=
i Firt S.,
5720
. feart (m.)
IGT, Decl. § 90
(mixed
decl.; d
s. firt, feart; g
s. n
a
p. fearta (for gs. see BNnÉ 271.7 cited below); g
p. feart).
A mound
or tumulus: gl. tumulum (
Eclog. v 42
)
Thes. ii 46.361
.
Esp. a mound over a burial-place
, often of great size, hence
common in place-names (freq. folld. by gen. of npr.); the
tumulus of Dowth in Co. Meath is called uam ḟeirt Boadan
AU 862
. Cf.
sepelierunt eas ... et fecerunt fossam rotundam
[in] similitudinem fertae, quia sic faciebant [Scotici] homines
et gentiles. Nobiscum hautem reli[c] uocatu[r], id est
reliquiae, et feurt,
Ardm. 12b1
(
Trip. 317
), and (description
of burial-customs:)
fert óen-doruis d'ḟir ... f.¤ co ndib
dorsib for mnai, | ferta cen dorsi drena | for maccu for
ingena,
Metr. Dinds. iv 152
(quoted by Keat.,
TSh. 5766
,
who explains `fert' as `mion-ráth'; the reading of
LL
200b58
substitutes `ráth' for `fert'), from which it appears
that the `fert' was often a chambered tumulus. Hence
by glossators expld. as a burial-place:
f.¤ .i. adnacul,
Corm. Y
638
.
ferta .i. adnacal,
O'Mulc. 523
. f.¤ .i. ulad cumdachta
O'Dav. 961
. feart .i. uagh, O'Cl. In older texts distinguished from `lecht' q.v., but later used in general sense
of grave (esp. in poetic usage) and of Christian burial
.
rolād ... a gāir guba ┐ a ḟ.¤ ┐ a lia,
Ériu i 121
.
adbath F.¤
andsin. Ro claidead a leacht ┐ ro laigeadh a feart,
RC
xxiv 184.15
.
a lecht ┐ a ḟeart a n-aenecht,
BB 62a2
.
ní
fil ... cnoc ... nach f.¤ ríg,
LU 2889
.
cor clasta a fert,
10738
.
clada[i]r a f.¤ sátir a lia scribthair a ainm n-ogaim,
5704
=
TBC-I¹ 1230
.
adhlaicthear mise san bfeart | ┐ clochtar
ann mo leacht,
IT 112 145.584
.
dentar m'ḟ.¤ ┐ m'adhnacul,
Acall. 6076
.
os cenn m'ferta 'san cill,
BNnÉ 271.7
.
uaigh
nó feart talmhan do dhéanamh go bhfad ┐ go leithead an
chuirp, ... ┐ carn cloch do chor ós a chionn, dá ngairthí
leacht, mar atá feart Mhaothagáin i nUíbh F.,
TSh. 5756
.
pl. (?)
ferta fenned,
LB 140b55
(
Hom. Leg. 81
=
fertadh
feineadh,
B. Fermoy 103b
, see under fertad).
A mound (for
spectators to sit or stand on?) at an `oenach' or assembly:
clad firt (.i. in oenaig) `the ditch of a fair-green'
Laws
iv 220.9
;
22
.
denam oenaig (.i. a claide ┐ a ferta),
i 156.28
;
160.1
urba in berna (.i. suidech na Taillten .i. inad da
cuailli dec) i f.¤ aireach,
v 474.12
;
476.14
.
ro cechladar
fert fōtmaig fo suigiu a taīsich,
TBC-I¹ 3144
.
Conchobar ...
is hē desid forsin fert fotmaig,
3177
. ro clas fert fodbuigh
dia pubaill ar in ard a mound of sods was dug for [the king's]
tent
Anecd. ii 77.10
. A mound or dyke used as a boundary-mark: tellach cille tar a f.¤ (.i. tar firt a mūir no a caisil),
Laws v 210.6
. rath no feart no secib duae (as boundary-marks)
iv 144.16 Comm
.
do luid tar feart a ced-teallaig
(.i. tar clad in fearaind),
8.18
;
10.6
.
O'Dav. 968
(a céttechta).
tar ferann in ti eirges as a firt,
Laws
iv 126.15 Comm.
as
a firt .i. as a ferann,
42.21 Comm
. Cf. feart .i. fearann,
O'Cl. Freq. in place-names, see
Hog. Onom. s.v. Fert
.
Ath da Ḟert,
TBC-LL¹ 2817
= A. Da Ḟertai (ferta LU)
TBC-I¹ 2135
.
Damhliac na Ferta,
AU 1090
. COMPDS. feartmagh .i. fearannmagh, O'Cl. Cf. also feartlaoidh
grave-lay,
epitaph
in mod. poetry, e.g. Aodhagán Ó Rathaille
ITS
iii2 158
.