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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
also give éibhleadh. Hend. questions if Lat. See uanfebli in Fled Br. 68. Root sveil as in fill, spaoil, etc?
féill, a fair, feast, Ir. féil, festival, holiday, O. Ir. féil, W. gwyl, festum, Br. goel, *vegli-; Lat. vigilia, Gr. veille, a watch, vigil, Eng. vigil, wake. The Celtic words are borrowed from Lat. (Windisch, Stokes). Hence féillire, an almanack.
féin, self, Ir., O. Ir. féin, *sve-j-sin, "self there", *sve-j, *sve, Pruss. swaiss, Ch. Sl. svojǐ; Lat. suus, sē; Gr. ἕ, ὅς. Zeuss explains féin, as bé-shin, "quod sit hoc", bé being the verb to be. This explanation is due to the divers forms of the O. Ir. word for "self, selves": fésine (= bé-sin-é, sit id hoc), fésin, fadesin (= bad-é-sin), fodén, etc.
Féinn, g. Féinne, the Fingalians, Ir. Féinne, Fiann, E. Ir. fíann, *veinnâ, also E. Ir. fían, a hero, *veino-s, root vein, strive; Lat. vênari, hunt; Skr. vénati, go, move, desire. Zimmer takes the word from Norse fjándi, an enemy (Eng. fiend, which he supposes the Irish tropps called themselves after the Norsemen.
feirm, a farm, Ir. feilm; from m.Eng. ferme, Eng. farm.
féisd, féis, a feast; better feusd, q.v.
feith, wait, Ir. feithim, E. Ir. fethim, inf. fethem (= G. feitheamh), *vetô, root vet; Lat. vetus, old, Eng. veteran; Gr. ἔτος, year; Eng. wether ("yearling").
féith, a sinew, a vein, Ir., O. Ir. féith, fibra, *veiti-s, root vei, vi, wind, bend; Lat. vînem, with, vîtis, a vine; Gr. ἰτέα (long ι), willow; Eng. withe; Lit. výtis, willow-wand, Ch. Sl. viti, res torta; Skr. vayati, weave, flecto. The W. shows a stem *vittâ, vein, W. gwythen, Br. gwazen, Cor. guid-; cf. Lat. vitta, fillet. Hence féith, a bog channel (Ir. féth, a marsh, bog-stream), and feithleag, honeysuckle, M. Ir. feithlend, woodbine, W. gwyddfid (do.).
feitheid, a bird or beast of prey (M'A.), Ir. feithide, Ir. feithide, a beast:
feochadan, corn-thistle, thistle (Arm., H.S.D.), Ir. feochadan (O'R.), feóthadán (O'B.), and feóthán. Cf. fobhannan.
feòcullan, the pole-cat, Ir. feochullan (Fol., O'R. has feocullan like Sh.). Cf. Sc. fethok, fithowe, pole-cat, M. Eng. ficheu, now fitchew.
feobharan, pith, puff (feo'ran) - Dial.; feodharan, root, *vet, vetu-?
feobhas, goodness; see feabhas.
feòdar, pewter, Ir. péatar, W. ffeutar; from the Eng. pewter.
feodhaich, decay, Ir. feodhaim, M. Ir. feodaigim, wither: "senesco"; *vetu-, root vet, as in Lat. vetus, G. feith? O. Ir. feugud, W. gwyw, Lat. vietus; *vivagatu?
feòil, flesh, Ir. feoil, E. Ir. feóil, O. Ir. feúil, *vepoli-s; Skr. vapâ, fat, vápus, body, form?
