fear

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a man. fear fíona, a butler, 93; fear énoidhche, a lover of a single night (?); ní bhí 'gon (sic. leg.fhior énoidhchi, 324; fear fiach, an extractor of debts, 683.

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m., man; f. iomchuir sgéithe, ‘shield-bearer,’ 2450; f. láimhe do thabhairt, ‘helper,’ 3897; gen. fir, 1506; dat. fior, 865, 1089, 6170; pl. voc. a fhiora, 7248

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