v (for-osnda) (and- `kindle'
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 457
, Thurn.
ZCP viii 81
) = protot. fursann-;
forosna .i. fursannadh
no roshoillsiughadh, O'Cl. fársán .i. fursannadh ib. (cf.
O'Dav. 14
). vn. fursundud (-sannad).
(a)
lights up, illumines:
gelgrian forosnai riched,
Fél.
Prol. 5
.
rí reil ... forosna nem,
SR 292
.
tuídle tentidi
forosnae Tech Midchúarda,
LU 7207
(
BDD 87
).
cetheoir
coinnle ... forosnat a clár,
Fianaig. 14 § 33
. pret.
foruasnaisiut in dunud (i.e. with their glittering accoutrements)
IT iii 238.110
. Pass.
forosnaiter
... o soillse líac logmar
they are illumined
LU 2121
(
FA 18
).
in nēll nemhdhai
triasa bhfursanntar talam,
Lism. L. 2459
. Common' in
fig. use:
fuach firinde forosna iltuatha hErend,
ZCP iii
223.1
.
for-don-osna ... an fisidh,
Leb. Gab.(i) i 38
(poem).
With tmesis: treiodhna, foruaisle osna purity which enlightens
nobility
Ériu xiii 18.9
=
for uaisle osnai,
O'D. 1215
(
H 2.15A, p. 84b
).
Brings to light, makes manifest:
secht mbeocaíndle ... forosnad gae cach rig (.i. amuil caínnil mbi
fursandus no aillsiges a gae for ín cach ís rig),
Laws iv
52.22
. Cf. secht fiadnaise forosnat gae cach rē seven
witnesses which reveal the false in every field of battle
v
310.1
. forosnái th'eicsi duit it ollam thy learning shows
clearly for thee that thou art an ollave
LL 186a23
(
RC
xxvi 8
) =
forosna,
Rawl. 107b29
.
forosnaibter (.i. faillsigfiter),
Rawl. 111b15
=
LL 188c45
(
RC xxvi 44
).
forosnabtar gubretha la hanflaithe (.i. foillsighfither .i. ite
taitnebaid ┐ bat aine),
YBL 250a11
.
imbass forosna (a kind of divination, see Thurn.
ZCP xix
163 ff
.)
Corm. Y 756
(forosnae). In fil imbass forósna lat
LU 4527
(for -ó- here see Thurn.
ZCP viii 81
).
fortnosna
a imbus,
RC xxv 348.7
(cf. for-osmen). asbert S. friss ...
aní aridboí dia forciund ┐ arcáchain dó tria imbas forosnai
LU 10348
=
tria imbas forossndi,
Anecd. v 28.12
.
fort-nosnae a n-imus,
H 3.18, 361b13
=
Laws i 40.17 (see
QML xiii 8
.).
(b)
lights, kindles:
fursain caindel a ben,
LL 126b25
(
ZCP xii 273
).
fursainter caindeald dūn ... co fēgum in
uisci,
RC vi 175.43
.
ro cuir refead lasamain fon coccladh
┐ ro fursainn í,
CCath. 3333
.
roḟursainset caindle,
TTr.²
1839
. ni ḟoirṡenadh [leg. ḟoirsénadh ?] coinniol he would
not light a candle
Duan. F. 20.5
.
(c)
shines:
int aengein ... 'na tri haeiblib ra ursaing,
ACL iii 244 § 13
:
Aithd. D. 7. 35
=
re tri faoiglibh do
ḟursoinn,
RIA 23 I 40 p. 145
.