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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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fraon, a place of shelter in the mountains (Sh., O'R.), fraoinibh (D.Bàn):
fras, a shower, Ir. fras, E. Ir. frass, *vrastâ; Gr. ἔρση, dew; Skr. farsham, rain.
freagair, answer, Ir. freagairim, E. Ir. frecraim: *frith-gar-, root gar of goir.
freasdal, serving, attending, Ir. freasdail, O. Ir. frestal, fresdel: *fris-do-el-; for root see fritheil. Dr Cameron referred it to fris and tal, which see in tuarastal.
freiceadan, a guard, watch: *frith-coimhead-an; from coimhead, guard, look, q.v.
freiteach, a vow, interdictory resolution, E. Ir. fretech, fristoing, repudiation, renunciation, O. Ir. fristossam, renuntiaverimus; root tong, tog, swear, Lat. tongeo, think, Eng. think. Stokes gives the final root as tag, take, Lat. tangere. Ir. tong, swear, is allied to W. tyngu.
freòine, fury, rage:
freothainn, bent-grass (Arg.):
freumh, friamh, a root, Ir. fréamh, E. Ir. frém, W. gwraidd, gwreiddyn, Cor. grueiten, Br. grisienn, *vṛd-mâ, *vṛdjo-, *vṛdnu-: Lat. radix, root; Gr. ῥίζα; Got. vaurts, Eng. wort, root.
frìde, a tetter, ring-worm, M. Ir. frigde, flesh-worm, E. Ir. frigit, W. gwraint, M. Br. gruech, *vṛgṇtiâ, root verg; Eng. wriggle.
frìdeam, support, attention:
frighig, fry; from the Eng. frying.
friochd, a second dram, a nip:
friochdan, a frying pan, Ir. friochtán; cf. Ir. friochtalaim, I fry. From fry of the Eng.
frioghan, friodhan, a bristle, pig's bristle; M. Ir. frighan i. guairech muc; root vṛg as in fraigh? Cf. W. gwrych, hedge, bristles, *vṛg-ko-. Hence frioghail, sharp, keen.
frionas, fretfulness: *friogh'n-as, "bristlines"; from frioghan.
friotach, fretful (Stew.); see frith, wour look.
†frith, an incantation to discover if far-away persons live (Heb.), fate (Sh., O'R.); from the Nrose frétt, enquiry of the gods about the future, Sc. fret, freit.
frith, frioth, small, trifling (Sh., O'R.), which M'A. says antecedes the noun, is the prep. frith or ri.
frith, a sour or angry look (A.M'D.), frithearachd, peevishness, Ir. frithir, peevish: *vṛti-; root of ri "against"?
frìth, a forest, deer forest, Ir. frith, wild, mountainous place, W. ffridd, forest; from M. Eng. frið, deer park, Ag. S. frið.
frith-, fre-, freas-, prefix = prep. ri by force and derivation; which see.
