Irische Texte : mit ersetzungen und Wterbuch

Fitness of Names. 3gl
fianna i.e. fmeda for it is in their fini (families) and in their
tribes they used to be. Or fianna, i.e. féinncdha ('champions')
of the king of Ireland they were.
223. Fercheirdne, that is, fer cerda (an artisan), di i.e. of
poetry; for ái means aircetal. Or Ferchertne, that is, fir-
chetal ('a true singing) n-di, that is, of custom, for he delivered
only true judgments. Ov fer -chert -ni, thatis, /*V-ceri-Ma* 'a truly
just person', for ndi means human being.
224. jPiV jBoííjf, that is, 6'om the bags in which they dragged
mould on their backs to cast it on bare flags and on crags of
stones in the lands of the Greeks, so that they might be as
flowerful plains. So that from those bags they were called FirBolg.
'men of bags.'
225. Fir Domnanu, that is, fir damnann, from the binding
(damnad) and from the bondage inflicted upon them by the
Greeks they were named Fir Domnann, as the poet said:
Sémíath went eastward on his way to the fair lands of the
men of the Greeks.
The Greeks imposed an angry tribute upon him — carrying of
mould in bags.
From those strong bags of the children of Semiath, son of gentle Starn,
They are called Fir Bolg with fame, and Fir Domnann from
the binding.
Fir Domnann, now, that is, fir domain -fonn 'men of deep
fonns, men who deepened the earth, for it was deep they went
into the earth bringing water thereout to cast upon the rough
mountains in Greece.
226. Gaileóin, then, from the spears they were named,
i.e. gdi-lin, by the number (fin) of their spears {gdi) they were
reckoned. Or Gaileóin, i.e. gail-fiann, 'champions' of valour,
for it is they that expelled the two other thirds. Or gdel-fiann,
that is. the champions of the kindred (gdel) of the folk of slavery.
;be Texte. III. 2. 25