friscuirethar céill

Old Irish

Etymology

Literally, “to apply the mind to”

Verb

fris·cuirethar céill

1. (idiomatic) to attend to, worship, cultivate
   • c. 850 Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 33^b2

     frecuirthe ceill [translating recole] ― cultivate (singular imperative)

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 78^c8

     fris·foíchiurr céill [translating incolam] ― I will cultivate

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 41^d16

     íc neich frit·curethar chéill

     the salvation of anyone who worships him

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 95^a1

     combad and namma fris·coirthe céil

     that it was only there that He was worshipped