frisgair

From frith- +‎ gairid.

• IPA^(key): [fʲrʲisˈɡarʲ]

fris·gair (verbal noun frecrae)

1. to answer, to reply
   • 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. 77^a15

     Is dúnn imchumurc fil isin chanóin fris·gair lessóm a n‑imchomarc n-ísiu .i. ne occideris .i. in ⸉n‑í⸊írr-siu .i. non. .i. nís·n‑ulemairbfe ci asid·roilliset.

     It is to the interrogation that is in the Scripture text that this interrogation answers with him, i.e. ne occideris i.e. will you sg slay i.e. non i.e. you will not slay them all although they have deserved it.

   • c. 895–901, Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii, published in The tripartite Life of Patrick: with other documents relating to that saint (1887, Eyre and Spottiswoode), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes, vol. I, p. 28, line 18

     Fris·rograt ind óclach ocus is éd ro·rádi: “Óa damsa sin,” ol ind óclach.

     The young man answered and this is what he said: “[That old woman Patrick saw earlier is] a granddaughter of mine.”

• Irish: freagair
• Manx: freggyr
• Scottish Gaelic: freagair

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “frisgair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language