Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

Univerbation of for (on) +‎ inna (the, accusative plural)

Pronunciation edit

Article edit

forsna (triggers /h/-prothesis)

  1. on the pl
    • 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. 126a4
      arna té .i. féith forsna muire
      so that it may not go, i.e. a calm over the seas