Old Irish

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Etymology

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Univerbation of forsa (on whom) +‎ ·mmitter (second-person singular present indicative conjunct of midithir)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɸor͈saˈmʲidʲer]

Verb

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forsa·mmitter

  1. on whom you pass judgment
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6b22
      Ní latt aní ara·rethi et ní lat in cách forsa·mmitter.
      What you assail is not yours, and not everyone whom you judge is yours.