forsna

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɸor͈sn͈a]

Article

forsna (triggers /h/-prothesis)

1. onto 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. 126^a4

     arna té .i. féith forsna muire

     so that it may not go, i.e. a calm over the seas