follus

From fo- (“under-”) +‎ solus (“bright, clear”).^[1] For ṡl > ll compare coll (“hazel”), fuillechtae (past participle of fo·slig (“to smear”)).

• IPA^(key):

follus (superlative faillsem)

1. clear, evident
   • 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. 32^a2

     Arimp follus et ara·ngaba cách desimrecht de.

     So that it may be clear and that everyone may take example from it.

   • 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. 74^d7

     Is follus rund·gabsat t'erchoilti-siu indiumsa isindí arndam·roichlis-se hua bás.

     It is clear that Your determinations are in me, in that You have guarded me from death.

   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 59^a11

     Is follus inna n-inni-som inne inna n-anmmann húa·taat.

     Apparent in their meaning is the meaning of the nouns from which they are .

• Middle Irish: follus
  • Irish: follas

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