flaith

Had they not fallen into the hands of the [Greek: gerontes] or the _flaith_?

Homer and His Age Andrew Lang 1878

Such men were the Irish _flaith_, gentry under the _RI_, or king, his [Greek: gerontes], each with his _ciniod_, or near kinsmen, to back his cause.

Homer and His Age Andrew Lang 1878

The [Greek: gerontes], the gentry, the chariot-owning warriors, of whom there are hundreds not of kingly rank in Homer (as in Ireland there were many _flaith_ to one _Ri_) probably, in an informal but tight grip, held considerable lands.

Homer and His Age Andrew Lang 1878

And as he reined in his pony, he turned and bade his herald, Cogoran, sound the trumpet-blast that should announce to the Clan of Cas the return, from his years of fosterage, of the young _flaith_, or chieftain, Brian, the son of

Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times Elbridge Streeter Brooks 1874

Fuidir laiis mbiat.u. 'treba dia ceniul fadeifia is tualaing tonicca a chinta 7 araruib iatba a Flaith is lafuide dire a fe-r oit acht trian do flaith.

Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicus 1786

- well, it is as much to Kipling as "Crossing the Bar" is to Tennyson, and it gives expression to his flaith, even though it came to him in the early years of his poetic career

Kipling, The Poet of Empire 1936

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Suffolk deeds 1653