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Firbolg|fɪəˈbɒlg, in Irish firˈbɔləg|
[Ir., ulterior etym. obscure: perh. f. OIr. fir pl. of fear man + bolg gen. pl. of bolg bag, belly, thus ‘men of the bags (or bellies)’; or possibly (Pokorny) cogn. w. Gaulish Belgae:— IE. *bhel-gh-/*bhol-gh-.]
A name given in Irish legend to an early colonizing people of Ireland. Also transf. Hence Firˈbolgian a., of or pertaining to this people.
1797Encycl. Brit. IX. 313/1 The Firbolgs were..expelled or totally subdued..by the Tuath de Dannans. 1863Chambers's Encycl. V. 626/1 According to ancient native legends, I[reland] was in remote times peopled by tribes styled Firbolgs and Danauns, eventually subdued by Milesians or Gaels. 1916Joyce Portrait of Artist v. 210 The rude Firbolg mind of his listener had drawn his mind towards it and flung it back again. 1936M. Franklin All that Swagger i. 8 Families of the reverberating cognomens and Firbolgian descent. 1938L. MacNeice I crossed Minch ii. xvi. 240 Flora..answered..that Firbolgs were prehistoric and anyway ought to be called Ciuthachs. 1968Times 15 Oct. 13/5 Production of fairyland lustre began in November 1915: gnomes, pixies,..fey creations, including the ‘firbolgs’, a peculiarly unappealing class of little men with big eyes. 1971It 2–16 June 24/1 The..Formorians, Fir-Bolgs and de-Danaans are all remembered as being of semi-human stock. |