| 释义 |
indfine Irish Hist.|ˈɪndfɪnɪ|
Also indfhine, innfine.
[O.Ir. (mod.Ir. innfhine) f. ind end + fine family, fine n.2]
One of the four branches of the Irish clan structure comprising the men most distantly related to the chief. Cf. geilfine, iarfine; the fourth branch is the derbfine.
1875H. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. 209 The eldest member of the Iarfine moved into the Indfine; and the eldest member of the Indfine passed out of the organisation altogether. 1893P. W. Joyce Short Hist. Ireland i. ix. 70 A Gelfine organisation when complete consisted of seventeen men all related to each other:..the gelfine group..consisting of five; the derfine, the iarfine, and the innfine, of four each. 1921,1967[see iarfine]. |