68 Mr. Petrie on the History and Antiquities of Tara Hill. 



a COTTIRIUS INDIU NIURU ^GNG'^ CPISU'" CO N-Q" 



Apud Temoriam hodie virtutetn nativitatis Christi cum ea ejus 



baUhlUS,'s N1U1?U CROChUa'" CO N-a aONOCUL,^" NIURU 



baptismi, virtutem crucifixionis cum ea ejus sepulture, virtutem 



N-eseiR^e^" co ppes^abait,^^ niuru coniuO" oo^^ 6Re- 



resurrectionis cum ea ascensionis, virtutem adventus ad ju- 



chemNas^ 6T?acha.«' 



dicium seternum. 



the presence of the Godhead, (Duileman,') for we ourselves are not worthy of being heard. In 

 Columbkille's Latin Hymn in praise of the Trinity, this phrase ouilerii na rioul is expressed thus : 

 " Deus princeps principum, elementorum omnium." — Trias Thaum. p. 476. 



'* 5®N6, of the birth, gen. of gen, the birth ; Greek yivcfuu. 



'° CRISC, sic hodie. The nom. form is written Cptopc in modern books. 



"■ COHQ, with his, compounded of co, Lat. cum, with, and a, his, the n being inserted to 

 avoid a hiatus : now written 50 n-a ; but cona is found in this sense in modern MSS, as well as 

 ancient. 



" 6QnhllJS, baptism : now always written baipce. Both are apparently derived from the Greek, 

 fi»irTiirft,a, through the Latin, though they bear a strong analogy with the primitive Irish word bacao, 

 to drown, and bar, the sea. The form of the word here used is found in very old MSS. as in the 

 preface to a fragment of the Seanchus Mor, preserved in a MS. in Trin. CoL H. 3, 17, p. 1. 

 " pacpic DO caioeacc 1 n-6ipinn do pilao 6aicipi ocup cpeiDihe." 



'" CROChCQ, of the crucifixion, gen. of cpocao, which is derived from cpoc ; Lat. crux, the 

 cross. This word is still used by the Irish, 



*" Qt)NOCUf,, burial: now written aolgcao, but aonocul is used in all the ancient MSS., 

 and explained in the Glossaries of Cormac and O'Clery as signifying burial — " Qonacal .1. cup 

 mapB .1. aolacao." — O'Clery. This is a primitive Irish word, not borrowed from the Latin. 



" 6S6n?5®> resurrection: sic hodie, and derived from aip, again, and eipje, to rise. 



^ PReS5C[6Q16, ascension : now oeapsabail. In every part of Ireland where the Irish 

 language is understood, Ascension Thursday is called t)iapDaoin tDecrpjabala. The word is thus 

 explained by O'Clery in his dictionary of obsolete Irish words : " Ppeapjabail .1. duI ap neam 

 DO Chpiopo, ascensio." This also is a primitive Irish word. 



^^CONlUt), coming. This word is now entirely obsolete, but O'Clery explains it by ceacr, 

 coming: "lomroiniUD .1. imceacc ; lomroiniUD lae ogup oioce .1. imceacr laire ajup oioce ; 

 oip ip lonann coiniuo agup ceacc." This is the root from which the present cainij is formed. 



" t)0, to : now always 50, but do is used after a verb of motion in many old MSS. 



" 6RerhemNaS, judgment: now in common use, but spelled, according to the modern 

 orthography, bpeiceariinap. This is a primitive Irish word, formed from bpeicerii, a judge. 



^ 6RCtChQ, of eternity : sic hodie. "^o bpuc is still used to mean for ever, and la an Bpacha 

 and La an bpeiceariinaip, the Day of Judgment. This also is a primitive Irish and British word. 



