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



puismeoach,"^ m eNO^a^^ Noem« iNsen/^ hi N5Nimaib« 



confessorum in castitate sanctarum virginum, in actis 



per? pipeaN.« 



virorum justorum. 



a T:oTnpiu5 iNOiu niurc Nime/" soicse^' ^rgng/^ 



Apud Temoriam hodie potentiam coeli, lucera solis, 



eT:RochT:a^^ sNechuai,^* qng^^ CheNeO/^ oene^' Lochex:,^ 



candorem nivis, vim ignis, rapiditatem fulguris, 



" pUlSrn6t)QCh, confessors, from poipioi, confession : now obsolete. An example of the 

 meaning of this word occurs in a MS. in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, Class H. 1, 11, 

 p. 114 : " t)o com ariiuinjin na mapcipach ajup na B-paiptneaoach." 



" eNt)15C[, purity : now obsolete, but explained jlaine. — See O'Reilly's Dictionary in voce 

 eanjaoa, which he explains from an old Glossary by the modern word jlan. 



••^ NOGm, holy : now written naorii. See Note ". 



" IH56N, daughter, girl, virgin : sic hodie, but written in jean. 



■^ 5NirnQ16, deeds, works, dat. pi. of jniTh : sic hodie, but written jniorh. 



■^ pGR piRGQN, of just men : sic hodie, but written B-peap B-p(p6an. 



■" NimG, of heaven, gen. of nearii, heaven : dc hodie. Lat. nimbus. 



" S01CSG, light : sic hodie. 



^'^'^MQYAQ, of the sun, gen. of jpian, the sun : sic hodie. It is remarkable thar. no cognate is 

 found for this word in any of the other Indo-European languages. The Hebrew Din is not far 

 from 5pioc and cpiop, other Irish forms of this word, and the Algonkin Grounia, and the Kabyle 

 Gronhia are still closer to jpian See Ordnance Memoir of Templemore, p. 212. 



" GCROChCQ, brightness, whiteness : written eaopochca in less ancient MSS. It Is formed 

 from opocc, dark, thus : opocc adject, dark, opocca, subst. darkness, negat. eopocc, bright, eopocca, 

 brightness. In like manner eocpom, light, is formed from qiom, heavy. — See O'Clery in voce 

 opocc. Various examples of its meaning are found in the Leabhar Breac, Thus : " Co n-eqiocca 

 xpene," with the brightness of the sun,&c.fol. 126, b, 2. " Cothjlaine ocupconipoiUpi ppi hecpochca 

 peoleno," with a purity and brilliance equal to the brightness of a star. — Ibid. fol. 127, b, 2. 



" SHGChCQI, of snow : sic hodie, but written pneacca. Mecca, which is cognate with the 

 Latin nix, is another ancient form of this word. 



" QNG, force, quickness. " Qme .1. luap no oeine." — O'Clery. 



^ ChGNGt), of fire : sic hodie, but spelled ceineao ; old Germ, linden, to kindle. 



" t)GNG, rapidity, a substantive formed from the adjective Dian, rapid : sic hodie. 



** COChGC, of lightning. This word is explained in the margin of the MS. by the word lapppac, 

 flame or lightning. It is of frequent occurrence in the ancient Irish MSS. in which it is used to 

 signify lightning or a thunderbolt. Thus in Cormac's Glossary, under the word ppuU : " bao 

 luacicep locaio pop japmoin," more rapid than lightning (striking) against a pillar. It is written 

 loideao by O'Clery, who explains it " paijnean, caoplapaip, no piaoa polupoa." 



