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velocitatem venti, profunditatem maris, stabilitatem ter- 



rae duritiam petrarum. 



a UOTTIRIU^ 1N01U N1URC 06 OOTTl CUamaRQChC,'" 



Ad Temoriam hodie potentia Dei me dirigat, 



cuTnachT:a'» oe oom chumsabaiL® ciaLc^" oe ooinm 



potestas Dei me conservet, sapientia Dei me 



imrhus,'' Rosc" oe oom Reimcise," ccuas^" oe oom 



edoceat, oculus Dei mihi prsevideat, auris Dei me 



'^ CUQChG, swiftness : sic hodie, but spelled luairhe. 

 *> 5Q6Ch©, of the wind : sic hodie, but written jaoire. 



°' pUt)OmNQ, depth, profundity: formed from Doitiam, deep. O'Reilly explains pooomatn 

 a gulf; but he gives no example or authority to support that meaning. 

 ** mQRQ, of the sea, gen. of muip, the sea : sic hodie, 



* CQlRlSGm, stability. "Caipipiorii .1. coipipiorii .1. coriinuije." — O'Clery, 



** CCtCmQlN, of the earth, gen. of calam, the earth: now ralihan ; Lat. Tellus. It is 

 remarkable that the gen. form of calarh, the earth, and ouilerii, the Lord of the Elements, differs 

 in this hymn from that found in the best Irish MSS., in which it is formed by adding an. 



^ C06SQJt)eChC, solidity, firmness. This word is used in medical MSS. to express 

 firmness, but is not explained in any Irish dictionary. 



* Q16GCh, of rocks. This word is thus inflected : nom. aileach, gen. ailije, dat. ailiji 

 " Rop epceno bloo oono ailij po puiL Neoe :" a splinter of the rock flew at the eye of Nedhe. — 

 Cormac's Gloss, in voce ^aip^. 



* CUQmQRQChU, piloting. This word, formed from luamaipe, which is explained by 

 O'Clery, loinjpeoip, i. e. mariner, is of frequent occurrence in the Annals of the Four Masters in 

 the sense of piloting, steering, &c. See also Cormac's Glossary in voce Hemjnacc. 



* CUmQChCQ, power : sic hodie, though sometimes written coriiacra. It is compounded 

 of com, which has the same power as the Latin con, and machc, might ot power ; German, macht ! 

 Engl, might. 



* ChlJrn5Q6Q16, keeping : now conjbail, compounded of cum, and jabal, like the Latin 

 com-prehendo. ' 



'» CI QtC, sense, wisdom : sic hodie. Gen. ceille; obliq. c6ill. 



'» imChUS, instructing. " lomrup .1. pj^ala." — O'Clery. 



" T30SC, the eye. " Ropj .1. ruicpiri no puil." — O'Clery. This word is still understood. 



'^ RGimClSe, foreseeing. This form is now obsolete, but it is obviously from peith, before, 

 of the same force as the Latin jDr«, and ci6im, I see. In the more modern MSS. peiihpechain and 

 peimoechpin are the forms most generally used. 



'■• C6UQS, the ear: sic hodie; Greek, xAt/w, to hear. . ; » 



