62 Me. Petrie on the History and Antiquities of Tara Hill. 



esrechu,^* bPiauhaR'" oe oom ei?La6r?ai," LaiTi'« oe 



exaudiat, verbum Dei me disertum facial, manus Dei 



ooTTiTn imoe^aiL,''* iNuech«» oe oom Tjemrhechcav 



me protegat, via Dei mihi patefiat, 



sciach«^ oe ooni oiuin,«' sochi?aiue«* oe oomm qnu- 



scutum Dei me protegat, exercitus Dei me defen- 



cuL,«^ QR^ iNCceoai5«' oeTTiNa,«« ai? ascai^uhib^' ouat- 



dat, contra insidias dsemonum, contra illecebras viti- 



" 6SCGChC, hearing : sic hodie, but spelled 6ipceacr. 



''^ 6RiaChaR, word : sic hodie. 



" eT?6Q6'RQl, to render eloquent : now uplabpao. The prefix ep is frequently used in 

 ancient Irish MSS. for the modern up or op, as epoipc for oipoeapc, illustrious ; epoam for 

 upoam, an apartment in a house ; epoalca for upoalca, certain ; epnaije for upnaije, prayer. 



'^ CQm, hand : sic hodie, but the m is always aspirated. 



'^ imDG^Cflfy, protecting or shielding ; "imoeaoail .1. anacal." — O'Clery. "Sjiachimoeajla 

 na Dainie." — Shane O'Mulconry ofArdchoill. " Imoeajla .1. anacla." — Teige O'Rody ofCrossfield. 

 "CaBaip Dam do noem ppipaic oom imoejail ocup Dom imoioen:" give me thy holy spirit to pro- 

 tect and shelter me. — L. Breac,fol. 121, h. 



*" IHCGCti, way. " Inceac .1. flije." — O'Clery. " Inceac .1. flije." — Peter Connell. 



*' RemCheChCQS. This form is not given in any Irish Dictionary, but pennreachc and 

 peiriiceaccaipe, words similarly compounded, are of constant occurrence, the former signifying 

 coming before, and the latter a forerunner. 



'* SCIQCh, a shield : sic hodie. 



*> tJlClN, sheltering, protecting : now olom. — See Note ". 



^ SOChRQlCG, a host : sic hodie. This word is of constant occurrence in the Annals of the 

 Four Masters, in the sense of host, army, multitude. 



** CINIJCU6, protection: of constant occurrence in the Annals of the Four Masters: " na 

 raije epnuioe do anacal laipp co n-a luce do celiB De ajup do loBpaiB." — Four Masters, ad 

 ann. 919. — See this passage, translated in Colgan's Trias Thaum. p. 296. 



* QR, on, against : sic hodie, but generally written aip. 



*' lNCCGt)Q16h, snares, insidiis, dat. plur. of inceall, snare. This word is of frequent oc- 

 currence in the Irish Annals : " T?o hinoleo in cealj." — Four Masters. The only form of this 

 word now in use among the Irish is mnleoj, a snare. In the ancient Irish MSS. no and nc are 

 often used for the nn of the moderns. In a MS. in Trin. College, H. 3, 18, p. 624, the phrase 

 inna hmcleoaib is glossed by the more modern form ip na hirrolib, i. e. in insidiis. 



^ DemNQ, demons : now written Deamna. This word is evidently derived from the Latin 

 deemon. 



«^ QS^.ai^ChlS, temptations, dat. plur. of aplac, temptation. See O'Reilly in voce aplach, 

 and Annals of the Four Masters, in which the word occurs in the sense of soUcitation, &c. This 



