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cheu,** QR iT?Nechuaib«» aiCNio,»^ an cech"^ NOuiNe^" 



orum, contra inclinationes animi, contra omnem hominem 



Tnious"^ chRa8?:aR«' oam'" i ceiN* ocus^" m ocus'»» i 



qui meditetur injuriam mihi procul et prope 



N-uacheo«» ocus hi sochaiDe.«« 



cum paucis et cum multis. 



cocuiRius'"' ecRum"* chRa»«^ Na"« iiuiLe''" ngru so«* 



Posui circa me sane t*? omnes potentias has 



word occurs in the Leahhar Breac, fol. 121, 6, in the sense of temptation, allurement, &c. " t)om 

 imoejail coup com anacol ap Demnailj, co na ulib aimpijciB ocup aplaijiB :" to defend and 

 protect me against demons and all their attacks and temptations. 



^ DUQ6ChGC, vices : now written ouBailceo. 



°' lRNGChUQ16, inclinations: now obsolete. 



^ QlCNlt), of the mind, animi: now aijniD. 



'^ CeCh, every, occurs in all the old MSS., but is now always written and pronounced jach. 



"•" t)LUNG, person : sichodie. 



^ miDUS, who meditates. This occurs frequently in the old MSS., but in modern books and 

 dictionaries it is written miooap. The word tniDeariiain, which is a verbal noun formed from this, 

 is explained by O'Clery thus : " miDearhain .1. pmuaineao ap a ocujcap meditatio" " Co po 

 p^jraip ocup CO po tnijdp ipepn." — Leahhar Breac, fol. 127, b, 2. 



"'ChRQSCQR, injury, opposition, adverseness. It is formed from the adjective cpapoa or 

 qiapai, cross, perverse. 



'^ t)C[m, to me : sic hodie. This is one of those instances of a union of a pronoun and prepo- 

 sition in one word, peculiar to the Irish and its cognate dialects. 



* 1 CGIN, afar, at a distance: sic hodie, but generally written a jc^in or 1 5-c^in. 



* OCUS,and: now always written a5up; Lat.ai^'Me, which may have been originally written acj'Me. 

 100 ]],^ OCUS, near : now i n-pojup and 1 B-poccup. 



'°' IN UQChGtD, alone, or with a few. This phrase is of constant occurrence in the Annals of 

 the Four Masters, and is thus explained by O'Clery : " uacao .1. aon ni amain .1. an noimip aonoa, 

 jup ab uime pin a oeipreap uaca pe beajan ap bic." 



'"« SOChQltDG, an army, host, or multitude. This, as well as pochpaice, quod vide supra, is 

 of frequent occurrence in the Annals of the Four Masters. 



103 COCUIKIUS, I have placed, indie, past, first pers. sing, of the verb cocuipim, I place, an 

 intensitive form of the verb cuipim, which is still in common use. "Cocup, placing." — O'Reilly. 



"X GCRUm, between me : now eopum, or eaopuni. 



'"" ChRQ, an expletive similar to the Latin sane, autem, or the Greek Ss. ; 



"* NCI, the, nom. plur. of the article an, in. 



'wTiUlCG, all: sic hodie. 



'08 NGRC SO, these powers : sic hodie, but written neipc. 



