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



pRi«» cech NGRU N-amNQs™ N-euRocar?'" pi?isui»^ 



contra omnem potentiam hostilem saevam excogitatam 



DOTYl"^ChUT?p"* OCUS 00171171 aN17iaiN,"^ pT?l UlNCheULQ''^ 



meo corpori et meae animse, contra incantamenta 



saibpauhe,"' ppi oubpeccu™ ^eNCLiuchua,"" pRi saib- 



pseudo-vatum, contra nigras leges gentilitatis, contra pseudo- 



i?eciicu'^ hepececoa,'^' ppi himceLLacc^ N-iOLach- 



leges haereseos, contra dolum idololatrise, 



Ca,'^^' pPl bT^lChCQ'^^ haw-' OCUS 505aNO'^OCUS ORUaO,'^ 



contra incantamenta mulierum et fabrorum ferrariorum et druidum, 



"^ F^'> against, with. This preposition occurs in all the ancient MSS., and has various mean- 

 ings, according to the noun which it governs. • 



"» QTTINQS, severe. " Ro peapao car ariinap ecoppa.".— jPowr Masters, passim. " Qriinap 

 .1. Doilij."— O'C^ery. 



'" eCROCQR, unmerciful: now eaoqiocaipeach. 



"* PRISCI, prepared, or directed: now obsolete ; but ppepcal, attendance, is formed from the 

 root FPT' o"" FP^r* 



"^ t)Om, to my ; compounded of do and mo : sic hodie. 



'" ChURp, body : now chopp. 



"' QNTTIQIN, soul, dat. sing, of anam : sic hodie. 



"° ClNChGCCQ, incantations. "t)a reneo poinmeac do jnicip na opaioe con cincberlaib 

 mopaib," two goodly fires the Druids used to make with great incantations. — Cormac's Glossary, 

 .in voce 6elLcaine. 



"' SQ16pQChe, false prophets: now paoBpaice ; LaX. pseudo -votes. 



'" t)U6RGCCU, black laws : now spelled ouB-peacca. 



"'5®^^^'^^^"^' of Gentilism or Paganism: now ^t^'nclioeacca. 



"" S<J.\b\i.QCh'C\}, pseudo-laws, false or bad laws: now written paoB-peacca. 



'" h6R6C6Ct)Q, of heresy, gen. of hepececo, heresy : now written eipiceacr. 



"^ bimC666QCC : now obsolete. It literally means circumvention. 



'" lt)f,QChCC[, of idolatry : now written loolacoa. 



"* 6RlChCQ, incantations, spells, or charms : it is the plural of bpichc, which, hke the Latin, 

 carmen, is used to express a poem and an incantation. " Ocup Dicham bpicca oin pop pan 

 cpanopin," he then pronounced incantations on that staff. — Cormads Glossary, in voce nepcoir. 



'" 6QN, of women, gen. plur. of bean, a woman : sic hodie. 



"^ 5^^^^^' "^ smiths : sic hodie, but written goBann, no, as has been already remarked, 

 being used in ancient MSS. for the nn of the moderns. For an account of the incantations pro- 

 nounced by Goibhne, the smith, on his staff, see a story in Cormac's Glossary under the word 

 Nepcoic. 



'" t)RUat), of Druids : sic hodie. 



