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pr?i cech piss'^ a i?a chuiLiu'^" aNmaN duini."» 



contra omnem scientiatn quae occoecat animum hominis. 



CRisu oomm imoe^aic inoiu qr Neim,'^' ai? cos- 



Christus me protegat hodie contra venenum, contra com- 



CUD,"^ QR baOUD,"^' ai? 5U1N,"^ CONOTTlChaiR"^ ILQl?'* 



bustionem, contra demersionem, contra vulnera, donee meritus essem multum 



pocRQice."' 



proemii. 



CRISU Lim,'^ C1?1SU RlUTTI,'^" CT?1SU ITTl De^QlO,"" CRISU 



Christus [sit] mecum, Christus ante me, Christus me pone, Christus 



iNNiuiTi,"' cRisc i8UTn,'« CRisu ua8um,'« cm^x: Dessurn,"* 



in me, Christus infra me, Christus supra me, Christus ad dextram meam, 



"* piss, knowledge : now written p'Of* 



"5 a T^a ChUlClU, which blinds. " CoiUeao .u caocaa."-. O'Clery. 



130 QNTHQN tDUINT, the soul of man : now written anam ouine. 



"' NGim, poison : sic hodie, but the m is always aspirated. 



•" 60S cut), burning : now written lopcao. 



"^ 6Qt)Ut), drowning : now written baoao, or bacao. 



'^ ^^'N, mortal wounding: sic hodie. 



'"CONOmChaiR. This is obscure in the MS., but its meaning seems sufficiently clear 

 from the words which follow — ilaji pocpaice, much reward : until I deserve much reward. 



"^ 1CQR, much : now obsolete, but of constant occurrence in the Irish Annals, and explained 

 in all the Irish dictionaries, glossaries, &c. " lolap .i. lomao : lolap pluaj." — O'Clery. 



'" FOCRQlCe See Note " sujora. 



"^ 6im, with me : now spelled liom. It is compounded of le, with, and me, me. 



'^ RlUm, before me : now poriiam, but piu is written for poirii, before, in the best Irish MSS. 



'*» im t)e5Qlt), after me : sic hodie, but generally written am oeajato, or am 61015. 



ui ly-lMlurn, in me : now spelled lonnam ; it is compounded of inn, in, and me, me. 



"' ISUm, below me. This word is compounded of ip, under, and me, me; it is now obsolete, 

 but is explained by poum, now puni, under me, in the gloss on Bishop Sanctan's Hymn, preserved 

 in the Liber Hymnorum. 



•'^ UQSUm, above me: now obsolete. This word Is compounded of uap, above, and the 

 pronoun me, me. It occurs also in Bishop Sanctan's Hymn : " 6ennachc t)e achap uapum." 



'" t)6SSUm, at my right : now obsolete ; the modern phrase is Dom oeip. In Bishop Sanc- 

 tan's Hymn the phrase t)ia oeppam is glossed by the more modern form, t)ia ppim a noep. It is a 

 remarkable fact, as Dr. O'Brien has learnedly shown in his Irish Dictionary, that the Irish, as well 

 3S the Jews, used the same words to express the right hand and the south, the left hand and the 

 north, the front and the east, and the back and the west. 



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