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10. Copnaipi, ocup buinnipi,^ no ailrepi : — Trumpeters, and footmen, or house-builders: — 

 miD mip Doib. cheering mead for them*. 



11. Rinnaipe,'" ocup napcaipe : — miljacan Engravers, and ring-makers: — a milgatan for 

 Doib. them. 



12. Caipemain, ocup copnope:" — pemup Shoemakers, and turners : — the fat [part of the] 

 n-imoa ooib. shoulder for them. 



In the external division to the right. 



13, 



QpaiD :— catn-cnama oob. 

 TTIoep : — cuino do. 



14. Sejuinni : — muc-popmuin ooib. 



15. Qipe pop5iU : — lon-chpoichce ooib. 



16. 13uipi : — lon-cpoichce Doib. 



lii^n, ocup pi puipeach : — lep-cpoichce. 



17. Qipeapo: — loapc ooib. 

 Cli : — catn-chnaim Doib. 



18. Qipe cuipi : cam-cnaim. 

 Sencha : — loapc do. 



19. Qipe oepa : — colpcha ooib. 

 tJop : — muc-popmuin. Vel sic : 

 Soip, ocup aipij echca. 



20. pocloc : — Ji-ip-cpoicce do. Ho : 

 aipe oepa. 



Charioteers : — crooked bones for them. 



Steward : — cuind for him. 



Hunters : — a pig's shoulder for them. 



Aire forgill : — a lon-chroichte for them. 



Ruiri .•" — a lon-chroichte for them. 



Queen, and royal ruireach : — a les-chroichte [for 



them.] 

 Aire ard : — a loarc for them. 

 Cli .""-i-a crooked bone for them. 

 Aire tuisi : — a crooked bone. 

 Historian : — a loarc for him. 

 Aire desa : — a colptha for them. 

 Dos ;'* — a pig's shoulder. Or thus : 

 Carpenters, and airig echta. 

 Fochloc:'^ — an ir-croichte for him. Or : 



aire desa. 



tanist Bo-airech. The next after these are the turners, ring-makers, embroiderers or shoe-makers, cirmuires, and fisher- 

 men, all of whom are classed with a. fear midbadh of the lowest rank, if they be lawful, that is, if they have learned their 

 arts according to law ; but, if they be unlawful, they have no rank, and receive no salary. The salary of each was 

 four screhals. 



^ Vallancey translates this " the sacrificing priest and his attendants j" but COpnaipe, which is derived from copn, 

 a horn, means either a cup-bearer, or a trumpeter, and buinnipe is always used to signify a footman, or messenger. 

 It is thus explained by O'Clery, who was a perfect master of the ancient Irish language: "6uinnipe .1. ^lolla rupaip, 

 eaclac no coipioe," i. e. Buinnire, a messenger, envoy, or footman. 



"> Translated " astronomers and genealogists, or diviners," by Vallancey j but pinnaipe is of constant occurrence in 

 Irish MSS. in the sense of carver, or engraver, and in no other. 



" Vallancey has joined the word pemup with COpnope, and so translated it, turners in coarse uiood ; but the 

 adjective pemup, fat, is joined with imoa throughout, as can be proved from the poem. 



" This word is thus explained in O'Clery's Glossary : " l?Uip)j — P'j 10 Ctjcappa," i. e. a king, or lord. It is 

 Iso used to denote a champion. 



" Cli, a poet of the third order. — See Cormac's Glossary. 



" Dos, a poet of the fourth order. — See Cormac's Glossary. 



" Fochlcc, a poet of the lowest rank. — See Cormac'f Glostary. 



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