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THE BATTLE OF VENTRY. 



mathgamain, a bear. sg. nom. malhgamain 

 mall, LL. p. 1 36 a. inmain mathgamain 

 morglonnach, LL. p. 99 a (^applied to a hero). 

 pl nom. amal biti mathgamna eter banbraid 

 ac fapo cach fir am-uair uadib, LL. p. 291 a. 

 dat. mar leomain ic techta fo mathgamnaib. 

 LU. p. 80 a, 3. du. an da mathgamain, 874. 



merda, active, sportive. dar in muir merda, 

 LL. p. 3 b. Cf. in muir mear moradbul, 

 Cog. G. p. 178, 25. 



merge, barincr, staiidard. sg. n. mo chath- 

 merge, LL. p. 147 a. Eg. 304. pl. n. na 

 merggida alle illdathacha -] na confingi catha, 

 LL. p. I72b. du. in da mergi maethsroill, 

 127. 294. 



mi-blas, m. bad taste, bad manners. gen. fear 

 miblais, 456. 



min-6n, a stnall bird. 619, 684. In thesame 

 waymincethri are smallcattle{C:e.xm..\Cim.' 

 vieh), mindoene, children. Cf. tricho cet 

 di mincethri, LU. p. 22 a, 14, mnaa -\ meicc 

 1 mindoene, LL. p. 104 a. mna agus mion- 

 daoine an bhaile, Tor. Dh. p. 130, 25. Cf. 

 also minchasc. 



morg^n ?, pl. dat. an t-aedhear gona mhorga- 

 naibh, Eg. 134. 



mothar, a high sca, 0'R. in mothar morton- 

 nach, 37. 00 mothor mara Torrian, LL. p. 

 135 b. 



mur-duchand, lit. sea mtisic, a inermaid. S. 

 Wind. W. sg. nom. dia m-boi in murdu- 

 chand oc a medrad, LL. p. ^a, 2. dat.arna 

 medrad don murduchand, LL. p. 4 a. pL 

 gen. na mardhucann, 40. co cuala in fagur 

 and sin, Ro po magur co morneim, Muirn na 

 murduchand mara Os na tonnaib taebglana, 

 LL. p. 197 a. From muir, sea, and duchand, 

 music. Cf. ic amran ) ic duchund, Tog. Tr. 

 2, 1086. 



musclaim, I awakcu. do muscail, 93. 



N. 



nith-galach, bravc in fight . %"]() . 



nus, the biestings. S. Wind. W. AF. 10. 



O. 

 odugud, 47 ? 



6id, f. care, heed, attention. Fel. Ind. 981. ni 

 thuc Finnachta da oid sein, LL. p. 307 a. 

 ni tharat F. da oid, ib. co tardai dia oid 

 scarad a chuirp -\ a anmma fri araile, LBr. 

 p. 108 b. dobeir di oid ani sin, LU. p. 

 ii^a, 6. 



oll-chumma, a great slanghter. 776. 



onchu, a leopard, Tog. Tr. Ind. a wolf, 0'R. 

 sg. n. an onchu irghaili, 307. gen. co 

 n-ainbthinche onchon, Tog. Tr. 2, 1071. 



dat. an[a] onncoin ghraineamhaii, Eg. 217. 



pl. nom. a n-onchoin echtacha, Tog. Tr. 2, 



1079. 

 onfais, 347 ? 



oscurtha, rcnoiuned, fanious, 0'R. 559. 

 osnam = osnad. Cf. ingnam for ingnad, Eg. 



1782, fo. 57 a. Hence 

 osnamach = osnadach, Tog. Tr. Ind. 



R. 



rabart ( = ro-bart), overwhelming, overfiozving. 

 \Y .Th.y{eTth,avio/entgust. an tonn rabharta, 

 307, 701, 775. Eg. 162. tuc in bunni ro- 

 barta bulli fair, Cog. G. p. 192, 13. Begley 

 has springtide and ncaptide, robharta agas 

 mallmhuir, muir robharta. 



ram ? Eg. 138. Cf. raimhej/rt/wjj-, 0'R.? 



rang-brised, breaking into chinks, cracking ? 

 47. From rang, a ivrinkle, 0'R.? 



riaehtanus, need, necessity. Eg. 300. co m- 

 betis uli i riachtanus a less losep triasin fis 

 atcess do, LBr. p. ii^a. gen. a n-am an 

 riachtanuis aitheantar an charaid, Begley. 

 From riachtain in the phrase riachtain a 

 less, to need. 



rfg-f^nnid, lit. a king-warrior, a royal war- 

 rior of the fiann. In our text always spelt 

 rifennid, and applied solely to Finn, the rig- 

 fennid par excellence. sg. gen. hi tigrigfen- 

 neda hErenn, LL. p. 296 b. Cf. re hingin 

 Taidc in taeibgil Darronad Find firfenid, 

 LL. p. 202 a. ib. p. 206 b. 



romur, rcd, 0'R. (robhar). Muir Romur, the 

 Red Sea. o ro baded Foraind cona shiag 

 im-Muir Romuir, LL. p. 2 b. tria Muir 

 Robair, LBr. p. 118 a. benais ") buailis Muir 

 Robuir, LBr. p. ii8b. gebes for a slicht 

 co dremun co Muir Romur, LL. p. 134^, i. 



rdt-buille, afar-reaching blow. 395. From 

 rot, for ro-fot, Wind. W. tarlaic rofut n- 

 urchair, LL. p. 60. 



rot-guin, intluus eminus inlatum. Hence 



rot-gonach, cininus vulnerans. 482. 



ruaie, f. defeat, flight. Eg. 106. LL. p. 

 205 b. 



ruainne, a single hair, 0'R. Eg. 212. 



ruamna, redness. ruamna na feirgi ana ghnuis, 

 803. Hence ruamnaigim, / become red. 

 ra ruamnaigsetar ar-ruisc ina cendaib doib 

 immair chaera tenda tentide, LL. p. 104 a, i . 

 ro ruamnai[g]set a n-aigthi la tiachra in 

 gnima, Tog. Tr. 2, 1578. 



rugaire, a bar, bolt, latch, 0'R. 47. 



rugraide, hcroic. From rughrai, m. a hero, 

 champioii, chicf 0'R. 



Tui\iTi.e, a great slaughter. pl. dat. ana ruib- 



