GLOSSARY. 



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Napa, 7iever, Lb. II. xli. Ne, not + Apa, 



ever. 

 Neahc nef-ij;, fanting for a night, tvilh fast 



unbroken ; see Lb. II. Ixv. 5, and II. vii. 



at beginning. 

 Necle, fem., geu. -an, nettle, nrtica. fio 



micle j'0]i)ji5 nerle, ?/. dioica. Lb. I. 



xlvii. 

 Neupij-ne, ace, a disease. Lb. I. lix. and 



contents. 

 Nepe)-eo)>a, Nu-, masc, gen. -an, that part 



of the belli/ which lies between the navel 



and the sliare or pubes, the pit of the 



belly. Lb. II. xxxvi., xxxi., xvii. and 



contents, xlvi. " Hium," Gl. M.M., 



p. 137 b, 15. 



o. 



Oyepjryllo, neut., overflow, overfilling, 

 spuma vas coronans. Lb. I. li. 



Ojejij'sepij-c, from over sea, transmarinus. 

 Lb. I. vi. 6. M.H.lOOa. Tlie reading 

 Opepfsepii'c is not in the MS. nor agree- 

 able to analogy. 



Opiec, (gen. prob. -e)-), a close vessel. In 

 Lb. I. ii. 11, oynece translates " vas- 

 " culo clause vel operto." The word 

 may be connected with 0}en, overt ; the 

 K\iPavos -was a close vessel covered up 

 in the hot embers, and an oven at the 

 same time. 



0)')-cot;en, properly badly wounded by a 

 shot, but specially used, Lb. I. Ixxxviii. 

 2., II. Ixv. i., for elf shot, the Scottish 

 term, that is, dangerously distended by 

 greedy devouring of green food. It is 

 spoken of cattle ; sheep are very subject 

 to it, if they get into a clover field at 

 full freedom. " The disease consists in 

 " an overdistension of the first stomach, 

 " from the swelling up of clover and 

 '•' grass, when eaten with the morning 

 " dew on it." 

 VOL. II. 



Ojjcoren — cont. 



Next you'll a warlock turn, in air 



you'll ride. 

 Upon a broom, and travel on the tide ; 

 Or on a black cat mid the tempests 



prance 

 In stormy nights beyond the sea to 



France ; 

 Drive down the barns and byars, 



prevent our sleep, 

 Elfshoot our ky, and sraoor mang drift 

 our sheep. Falls of Clyde, p. 12U. 

 The approved cure is to chafe the parts 

 affected with a blue bonnet. The bas- 

 ting is performed for an hour without 

 intermission, by means of blue bonnets. 

 The herds of Clydesdale, I am assured, 

 would not trust to any other instru- 

 ment in chafing the animal." Jamie- 

 son in Elfshot, and Suppl. " When 

 " cattle are swollen they are said to be 

 degbowed. I have fi'equently known 

 " a farmer strike a sharp knife through 

 the skin, between the ribs and the 

 " hips, when the cow felt immediate 

 " relief from the escape of air through 

 " the orifice, so that the distended car- 

 " case instantly collapsed, and the ex- 

 crements blown with great violence 

 to the roof of the cow house." Carrs 

 Craven Gl. " Deggbound, mightily 

 " swelled in the belly." Yorkshire 

 dialogue, Gl. 1697, A.D. 

 Ome ? -an ; fem. ? corrupt humour, es- 

 pecially gastric, the pituita of the 

 medical and classical authors ; also 

 Erysipelas, the external symptom of 

 such a humour. Lb. I. xxxv. Dat. 

 pk Omum ; gen. pi. Omena. The 

 analogy of the Islandic suggests a 

 feminine form. 

 Ompjie, fem., gen. -an, dock, rumex; the 

 German Ampfer, masc, dock, rumex. 

 " Rodinaps, ompre, docce," Gl. Mone, 

 p. .322 a. " Cocilus,' Gl, Cleop. If 

 KavKaXis, not likely. Of the Omppe, 

 that will swim, see Docce, Lb. I. viii. 

 2 ; III. xxvi. Lacn, 23. 



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