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-p^tn&copip, where cpux is evidently equivalent (as it probably is 

 in other instances also) to cicutup. 



The Lunnasting inscription has the advantage of being divided 

 into words : 



\\ - re — chub e a. cc-p : &he&h : liccmnnn : beep : -pe pp : 

 n ebb co n n ; 



but I dare not supply all the suppressed vowels, especially as it is 

 clear that we have to do with a dialect other than Irish. As the 

 others have given us c for "O, I think we cannot mistake b^cc^mn^nn 

 for the familiar Adamnan ; and n ebb conn, probably the subscription 

 of the placer, is familiar to us under the forms Neactan, JNecton, 

 Naitan, Naiton. pepf is "grave" again. 



