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GLOSSARY. 



adart, as., B 5, ' the convex face of a sMeld ' (?), commonly ' a pillovr.' Cf. 

 adhairt, ' front,' ' van,' O'E. "Adart also means a ' sword-rest ' : 

 a claidbe for an-adartail^'' "W. Stokes in Eev. Celt. v. 254. This 

 meaning wiU not read into the present context. Cf. ar adhart, 

 'forward,' Sc. Gaelic. 



aneoil, nsm., C 25, ' without knowledge ' ; 'insensible,' 'stupefied.' 



athan, B 14 (?), read uchdn, 'alas.' Cf. is monuar, A 36. 



athnascfid coma ngiall, B 16, 'he will hind {i.e. impose) a condition of (giving) 

 hostages.' 



attail, ds., C 46, 'a re-arrangement,' = fl<A-«fa'i^; the rhyme maccdin shows the 

 vowel -lengths. 



ba-sa, ba-sa, ba-sa, A 6 ; hd-sa, A 38, read ba-sn {bd) (?), 'be thou,' or (?) 'thou 



shalt he.' 

 baetblacb, as., C 44, 'a foolish person.' Cf. echlach, ' a horseboy,' CEnaE. 

 band, A 7 (?), perhaps uarda a band, ' chill its death ' : bann .i. bds, O'Cl. 

 banthaig, ds., C 11, 'woman-house, nursery' (?). 

 batb, MS., A 32, .i. bds no marbhadh, O'Cl. ; ' destruction,' O'E. 

 bert, ds., A 1, in cath ro-boi ar bevt oco, ' the battle that was to be given by 



him ' (?). 



beth, ns., A 34 = bith or betha, ' life ' (?). Cf. tein = teine. 



betbracb, B 10, gp., 'of bears,' or nnis., 'bearlike.' 



blai, ds., ' breast ' ; ns. blae, CEnaE. 



broi, as, B. 25 (?), braoi, ' eyebrow,' O'E. 



bruc, ds., 'sorrow' (?), brog .i. bronach, dual do brugh .i. adbar broin, O'Cl.; 

 ni gnath i mbruc as cech treib, SnaE. 7295. 



bruichnech, B 1, 'glowing' (?), bruithneach, O'E. 



buid, vsm., C 19, 'dear, beloved, = bdid. Cf. boid, 'kind'; boide, buide, 'kindness,' 

 Atk. ; Scotch GaeKe, boidheach, 'pretty.' 



burd, ds., B 5, 'edge' ; bard, 'edge,' O'E. 



cailgg, B 4, 'point' (?), cailg, 'a sting'; calg, 'sword, sting, prickle' ; co!g, 

 ' sword,' &c., O'E, 



cartfait, C 32, ' they will cast out ' : cartadh, ' cleansing ' ; cartaighthe, ' cleansed ' ; 

 cartam, * to cleanse, purge, clear out,' O'E. ; cartadh, ' to throw or 

 fling out,' J. H. MoUoy's 'Irish Grammar,' p. 83. Cf. focheird. Or, 

 ' they will send away': cartaid timthirid, 'he sends a messenger,' 

 LB213o; Falladius rocartad o cJiomorba Petair i nEirind, LB 89 ; 

 rochart Find eseom for iarraid usei, LL 208o. Cf . also cartad raite. 

 Laws I. 128. 



