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cenand, C 29, ' white -faced ' : ceann-fhionn, ceyiann, 'white-headed, having a star 

 or white spot on the forehead, ' O'Don. Sup.; mintan ceyiunn ('a white- 

 faced tomtit'?); ib. under coihhche. In spoken Irish ho cheannann = 

 ' a white-faced cow.' Cf. gabur cenand, Fled. Brier. 47, cenandain, 

 cenn-fliind, CEnaE. 



TO-chertus, C 42, ' I fixed, imposed'; concert-sa, ' I arranged,' or 'arrange thou,' 

 A 31. See cicher. 



cetha, A 39, read catha (?) 



ciahair, ds., B 22, 'grief, gloominess.' Cf. ciamair, 'sorrowful,' Atk. ; ciamhair, 

 ' sadness, weariness, sombrousness,' O'E. ; see note. 



-cicher, dep. fiit. Is., 2 s., 3 s., of -cerdaim ; concieJier cluiche, ' he will practise or 

 play a game (?) B 15. Cf. cocertaim, concertaim, W. fotcicher i suan, 

 ' thou wilt fall asleep ; nimcicher i suan, ' I shall not fall asleep,' C 19. 

 fochichur-sa urchar, "W., ' I wiU cast a shot.' 



cini, iar cind, 'hereafter,' A 15. 



■cinid, B 25, 'inherent, natural, belonging to one by descent' (?) from ciniud: see 

 O'E. See also note. 



cirbbide, nsfu. B 9, ' torn, lacerated' ; ciorbuighthe, 'maimed, mangled,' O'E. Cf. 

 also ciorrbadh, cearb, eearbaim, O'E. ; cerbaim, cerp, "W. 



cliathaig, as., B7, 'valour, prowess '(?) Cf. eliathach, 'battle,' O'E. 



cliu, A 7, 'MO chliu .i. mo chorp. 



clor, C 1, 2, ' I hear,' pres. subjunctive 1 s. (deponent). 



chluith, gs., C 17, 'of fame,' nom., cloth. 



fo-coidled, sec. pres., B 2, 'used to silence, envelop '(?) Cf. caidhle, 'finishing' ; 



caidhlighthe, 'finished,' O'E; codhal no codhal .i. croiceann, O'Cl. 

 coille, ds., C 32 (?). Cf. each re cdille do Cormae ocus in cdille eile do Fhiacha dd'n 



ferunn o'n nAth Cliath co a eheile, Silv. Gad. p. 320, 1. 12. 

 concert-sa, A 31, 'arrange thou ' (read -su), or T-pret., 'I arranged.' See under 



cicher, concicher. 

 cond, C 2, 24, 'head, leader' (?). conn .i. ceann, O'Don. Sup. 

 do-chora, B 19, ' he falls, happens.' Cf. dorochar, * I feU ' ; tachar .i. tarla, 



O'Cl.; tacharaim, 'I meet, coincide, occui-,' O'E.; and see tochur, 



' below.' 

 cred, A 4, 'credo, creed '(?). 



cua, gen. dual., C 2 '(of two) heroes' (?). Cf. cua, 'martial,' O'E. ; cid ratuc 



( = rot-tuc) a chua ' M. & C.,' iii., p. 430 ; and see the curious gloss 



quoted by Xettlau, Eev. Celt., vol. si., p. 27. 

 cuibrend, ns., C 30, 'a share,' = co«/ij?-a«<f (?). Cf. cobsaid = con-fosaid ; coibsiu 



= ' confessio.' The word is still in use, meaning ' a piece of land.' 



See Gaelic Journal, No. 60, p. 185. 

 cumale, B 8, ' also (?) along with them ' (?). 



■cumthach, nsm., C 25, ' sorrowful ' (?), from cu/na (gen., cumad (?), ' grief ; usually 

 for the loss or absence of something dear. \_Bhfuil cumha art, ' do you 

 feel lonely ' ? — Airan Is. Cumha mhor a mhdthar ni fhdgann a croidhe, 



Modern Ballad.] 



