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gran, C 32, ' corn, grain ' : pL, inna gran, W. 



grip., B 5, ' swift,' O'E., W. 



gualaire, ns., B 2, 'a shoulder-arm' (?). Of. Idmaire, B 5. This is an inorganic 

 formation, from the no7n. instead of from the stem. 



iarsna, ns., C 46, ' end, last part,' perhaps ' consequence,' 'moral (of a tale).' Cf. 

 iarsma, 'reUc, remnant,' O'R. ; ainiarsma, * evil consequence,' 'Three 

 Shafts of Death.' 



ilad, A 14, ' grave , = ulad. 



im-ro-et, B 12, 'he obtained' (?) pret. 3 s, of im-emaim, -imim. 



im-ru-alaid, B 14, ' has surrounded, enveloped ' ; (?) conidriialaid, ' quod id conces- 

 sit, Z^, 456'' ; immelotar, ' circimivenerunt,' 457''. 



imscar, A 1, « imscar 7 Meicc Con asin chath, ' the outcome of the battle for him 

 and M.' (?). 



innamail, B 11, 'similitude, comparison'; ionamhuil, 'an equal'; ni ffuil ion- 

 amhiiil Sirlus, ' there is not the like of Charles,' O'R. 



Mr, as., C 31, ' anger ' {=ira ?) ; see W. under ir, {rack. 



lamaire, ns., B 5, ' a hand-arm ; cf. gualaire, B 2. 



leitmech, C 33, 'powerful'; Uidmheach, ' strong, robust, brave,' O'R., CRnaR., 

 p. 257. 



do-s-lofa, C 1, = do-s-lohfa, ' will destroy itself.' 



lose, C 26, ' blind, infirm ( = luscus).^ 



losfait, C 32, ' they wUl increase, multiply' ; los, ' a growing or growth,' O'R. ; 

 ' increase ' (= ' produce of live stock'), O'Don. Sup. 



ludite, B 2, 'who move, act'(?), luud, hid, luth, 'motion.' 



mada, nsf., B 19, ' vain, sine causa ' (W). 



ro-mert-sa, B 21, T-pret. Is. oi maraim, mairim, *I live.' 



mocMn, A 37, = moehen, ' welcome ' (?), or from cinim, ' may he soon arise ' (?). 



mod, as., B 21, .i. ohair, O'Cl. 



main, ns., A 29, 'mire, filth' (?). Ci. imUnleach, mtiiUeach, munlach, 'mire'; 

 poll mimlaigh, 'cesspool, dungpit of Irish farmhouses ' ; miin, 'urine.' 



naidm, B IS, 'bond, tie, rein' ; only the figurative sense, 'covenant,' &c., found 

 in various vocabularies. 



nirt, C 15, 'strong.' If this be gen. of nert, not an adj., the use as predicate is 

 unusual. 



noil, as., B 11, 'an oath,' O'Don. Sup. (queried by W.). 



oiss, np., A 9, ' deer.' 



orbba, ns., B 23, 'inheritance'; orbe,W. Cf. comarpe. 



pudair, ds., B 12, 'mischief (wzasc. in Atk.) . 



