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9. *Coramd, *Corrmd, dp. Corannaib, Correndaib, Windisch, Tain Bo 

 Cuailngi, index. In the Boyne valley, corresponding to Ptolemy's Coriondi. 

 Cp. Corcu Cuirnd, Cuirenrige. 



10. Cruithni, gp. -ne, ap. -niu, but in composition Cruithen-tuath, Cruithen- 

 chldr. MacFirBisigh, Book of Genealogies, E.I.A. copy, p. 54, quotes a poem 

 on the aithechtuatha, with the couplet (eight and seven syllables) : 



Clann Chathraighe a ccrioehaibh Cruithent 

 or chin Cairbre Cinn Cait cruaidh. 



The correct reading is probably Uruithen, t from the familiar Cruithentuath 

 being added by MacF. or some earlier scribe. The early stem should have 

 been *Qretino-, *Qreteno-, and perhaps the Greek form Prettano- may have 

 been influenced by Brittani. Cruithni, Gruithne, may represent an early 

 secondary formation in -io-, or may be merely a late development Kke Ernai, 

 Mugdornai. Such a development could arise from ap. Cruithniu, dp. Cruithnib, 

 which would be common to both forms, and even a np. *Cruithin could easily 

 become Cruithni in transcription. 



11. ELL, gp. Ele. 



12. Erainn, gp. Erann (not gs. as iii Onom. Goed.), ap. Erna (= Ernu), 

 dp. Ernaib, =Iemi, Iverni, "Hiberni." Probably a secondary formation from 

 an older *Iveri, whence *Iveriu, Eriu, Iwerddon. In the Ulidian tales, the 

 Erainn are frequently called Clanda Dedad, and in the genealogies they have, 

 besides Ailill Erann, an eponymous ancestor lar mace Dedad. The group of 

 tales centring in Conaire Mor are the heroic legend of this race, and Conaire's 

 father is caUed Eterscel (also Eterscele) moccu lair. Mace lair is a personal 

 name, not an ordinary patronymic : hence the sept-name Ui Maice lair and the 

 Ogham Maqi lari. Windisch (T.B.C. index) cites larna as a duplicate form 

 of Erna. "We may suppose the double base er, iar, to have arisen from a 

 coexistiDg pair Ter-, iver-. Cp. lerne, Ptolemy's lemos potamos, lernis polls, 

 contemporary with luverna, luerna, Hibernia. 



13. Peni, gp. Fene, as Meyer has shown (Fianaigecht, p. \dii), may be an 

 ancient people -name, not the name of a class as has been supposed. 



14. *Fothaii-t, gp. Fothart. 



15. *Galing, gp. Galeng. 



16. GaUuin, Galeoin, gp. Galian, Gallon. 



17. Lagin, gp. Lagen. 



of the peoples and the inflexional and variant forms of the names. A small proportion of names are 

 taken from material not found in Dr. Hogan's lexicon. WhUe my lists cannot claim to be complete, 

 it is hoped that they may form a basis for a more exhaustive collection and for the classification 

 and study of the nomenclature. 



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