GwYNN AND PiTKi'ON — The Monastcru of Tnllaght. IGO 



138, 5. Cetheorae crosfigell (read crosfigle) : one for each trdtli (ef. uote ou 

 141, 4) : there was a fifth at nocturns (line 24). He began by reciting the Beati 

 (Ps. cxix) and the Hymmim dicat in 'cross-vigil,' that is, lying prostrate with his 

 arms spread out in the form of a cross : then he sang the first hundred Psalms : then 

 he performed the second cross-vigil, reciting the Beati a second time, and also tlie 

 hymn Cantemus : then came Psalms ci to cxxxix [Domine prohasti) followed by a 

 third cross-vigil, with the Beati as before and also a hymn, which was on alternate 

 days the Myniii to Mary or the Hymn to Michael : then the remainder of the Psalms 

 were sung, and after them he performed the fourth cross-vigil, reciting this time 

 thirty paternosters. This last form of cross-vigil is mentioned again 144, 36. 



138, 23. The reference to exemption from flagellation is out of place here : it is 

 introduced because relaxation in regard to cross-vigils is granted at the same periods. 



138, 25. Two Christmases i.e., Christmas Day and Epiphany {notlaic steill). Two 

 Masters, i.e. Easter Day and Low Sunday (the Sunday next after Easter). 



139, 7. Nt d'llgatar : the Pranciscan paraphrase has ni maitter iad. 



140, 3. Cach [/«] gahal, etc. : cf. LBr. 10«37 (Ctildees, 88, 17). 



140, 6. is dia forciull som: read perhaps is de daforgill-soin (cf. 16 infra); this 

 sentence would then begin the next paragraph. 



140, 8. Niconiirsed . . . niconsesed : for this use of the secondary future cf. Tain 

 Bo Ciialnge (Eriu) 333 seq^: ni iergad . . . doghiad: and infra 142, 17 tiogebad a 

 salmu. 



140, 13. roscithet ind galdil : one would expect 6 roscdich, but cf. note on 

 130, 28. 



141, 4. The period between tnatin and fescur is divided into four trdtha, and 

 a hundred genuflections are made in each of these. 



141, 29. tresind dochradsa for tresa ndochrudso {dochruth, ' indecorous '). 

 143, 1. Gille no timtirid: cf. LBr. 10*32 {Culdees, 90, 16). 



142, 2. arnachoarda seems corrupt. 

 142, 3. Manataigter, for mani-t-dgatliar. 



142, 7. arnacliadfercaigther-su . . . manatfercaichther : the verb is reflexive : 

 cf. mad notfergaither LBr. 10332. 



142, 27. iar tabairt afuail cf. LBr 10337 {Culdees 90, 20). 



143, 4. Clemens mac Nuadat is probably the same as Clemens of Tir da Glas, f 797 

 FM., or 801 (AU.). 



143, 6. inddand dondecmised, for intati dondnecmised. 



143, 13. Ni aurtet ni: Meyer, Contributions, gives ' arieit, it proceeds, passes' : 

 but this interpretation does not fit the passages quoted. The true meaning seems 

 to be ' takes the place of, answers for, compensates ' ; thus in Laws iv. 176, 26, when a 

 man has killed a bee that stung him, artet a cinaid ' the killing compensates for the 

 liability incurred by its oSence,' Laws iv. 178, 16 artet sochaide cinaid nooifir ' the 

 many answer for the liability incurred by one ' (so Atkinson). In our text 161, 11 

 we have artaott troscud sin ' this takes the place of a fast.' 



143, 21. Bliadain glantai cf. 136, 6. 



Na tri xl aidcM : that is, the three Lents ; see on 136, 11. 



143, 24. ma tecme : so LBr 9340 {Culdees 86, 2) cingit chorma didiu intan donecmaic. 



144, 1. Aithrus may be for aithris, ' telling ' (i.e. telling one's state of mind) : or 

 perhaps for aires ' meeting, interview.' In either case the genitive ind anmvharat is 

 somewhat awkward. 



