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mean that after a full meal stirrings of concupiscence are apt to be felt (cf. §§ 59, 63). 

 But then wliat is the meaning of rejecting [adcor = athchor) or subtracting from the 

 meal, if it is already eaten ? Does adcor mean ' casting the responsibility ' upon the 

 Lord? diglail neich den praind presumably denotes reduction of diet for a certain 

 period after such an experience, hriic is apparently dative of Iroc ' sorrow,' here 

 rather ' vexation, annoyance.' 



148, 26. Doselbi: a present subjunctive used quasi-imperatively ' you may keep ' : 

 cf. Tain E6 C. (Eriu) 1553 doselba do clwtach didiu. I have not found the compound 

 elsewhere, except as a variant to Felire, Epilogue 4 dosealba do lliadain. 



148, 29. an eola[_s]sin. The word eolas means knowledge gained by experience : 

 see Ml. 19<fl8, STcll. Here it rather means 'experiment, trial.' 



149, 4. The suggested emendation /o«'i<7w' is understood as participle oi fohenaim, 

 asfoirbt/ie oi forbenaim, but the meaning assigned is doubtful. 



149, 10. Another story is told of a sister of Molaise, LL285i, but her name is not 

 given . 



149, 15. fit mesraigti: cf. 155, 27 ; so in the Poenitentiale Vinniai, panis et aqua 

 per mensiiram (Wasserschleben, Bussordn, 109 sq,). 



149, 18. Bui siom 00 huamim. This was a common occupation in monasteries : it 

 is prescribed in the llule of St. Columkille (Haddan & Stubbs ii, 120 : so too in the 

 Rule of Ailbe, Uaget, negat in brdthair (Eriu iii, 100). 



150, 1. As to Samdan abbess of Cluain Bronaich, see Plummer, Vit. Set. Hib. 

 I, Ixxxvii, ir, 253. 



150, 23. conimthisi I take to be for co n-imthius-sa fut. of ^imtechim (cf. adteoch). 



150, 28. conidairsir from arsissiur. 



151, 1. As to the relation of devout women to monasteries see Loofs, Antiq. Brit. 

 et Scot. Eocl., pp. 81 seq. ; Gougaud, Chret. Celt. 93. A canon laid down by the Synod 

 of Patrick, Auxilius, and Iserninus is worth quoting (Haddan and Stubbs ii, 328) : — 

 " Monaohus et virgo, unus abhinc et alia abaliunde in uno hospitio non commaneant, nee 

 in uno curru a villa in villam discurrant nee assidue invicem confabulationem exerceant." 



151, 14. Isfochrio: so "Wb. lOJl, 14, of those who prefer the life of celibacy. 



151, 15. afoindel, etc. : the a seems unnecessary. It is doubtful whether one 

 should read here and in line 21 ina menmain ' in bis mind' or inna menman 'of the 

 thoughts.' 



151, 21. Nicom6r, etc. : after n'l a verb is needed meaning perhaps ' I inquired.' 



152, 13. nat furea galir for nad fdirea galar: cf. 3 B. 23, 19J, Nech prai?ides co 

 f-liiri galar ndo. 



152, 16. Boimine ahbatis Roma. I know nothing of this man, nor have I met 

 the name Doimine elsewhere. It is possible that we should read ir-riagaild Eimine 

 (there is no division in the MS., and the spelling riagaild might be supported hy 

 figild, 128, 31). There was an Emine who died at Rome ; see LL. 313^25. He can 

 hardly be identified, however, with the author of Cain Emine Bain, who was buried 

 at Ross mac Treoin (Plummer, VSH i, 21 ; Eriu iv, 40, note 2). 



152, 18. indfit bee mm, etc. : cf. LBr. lOjy [Culdees, 91, 5). 



153, 1. do thuildiud is probably a doublet of do tormuch and should be omitted, 

 unless we are to construe dogniat . . . do thuildiud : cf . dorinne si e fein do nighe 

 (Dinneen). 



153, 3. Praind dano, etc. : cf. LBr. 11«11 {Culdees 91, 21). As to the pollution 

 caused by the presence of a dead body, cf. Todd Lectures, v, 89 (Life of St. Martin) 

 arna roehiitis roisc in n6ib 6 bdsaib tia 7id6ine nJcraibdech in a fhiadnaise. 



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