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^qeniios = cenn, modern ceann, appears to be represented by q.en-, cen-, in 

 Cleniloci 25, fteiiiloc[a]giii 43 = Gellaig, Cdlachdin, cf. loch, .i. diih, or luach-te 

 ' white-hot.' Cunaceiia 90 = Conchenn. Q,enuvin[dagni], Cloonmorris, County 

 Leitrim, = Quenvendani, Latin inscription at Parcau, Whitland, Carmarthen- 

 shire = Gcnnfinddn, Ceninddn, Cenonddn. 



Allato 69, Alatto 106, Alotto 115, cf. cdlaid or allud. 



Grilagni maqi Scilagni 166, names equated by Barry with Grellctn, Scelldn. 



Dalagni maqi Dali 190 = of Dalian son of Dall. 



Valamni 197 = Fcdlamain. 



Cir 235 = cirr, nom. cerr. 



Catabar 243 for *Catubarri, Cathharr. 



Vedabari 237 = *Fiadharr, or for *Vediibarri = *Fidbarr. 



22. Moinena 78 = Moinenn, gen. This instance stands apart. In words 

 of more than one syllable, when any liquid (/, n, r) is followed by a short 

 syllable ending in / or n, the latter consonants acquire their strong value, 

 and are written II, nn. Thus Gonall, Domnall, Caircll, as against Tuatlml, 

 Brcscd, Gndthcd ; the genitives Ercnn, Arann, Manann, Raithlenn, as against 

 Alhan, Mumen, toimten, etc. In like maimer, when no written vowel 

 intervenes, cornn, dornn, carnn, fernn, etc. The strong value is also heard in 

 words like carn.dn,fear\\6g, hearla, mdn\a, where custom does not express it 

 in writing. (The strong values are produced in modern pronunciation by 

 spreading the portion of the tongue which makes contact, so that the area of 

 contact is increased.) In the Book of Armagh, the distinction in spelling is 

 not consistently noted : AUil, twice, and Ailello, eight times, Airnen, Arddac 

 Huimnon, Ath Eirnn, Caircl and Oairellus, Cairnn and earn, Calrigi and 

 Callrigi, Conall five times, gen. Conail, Conil, Goolen-orum and Guelen-orniii 

 (= Grich Ghvalann), GriTntkann and Grimthan, Guilinfi, Giiillenn, Daal, gen. 

 Daill, Domnach Pimn, campus Domnon (= D omnann), f ercnn, fernn, Foirtcliernn, 

 Foirtcliernnus, and Foirtcliernn s, Imhliuch Hornon, Latharnn, Latliron, Latrain, 

 Lcthlanu, Mac Gitill and Mace Giiil, Mac Giiil, Macud, Monduirn, nom. Nial 

 and Neel, gen. Ned, Nehill, and thirteen times Nedl, Bonal, sescen, gen. 

 sescinn, dat. sescunn, Sininn, gen. Sinone. Some of the MS. sources of this book 

 may belong to a time when the orthographic expression of the different values 

 of the liquids was still indefinite, or when the secondary strengthening was not 

 yet developed. 



23. The fact that r is not strengthened in the like position may be 

 due to the difference in formation of strong r, which is simply a strongly 

 trilled form of the consonant, as I have noted it in the Aran (Galway) pro- 

 nunciation of carraig, fairrge, etc., or initial /' not preceded by an aspirating 

 word. 



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