MacNeill — Notes on Irish Ogham Inscriptions. 349 



7. Short vowels in the initial syllable and all vowels in other syllables 

 that survive in MS. Irish are regularly changed or unchanged according to the 

 quality of the next following vowel in the early Ogham form. The changes 

 are sometimes already noted in Ogham spelling ; but late Oghams occasionally 

 preserve the older vowel. 



Before a or o, u becomes o. 



„ „ i becomes e. 

 Before u, a becomes cm, later u (not always). 



„ becomes «. 



„ e becomes i. 

 Before i or e, o becomes u. 



„ e becomes / (not always). 



8. Before a or o, u becomes o. 

 mucoi = moccu. 



cunas = con: Cuna 57, Voenacunas 21, Gamicunas 42 = GaimcJion, Cliucnnas 

 167, Netacunas 206, Cmiamaqqi 19 = Coiimaic in Conmaicne, Conmliacdin, 

 Caiiacena 90 = Conchenn, Cunamagli 125 = Conmdil, nom. Conmdl not Conmael, 

 Cunaggusos 139, 182 = Congosso, Cunanetas 225 = Connath, Connad, nom. 

 Conda = *Connc.. 



Ulccagni 151 = Olcdn. 



Turanias 135 = Torna ( JJi Torna, a primary sept of the Ciarraige, MahiisUr 

 dTorna == Abbey dorney, Kerry). 



Trenalugos 191, MS. Logo, Loga gen. of Lug, Findloga, Aidloga, etc. 



Vergoso 192, late Ogham for Viragusos. In mss. -gusos is represented 

 sometimes by -gesso, sometimes by -gusso, later ■ghusa. 



*Curcas = Core, gen. Cuirc = Curci J, 1902, p. 28. 



*Dovatucas = DnUlioch L. Arm., gen. Dovatuci J, 1895, p. 27, 123. 



Cattubuttas J, 1908, p. 203 = Cktthboth, L. Arm. 



9. Before a or o, i becomes e. 

 Ivacattos 50 = Eocliado. 



Dovvinias 13 = Duibne, and so with all endings in -ias. Lugguve 3, nom. 

 for earlier *Lugubias. 



Rittavvecas 69, Rittavvecc 100 = Bethach. 



Giragni 138 = Gerdn. 



Grilagni 166 = Grelldn. 



Scilagni 166 = Scelldn or Sceldn. 



*viras =fer. The genitive occurs in Viri Q,orb 243 = Fir Chorhh, Cattuvvirr 

 69, Cattvvirr 112. The change has already taken place in Vergoso 192. 



-rigas = Vecrec 117, Veqreq 189, Fechnrcg, Adamuan, FccJircch ib., later 

 Fiachrach 



