MacNeill — Notes on Irish Ogham Inscriptions. 351 



Broci 55 = Brv.icc, mod. hruic. 



*Vorgis, gen. Vorgos 91 = Fuirg, gen. Forgo. 



Corrbi 19, 57, 79 = CmM. 



But Corrbri 47, Coribiri 183 = Coiiyri, mod. Cairbre. We must suppose 

 the influence of i not to have attacked the vowel of Corb- here until the 

 period of vocalic changes had passed. 



16. Before i or e, e becomes i. 



velitas 70 == filed [velU-, nom..fili). 



The change is already noted in Vortigurn lloij, Vorrtigurn 148, from 

 *tegerii-, = Fovtchernn L. Arm., and in [CJannitigirn :* 95 = Caintigeim 1 



But e remains unchanged in Deeceddas 135, etc., = Dechet, and in 

 Ercias 135 etc. = Erce. The change is perhaps chiefly operative before 

 liquids and aspirate mediae. 



III. — Junction- VOWELS. 



1. These usually disappear in MS. Irish. 



2. Omitting doubtful instances, junction-vowels in compound names 

 occur in the following numbers in Macalister's collection (i, ii, iii) : a 57, 

 u 22, i 13, 9, e 2. 



3. a appears as normal junction-vowel (1) for o-stems, (2) for feminine 

 «-stems, (3) for consonant-stems. 



(1) o-stems . Adjectives — Voenacmias (foen), Coimagni (cdern), Mailagni 

 (mciel), Coillabbotas (coel), Giragni (gerr), Ulccagni [olc], Dovalesci (nom. 

 Duihiesc), Dalagni (dall), Denaveca (den, dian), Anavlamattias (anhal), 

 Ttrenalugos {tren). Masc. or neuter substantives — Corbagiu {corhh), Viragni 

 (fer), Moddagni {muad), Artagni {Art), Talagni [tell). 



(2) ft-stems : Ercavicca, Ercagni (cf. Maqi Ercias), Rittavvecas (cf. Maqi 

 Riteas), Cosaloti [coss = coxa). 



(3) consonant-stems : the only instances noted are compounds of cuna- 

 and neta-. In both cases an o-stem is possible. Many Irish names in 

 Con- may contain the adjectival cuno-, ' high ' rather than cim-, ' hound.' 

 Cunacena, -magli, -gusos twice, -netas. Netacari, -cagi or -cagni, -cunas. 



4. u is the junction- vowel for ^(^-stems: Luguqrit twice, -we, -tti, -vveca, 

 -ni thrice, -due, -deccas, -deca, Cattubuttas, Catuviq . . . , -vvirr, Meddugeni, 

 Veducuri, Litubiri (cf . gen. Litos). 



5. In Cmiuri, Conunett, u may be a late representation of a neutral vowel, 

 or may show forward influence. In Valuvi, there may be a w-stem, 

 cf. Suvallos 15, or a neutral vowel influenced by v. The somewhat worn 

 inscription at Cloon morris, Co. Leitrim, appears to read ftenuvin . . . (for 



