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11. MaqLeogl24 



Maqi Liag maqi Erca 23. 



As Macalister suggests, it seems desirable to regard the vowel notches in 

 124 as misplaced, and to read Maq Liag, where maq may be either nom. or 

 gen. Both oghams are of the latest, as the spellings maq and Erca show. 

 Erca = '*Erce = Ercias, e becoming a through the influence of the broad 

 consonant group re. However, 23 is worn, and may have contained Erce or 

 Erci, perhaps only Ere. But that Erca = Ercias is not impossible even in the 

 Ogham period seems proved by Gosoohtas 223, infra. Liag may be gen. pi. 

 Maq Liag would be an appropriate name for an ogham-writer = ' lad of 

 pillar-stones.' It is to be noted that in 23 we have not maqi Maqi-Erca, 

 so that the sense is probably, ' of Mac Liag (also called) Mac Erca.' Of. 

 Mac Erca, the customary designation of the high king Muirchertach, 

 accounted for by the statement that Ere was his actual mother. 



12. Cronun mac Bait 171. 



The first and second words may be either nom. or gen. 



13. Dommo maeu Veduceri 175. 



Barry reads Veducuri = Fidcliuiri, which seems more likely. Apparently 

 the first and second words are dat. sg. Barry cites Doriima (nom. ?) from 

 LL. 



14. Vedacu [maqa] Tobira mucci Sogini 198. 



The illegibility of the second word, of which only the last vowel notch is 

 seen, leaves the case of Vedacu doubtful. Like Macalister, w^e might regard 

 the name as nominative = Fiadchu, ' staghound ' or ' wildhound ' = ' wolf,' 

 Or it may be dative of *Fedach or *Fedacli, *Fiadach. 



15. Vait[e]lia 201. 



The vowels following v are indicated by six equidistant notches, with the 

 possible readings ai, oe, uu, eo, ia. Of these the most probable by far are ai 

 and oe (cf . Voenacunas). Macalister's equation Fiadal is out of the question. 

 The word as read may be nom. of ^o-stem, or gen. of a feminine «-stem, 

 -irt-stem, or 'I'-stem = {l)FaUldc, (2) Faithcl, {3)Faithle, {4:)Faithil, all unknown 

 names to me. 



16. Dolatibi gais gob .... Lugudeccas maqi mocoi Neta Segamonas 208. 

 There is here another possible instance of do, du, prefixed to a name. 



Eor Latibi, cf. Filio Laithphi L. Arm., = Mace Laithhi, and Latobiv.s a byname 

 of the Gaulish Mars. 



17. Manu magu Nogati mocoi Macorbo 213. 



The first and second words may be nom. or dat., more probably nom. 

 Manu as nom. of -j^-stem = tI/ww.' magu = 7/;r'////, w^icj, 'servant, slave.' 



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