364 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



The commemoration of a person in servitude seems unlikely, but is not 

 inconsistent with the suggestion that the names in Ogham inscriptions may 

 have been often those of druids and their disciples. Macorbo has already 

 been discussed. 



18. Cunalegea maqi C salar cell Ave Q,vecea 216. 



Since Ave is clearly genitive, it can only be gen. sing, of a fern. *avia or 

 gen. pi. of avias. The latter seems more likely, and I translate : ' of C. son 

 of C. liegeman of (the sept) Aui Q.' 



19. Gosoctas mucoi Macorbo 223. The last four vowels are " worn." This 

 is the third instance of Macorbo. 



20. Melagia 224. 



Properly equated by Macalister with Melge, a name occurring in the list 

 of legendary high kings, and in Tochmarc Emire. It is a masc. ^o-stem nom., 

 gen. Melagi J, 1895, p. 28. 



21. Vortigurn 236. 



May be nom. or gen, Ms. Fortchernn. 



22. Catabar moco Viri ftorb 243. 



Catabar may be nom. or gen. = Gatlibarr. It is safe to regard Q,orb = Corb 

 as late gen. pi. Fer Cort occurs in several genealogies. 



23. D[al]o raaqa miieo[iJ maqi Eracias maqi Li, Barry, J, 1895, p. 133. 

 Maqa can hardly lie other than nom. sg. The name preceding it is 



uncertain. 



24. Tasigagni maqi mocoi Macora, ib. 



The declension of Macora is quite uncertain. It may be compared with 

 Macorbo and with insolas maccu-Chor L. Arm. 



25. Xoi, xi. 



The word xoi, xi, is recorded in the following oghams : 



Maqi lari xi maqqi muccoi Dovvinias 13. 



Netta Laminacca xoi maqqi mucoi Dov[inias] 20. 



laqini xoi maqi mocoi 49. 



Corbagni x[oi] maqi mocoi Toriani 149. 



Broinienas xoi neta Ttrenalugos 191. 



Corbbi xoi maqi Labriatt[os] J, 1895, p. 133. 



Lobb[i] xoi maqqi moccoi Irei ib., 1896, p. 127. 



The 1st and 2nd instances are from Co. Kerry, the 3rd and 4th from 

 Co. Cork, the 5th from Co. Waterford, the 6th and 7th from Co. Kilkenny. 

 This distribution indicates a word in general use. Unfortunately no variant 

 of the symbol x in this word occurs, but poi is altogether out of the question 

 as a frequent early Irish vocable. In all instances the position is the same : 

 xoi or xi follows immediately the title-name, which is o-enitive. The word 



