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the Third dynasty, and continue as a separate hieroglyphic character n on the Rosetta stone (Leps. 

 d. ii. pi. 2, and Champ, diet. 281). The crown of Upper Egypt /) occurs as a hieroglyphic 

 character from the Tenth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing V (Leps. k. pi. 10 to 67). 



(" noun " inundation of the Nile, Horap. i. 21) ; " noun " abyss, depths of the sea ; " noun " 

 or " non " the deep ; " non " cessation, rest ; " noni " to be cast out ; " n£j " or " nej " or " noj " 

 or "nouj" or "noujS " to be cast out, recumbent. — The character occurs on the Gliddon mummy- 

 case, and from the Third dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 2, and k. pi. 5 

 to 67). The form Vj of the Phoenician letter " nwn " appears to be an abbreviation of this char- 

 acter ; as also the forms f/ and ft of the Greek letter " nu " ; the last and latest form becoming 

 the ft of the Romans and the West. 



("narken" torpedo or electric fish signifying saving many in the ocean; for seeing a 

 multitude of fishes unable to swim, it succours and saves them, Horap. ii. 99) ; " monmfn " 

 concussion, earthquake, tempest ; " n£h " or " nouhS " or " nofiin " to shake, cause to 

 vibrate; " n6ini " stupefaction, tetanus; " n5tshs " striker; "noutshs" benumbed; " nevi " or 

 "ngevS" or "nev&" or " nevi " or " neeve " to swim; " nevi " ship, sailor; "nei" or " nSei " or 

 " nSSv " or " neev " sailor ; " na " or " nai " or " neei " compassion, to pity ; " naet " compassionate ; 

 "natshte"or " natshd " helper, deliverer; " Snatshe " or " natshS " many; " nSh " or "naMm" or 

 " nohSm " or " nouhm " or " tanhS " or " tanho " or " tango " saving, to save, rescue; — in Hebrew 

 the fourteenth letter " nwn " meaning fish ; in Greek " naus " and " nauphi " ship, " nautes " sailor ; 

 in Latin "nauta" and "navita" sailor, " navis " ship; in English "navy." The character occurs 

 under the Third dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3) ; and seems to agree best with Silurus clectricus of the 

 Nile. 



a" noh " or " nouh " or " nSoud " rope; "nohi" rope-maker; "nahrn" or "nem" to; "nai" 

 or " nei " to me ; " niats " attention, expectation, hope ; " naht£ " to hope ; " noh " eyelids ; 

 " nahtS " or " nahd " or " tanhei " or " tanhit " or " tanhout " to believe, trust ; " nahd " faith ; — in 

 English the phrase " To hang on by the eyelids." The character occurs from the Third dynasty to 

 the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 5, and k. pi. 7 and 44 to 64). 



ff - " h6n " or " honhen " decree, command ; " hon '' or " henhon " or " henhen " to command, bid ; 

 *~~^ "hon" or "h6n" or"h6nt" to draw near. — The character occurs under the . . . dynasty 



(Champ, diet. 112). A second form \ • occurs under the Twenty-sixth dynasty ("coffin of 



queen of Amasis," Buns, and Birch). Q"[/ 



"n" or "na" or "en" to conduct, bring, lead; "ini" or "Sine" or " eini " to bring, lay 

 hands upon ; " Sine " manicles ; " noui " or " neu " or " neou " to come ; " na " to go, " na " be- 

 „ longing to; "ntei" or "noui" mine; "ntak" or "nouk" thine; " ne " or " nek " to thee. — 

 The character occurs from the Third dynasty to the Nineteenth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, and k. pi. 10 

 to 32). 



& " nau " a thing seen in a dream, a vision, a form or figure ; " nkot " sleep ; " neu " to see ; 



/'P "enue" form; "norj" or " neEtshlf " or "nehtshlhf" or " ngh-tshlh " horror, shuddering, 

 ■4H. to dread ; " notshp " or " noutshp " to be threatened, terrified ; " n6d " perspiration ; " nehse " 

 or " nghsi " to awaken. — The character occurs from the Twentieth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic 

 writing (Leps. d. iii. pi. 232 to iv. pi. 58). 



TTT " ouotn " or " 6u6tn evol " or " ouoten evol " spondist or libation-pitcher, libation ; " neh ' 

 \f oil ; " nau " the hour ; " tenou " or " nou " now ; — in Greek " spenth6 " to pour out a libation, 

 " sponthe " libation, " sponthulos " vertebra or joint of back-bone, " nun," in Latin " nunc," in 

 English '• now " The character occurs on the Gliddon mummy-case, and from the Eleventh dynasty 

 in Successive modifications to the Ptolemies (Leps. k. pi. 10 to 59). aA A- second form occurs 

 under the ... dynasty (" mummy at Leeds," Buns, and Birch). ' Pi Libations were made 

 bv lacob (Gen. xxviii. 18 and xxxv. 14) ; and were enjoined by Moses -H (Ex. xxix. 40). 



II " navi " or " naui " a spear ; " navi " or " nave " or " novi " or " nove " sin ; " neh " or " laein " 

 I sharp ed*e or point ; " nouj " or " nnouj " or '■ noji " falsehood, thieving. - The character occurs 

 from the Third dynasty to the Seventeenth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3 and 30, and iii. pi. 8). 



. ,, " neve " loins ; " natshtg " energy ; " natsht " or " ntshot " vehement ; " ghn« or nhe 



f7 will • " nomd " or " nomte " strength ; " noeitsh " or " n6itsh " spleen ; " n " or " an » or " &n " 

 jj or " nnS " or " enne " " or mmon " or " emmon " or " emmen " no ; " neh " to renounce ; — in 

 Hebrew "nwa" to refuse; in Greek " ne " or "ne," in Latin "ne" or "non," m English "nay" or 

 " no " The character occurs under the . . . dynasty, and continues in use until the end of hiero- 

 glyphic writing (Champ, mon. i v. pi. 314, and Leps. k. pi. 66). _ _ _ 



" ntiaau " or " niau " or " niaau " flax, linen, tow ; " nouhx veil, covering ; nonon or 

 '^^r^^nanon" garter- " tshent6 " linen, fine linen; " tshthen " or " tshten " tunic ; "anatsh"or 

 "anetsh " vow, oath ; -in English " knowledge." The character occurs from the Th.rd dynasty to 

 the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 2, and k. pi. 63). In the hieroglyphic writing and 



