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who was banished to Alba, and is claimed as the
ancestor of the Mac Mhuirich bards, v. 0’Curry,
III., 280.
glim: here “ generation.” Ang.-Sax. cneo also means
(1) knee, (2) generation.—Skeat.
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an leabhar dearg -. v. p. 143. The contents of the Red
Book and the Black Book of Clanranald are pub¬
lished, with translation, in Beliquice Gelticce, vol. ii.
Baonull a mhac : Ranald Macdonald (RaoTl Dubh),
son of Alexander Macdonald, best known as
Alasdair mac Mhaighistir Alasdair. Ranald pub¬
lished an excellent collection of Gaelic poetry:
” Comh-Chruinneachidh Orannaigh Gaidhealach,
le Raonuill MacDhomhnu;ll ann ’n Eilean Eigg.
Duneidiunn: clo bhuailt ann le Walter Ruddiman,
m,dcc,lxxvi.” He was 'schoolmaster of Eigg.
His family emigrated to Canada, and Eigg tradi¬
tion has it that the manuscripts referred to in the
text went with them.
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atdid -. 3 pi. pr. ind. of atdim, “ tha mi.”
taitneamhach: formed from taitneamh, act of shining
on: act of pleasing; Sc. Gael, taitneach.
naomhtha: regularly used in Irish where we naomh.
In Ir. naomh is used as a prefix except in the phrase
an Sqriorad naomh (Dineen’s Ir. Diet.).
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ioc-shlainteamhail ■. the suffix here is O.Ir. sam(a>)il,
modern samhail, likeness. In Sc. Gael, it is
reduced to ail, eil.
an leabhar Psalm-so Dhaibhioth : a good old idiom, now
disused; seen, e.g., in anns a’ choille sin Crois
{Beauties, p. 161a).
do shehnm : ‘‘to sound ” ; seinm, g. seanma, noun mas.,
‘‘ the act of playing music ” ; Sc. Gael, seinn.
d' ar brosnughadh: for ag ar br.; there is confusion
here between do and ag, and improper use of do.