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do leigenn : vb. n. of leigim, I let, allow.
do ghluais: the preterite or past tense often takes do.
The initial consonant of the verb is aspirated, if it
admits of aspiration, but only in the active voice,
not in the passive.
tangadar : 3 pi. pret. of tigim; so, rabhadar, shaoiladar,
&c.
tugsad-. 3 pi. pret. of do-bheirim; also, tugadar.
tangas: 3 sg. pret. of tigim.
targes : for thairngeas, 3 sg. pret. oi tairngim, I draw.
ar mhair: “that which remained,” “the remnant”;
ar—a ro, in practice a rel. pron., used with past
tense, e.g., ar mhairbh se, all whom he killed.
ionnas ndr pliill: “so that he did not return ’ ’; ndr —
nd (negative) and ro; so nachar = nach and ro.
sgach aonlathair: in each single place; in Ir. lathair
means a place, site, spot; place of meeting,
presence, &c.; in Sc. Gael, the meaning is practi¬
cally confined to “ presence ” : we use dite for the
other meanings.
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rt, shluagh: “ In modern Ir. re is confused with le, and
in modern MSS. they are often written indis¬
criminately ” — Dinneen. This confusion never
occurs in Sc. Gael. In previous line re is used
correctly = Sc. Gael. ri.
gur=gu and ro, whence the aspiration after it.
do cheannsaigh: note the absence of the pronoun e,
which in Sc. Gael, would be present. This is
characteristic of Irish, when the subject has been
already expressed.
manach dubh : i.e., Benedictines.
manach Hath : i.e., Greyfriars.
do chumhdaigh ord, &c. : “ who founded the monastic
order of Mo-lais.” St Mo-lais was connected with
Holy Island, which guards Lamlash Bay, in Arran.
Nothing further is known to me of this order
founded, or equipped, by Reginald.
ri Alasdair : Alexander I. (1107-1124), “ an astute and
resolved prince, an independent patron of the